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Ready to laugh about it? YBCA screens Chaplin's 1947 black comedy "Monsieur Verdoux" this week. (Photo courtesy Roy Export Company Establishment)

Jan. 6-12

Bay Area screens open the year with a sobering mix of politics and perspective on the pressing issues of the moment—from economics to war—with Monsieur Verdoux at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Gaza Strip at Artists’ Television Access, Waltz with Bashir at many local theaters and Rape in the Congo at the Smith Rafael. Elsewhere: The Red Vic secures Wong Kar-Wai’s gorgeous Ashes of Time Redux for a few days and Jesse Hawthorne Ficks continues to redefine camp in a Midnites for Maniacs broken-homes-for-the-holidays triple feature at the Castro.

"Gaza Strip"--Jan. 8

Artists’ Television Access offers a timely replay of the 2001 documentary Gaza Strip, along with a report and discussion.

Midnites for Maniacs--Jan. 9

Host Jesse Hawthorne Ficks offers a triple-feature on the theme "Broken Homes for the Holidays," enlivening the historic theater with the likes of Watcher in the Woods, Stand By Me and The Candy Snatchers, preceded by variously vintage trailers. More at the Castro.

"Rape in the Congo"--Jan. 10

Robin Wright Penn and John Prendergast, Co-Chair of the Enough Project, appear in person at the Smith Rafael to discuss the horrific facts behind a well-made, Sundance award-winning documentary Rape in the Congo.

"Ashes of Time Redux"--Jan. 9-10

Unbelievably, 14 years have passed since Wong Kar-Wai first released Ashes of Time. This one’s restored and re-cut to the auteur’s specs, well worth catching in its run at the Red Vic Movie House.

"Monsieur Verdoux"--Jan. 8-11

Audiences were not quite ready, post-WWII, to "enjoy" a black comedy featuring starring The Depression, but by 1964, Chaplin’s Monsieur Verdoux found its place in the canon. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts offers a chance this week to revisit it.

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