I Love Boosters

Showtimes updated on Tuesday evenings
Legend
OCOpen Captioned
Special Content
35mm
SFSensory Friendly
Cinema Studies

I Love Boosters

Opens May 22

Filmmaker Boots Riley’s follow-up to his acclaimed debut Sorry to Bother You applies his surrealist sensibilities, sense of humor, and sharp social satire to the world of high fashion.

An L.A.-based, all-girl gang of boosters called “The Velvet Gang” (led by Keke Palmer as Corvette) make a living and give back to their communities by stealing expensive clothing and reselling it at a discount. Their acts of illegal “fashion-forward philanthropy” lead to an increasingly escalating feud with ultra-powerful and eccentric fashion mogul Christie Smith (Demi Moore). Also starring LaKeith Stanfield, Naomi Ackie, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle, and more.

"Boots Riley is a genuine original, and in I Love Boosters, he makes a statement as wildly entertaining as possible."
Dan Bayer, Next Best Picture
"There’s something disarming about how Riley’s sense of play holds this street-smart meta-rebellion fantasy together. He loves boosters, and everything else he shows you."
Owen Gleiberman, Variety


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