7:30 p.m.	The Atomic Brain Joseph V. Mascelli (U.S., 1963)

An aging spinster finances the brain transplant experiments of a mad scientist in the hope that her brain can be transplanted into the bod of a younger babe. Two au pairs, yes, a pair of them, are abducted and used for these crazed experiments, turning them into empty-headed zombies. Eventually, the demented doctor replaces the model's brain with one taken from a feline. Meow. The original catwoman.

—Steve Seid

• Written by Jack Pollexfen, Dean Dillman Jr., Sue Dwiggins, Vi Russell. Photographed by Alfred Taylor. With Frank Gerstle, Erika Peters, Judy Bamber, Marjorie Eaton. (70 mins, B&W, 16mm, PFA Collection)

Pre-movie mania:
Smooth Toad Jug Band (Bob Ernst on vocals, percussion, blues harp; Hal Hughes on vocals, fiddle, guitar, harmonica; G. P. Skratz on vocals, guitar) plays music so soulful and old it must have emerged before our higher functions were formed. Artist Michael Campos-Quinn lets loose his Guerrilla Ganglia, sensored sculptures that emit neuronic sounds. Cal’s own Jeremy Maitin-Shepard tells us about Connectomics, the newest thing in mapping the neural connections in the brain.

Pre-movie mania begins at 7:30, with the films screening at twilight. Bring a chair and sit beneath the stars!