Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff opens Fri/29 at the Balboa.
Schedules are for Wed/27–Tues/2 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double features are marked with a •. All times are p.m. unless otherwise specified.
BALBOA 3620 Balboa, SF; www.balboamovies.com. $7.50-20. Make Believe (Tweel, 2011), Wed-Thurs, call for times. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (McCall, 2010), July 29-Aug 4, call for times. “From Britain with Love:” Toast (Clarkson, 2011), Fri, 9; Sun, 2; Tues, 7; A Boy Called Dad (Percival, 2009), Sat, 7 and Tues, 4:30; Africa United (Gardner-Paterson, 2010), Fri, 4:30 and Mon, 2; In Our Name (Welsh, 2010), Fri, 2 and Sun, 9; Neds (Mullan, 2010), Sat, 9 and Tues, 2; Third Star (Dalton, 2010), Sun, 7 and Mon, 4:30. The Red Shoes (Powell and Pressburger, 1948), Sat, 4:30; Mon, 9.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $7.50-13. San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Wed-Thurs. Check www.sfjff.org for complete schedule and ticket info. “Legendary Composer Max Steiner (1888-1971):” •Mildred Pierce (Curtiz, 1945), Fri, 3, 7, and The Letter (Wyler, 1940), Fri, 5, 9:05; •Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942), Sat, 2:30, 7, and Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948), Sat, 4:30, 8:55; •Gone With the Wind (Fleming, 1939), Sun, 2, 7; •Now, Voyager (Rapper, 1942), Mon, 2:40, 7, and Dark Victory (Goulding, 1939), Mon, 4:55, 9:10; •White Heat (Walsh, 1949), Tues, 2:50, 7, and Angels With Dirty Faces (Curtiz, 1938), Tues, 5, 9:05.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $10.25. Buck (Meehl, 2011), call for dates and times. Page One (Rossi, 2011), call for dates and times. Road to Nowhere (Hellman, 2010), call for dates and times. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011), call for dates and times. The Trip (Winterbottom, 2010), call for dates and times. The Names of Love (Leclerc, 2010), July 29-Aug 4, call for times. Finding Joe (Solomon, 2011), Sun, 7.
EXPLORATORIUM McBean Theatre, 3601 Lyon, SF; www.exploratorium.edu. Free. “Marker XC: Three Times Thirty:” •The Sixth Side of the Pentagon (Marker and Reichenbach, 1967), The Embassy (Marker, 1973), and Be Seeing You (Marret and Marker, 1968), Thurs, 7:30.
“FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK” This week: Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo; (415) 272-2756, www.filmnight.org. Donations accepted. Dirty Dancing (Ardolino, 1987), Fri, 8; Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942), Sat, 8.
FOUR STAR 2200 Clement, SF; www.lntsf.com. $10. “Asian Movie Madness” •Lady Chatterley in Tokyo (Fujii, 1977), and Mariko, Thurs, call for times.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Bernardo Bertolucci: In Search of Mystery:” The Path of Oil (1967), Wed, 7; Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), Fri, 7; The Last Emperor (1987), Sun, 7. “Hands Up: Essential Skolimowski:” Walkover (1966), Thurs, 7; Barrier (1966), Sun, 5. “Going South: American Noir in Mexico:” Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958), Fri, 9:15. “Japanese Divas:” Throne of Blood (Kurosawa, 1957), Sat, 6:30; The Face of Another (Teshigahara, 1966), Sat, 8:35.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-9.75. Cockfighter (Hellman, 1974), Wed, 9:20. Happy (Belic, 2011), Wed-Thurs, 7, 8:45. Road to Nowhere (Hellman, 2011), Thurs, 7, 9:20. Two-Lane Blacktop (Hellman, 1971), Wed, 7. World on a Wire (Fassbinder, 1973), July 29-Aug 4, 7 (also Sat-Sun, noon; part one only, Thurs/28, 4:30; part two only, Fri/29, 4:30). VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; www.myspace.com/thevortexroom. $5 donation. “The United States of Vortex:” •Linda Lovelace for President (1975), Thurs, 9, and Joe (1970), Thurs, 11.