Schedules are for Wed/15-Tue/21 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $6. “Periwinkle Cinema: Queer Cults,” Wed, 8. “Watch This!,” work by visual experimentalists, Fri, 8.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-11. •The African Queen (Huston, 1951), Wed, 2:30, 7, and The Man Who Would Be King (Huston, 1975), Wed, 4:30, 9. •Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore, 1988), Thu, 4, 8:30, and A Useful Life (Veiroj, 2010), Thu, 7. •The Women (Cukor, 1939), Fri, 1:45, 7, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Aldrich, 1962), Fri, 4:15, 9:30. •The Godfather (Coppola, 1972), Sat, 12:15, 6:15, and Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990), Sat, 3:30, 9:30. •Brokeback Mountain (Lee, 2005), Sun, 1, 6:15, and Red River (Hawks, 1948), Sun, 3:40, 8:45.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-$10.25. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Klayman, 2012), call for dates and times. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012), call for dates and times. Bernie (Linklater, 2012), call for dates and times. Dark Horse (Solondz, 2011), call for dates and times. The Queen of Versailles (Greenfield, 2012), call for dates and times. 2 Days in New York (Delpy, 2012), Aug 17-23, call for times.
DUBOCE PARK Duboce and Steiner, SF; www.friendsofdubocepark.org. Free. Mrs. Doubtfire (Columbus, 1993), Sat, 8:15.
“FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK” This week: Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo; www.filmnight.org. Donations accepted. “Surf N Turf,” Fri, 8; Kung Fu Panda 2 (Yuh, 2011), Sat, 8.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9 Ross Valley, San Rafael; www.mitfamericas.org. $5-10 suggested donation. Occupy the Bay (Riley, 2012), Fri, 7:30.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Bellissima: Leading Ladies of the Italian Screen:” Vanina Vanini (Rossellini, 1961), Wed, 7; Old-Fashioned World (Soldati, 1941), Fri, 7. “Russian Inferno: The Films of Alexei Guerman:” Trial on the Road (1971/1986), Thu, 7; Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998), Sat, 6. “Cool World:” Drugstore Cowboy (Van Sant, 1989), Fri, 9:05. “Summer Cinema on Center Street:” The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (Green, 1962), Sat, 7:30. Free outdoor screening. “Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years:” The Birds (Hitchcock, 1963), Sat, 8:40; Francis (Lubin, 1950), Sun, 5. “Always for Pleasure: The Films of Les Blank:” special screening (Blank, 1970), with “Cigarette Blues” (Blank and Govenar, 1985), Sun, 7.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-10. Bill W. (Hanlon and Garracino, 2012), Wed-Thu, 7. Klown (Nørgaard, 2012), Wed-Thu, 9:15. “Incredibly Strange Television: Shock and Noir!”: “Program One,” Wed, 6:15, 10; “Program Two,” Wed, 8. “An Evening with Sacred Bones:” Eraserhead (Lynch, 1977), Thu, 7:30. This event, $15. “A Celebration of Contemporary French Actresses:” •Anthony Zimmer (Salle, 2005), and The Price to Pay (Leclere, 2007), Fri; •Le Petit Lieutenant (Beauvois, 2005), and In His Hands (Fontaine, 2005), Sat; •The Role of Her Life (Fravat, 2004), and La Cérémonie (Chabrol, 1995), Sun; •Post Coitum Animal Triste (Rouan, 1997), and To Our Loves (Pialat, 1983), Mon; •Empty Days (Vernoux, 1999), and 5 x 2 (Ozon, 2004), Tue. Call or visit www.roxie.com for showtimes for this series.
SF FILM SOCIETY CINEMA 1746 Post, SF; sffs.org/cinema. $9-11. Battle Royale (Fukasaku, 2000), Thu, 2, 6:30; Fri, 4:30, 9. The Moth Diaries (Harron, 2011), Thu, 4:30, 9; Fri, 2:30, 7. Love in the City (Various, 1953), Aug 17-23, 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45.
TOP OF THE MARK InterContinental Mark Hopkins, One Nob Hill, SF; www.topofthemark.com. Free. “Summer Movie Nights:” Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942), Tue, 7:30. Wine tasting at 5:30.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $7 donation. “Pop Goes the Vortex:” •Streets of Fire (Hill, 1984), Thu, 9; and Captain Apache (Singer, 1971), Thu, 11. *