Schedules are for Wed/20-Tue/26 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $5-10. “Stop and Go 3D: Stop Motion Animation Festival,” works by 27 artists curated by Bay Area animator Sarah Klein, Fri, 8. “Small Poetry: Recent Highlights of the Chicago 8 Film Festival,” Sun, 7:30.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-11. “Banana Republic presents:” Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (Vreeland, 2011), with director Lisa Vreeland in person, Wed, 8. This event, $12; advance tickets at www.ticketweb.com. •Casino Royale (Campbell, 2006), Thu, 2:15, 7, and Quantum of Solace (Forster, 2008), Thu, 4:55, 9:40. Skyfall (Mendes, 2012), Fri, 2, 5, 8. The Lion King (Allers and Minkoff, 1994), Sat, 1:30, 3:45, 6, 8:15. Cirque du Soliel: Worlds Away (Adamson, 2012), Sun-Mon, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9. Argo (Affleck, 2012), Tue, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-$10.25. Amour (Haneke, 2012), call for dates and times. 56 Up (Apted, 2012), call for dates and times. Quartet (Hoffman, 2012), call for dates and times. “Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action,” call for dates and times. “Science on Screen: Water, Water, Everywhere…?”: Valley of Saints (Syeed, 2012), with presentation by water expert Peter Gleick, Thu, 7. This event, $12. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (Herzog and Vasyukov, 2012), Feb 22-28, call for times. Still Moving: Pilobolus at Forty (Ruoff, 2012), with Pilobolus’ Jun Kuribayashi in person, Sat, 4:30.
“CINEQUEST” Various venues, San Jose; www.cinequest.org. $5-50. The 23rd annual film fest honors a slew of stars (Harrison Ford, Chuck Palahniuk) in addition to screening global films and highlighting new film technology. Feb 26-March 10.
CLAY 2261 Fillmore, SF; www.landmarktheatres.com. $9-10. “Midnight Movies:” The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975), Sat, midnight. With live performance by the Bawdy Caste.
FAIRFAX WOMEN’s CLUB 46 Park, Fairfax; (415) 454-9898. $5-10 suggested donation. Symphony of the Soil (Koons Garcia, 2012), Fri, 7.
GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM 4127 18th St, SF; www.glbthistory.org. $5. Submerged Queer Spaces (Dubowsky, 2012), Fri, 7.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100, milibrary.org/events. $10 (reservations required as seating is limited). “CinemaLit Film Series: In the Name of Love:” A Man and a Woman (Lelouch, 1966), Fri, 6.
NEW PARKWAY 474 24th St, Oakl; www.thenewparkway.com. $6-10. “Parkway Classics:” Valley Girl (Coolidge, 1983), Thu, 9pm.
NEW PEOPLE 1746 Post, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. $15-40. What’s the T? (Asuncion, 2013), Thu, 5:30 and 9.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “On Location in Silent Cinema:” Love and Duty (Bu, 1931), Wed, 7; The Bargain (Barker, 1914), Thu, 7; The Ghost That Does Not Return (Room, 1930), Fri, 7. “Alfred Hitchcock: The Shape of Suspense:” Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Fri, 9. “Werner Schroeter: Magnificent Obsessions:” The Kingdom of Naples (1978), Sat, 6. “Chronicles of Inferno: Japan’s Art Theater Guild:” Human Bullet (Okamoto, 1968), Sat, 8:30; Shura (Matsumoto, 1971), Sun, 2. “Documentary Voices:” 48 (de Sousa Dias, 2009), Tue, 7.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. SF IndieFest, Wed-Thu. For advance tickets (most shows $12) and full schedule, visit www.sfindie.com. “Sexual Politics: The Occasionally Autobiographical and Always Personal Films of Joe Swanberg:” •Silver Bullets (2011) and Art History (2011), Fri, 7; •Caitlin Plays Herself (2011) and Marriage Material (2011), Fri, 10; LOL (2006), Sat, 3:30; Alexander the Last (2009), Sat, 5; •Uncle Kent (2011) and All the Light in the Sky (2012), Sat, 7; Autoerotic (2011) and The Zone (2011), Sat, 9:30; Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007), Sun, 7; Nights and Weekends (Swanberg and Gerwig, 2008), Sun, 8:30.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $10. “For Your Vortex Only:” •The Love-Ins (Dreifuss, 1967), Thu, 9, and The Love War (McCowan, 1970), Thu, 11.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. “Fragments of Japanese Underground Cinema 1960-1974:” “Expanded Cinema and Intermedia: Films by Terayama, Matsumoto, and Miyai,” Thu, 7:30. *