Schedules are for Wed/25-Tue/1 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.
ATA GALLERY 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $6. “Jelly Bones Collective Presents: This Is Me, This is My Head/This is Me/This is My Body,” works by Nico Cevallos, Noaa Dye, Everrett Thompson, and others, Fri, 8. “Other Cinema:” “live cinema” with Sam Green, Mady Schutzman, and Jesse Drew, Sat, 8:30. Complete program info at www.othercinema.com.
BALBOA THEATRE 3630 Balboa, SF; cinemasf.com/balboa. $10. “Popcorn Palace:” The Karate Kid (Avildsen, 1984), Sat, 10am. Matinee for kids.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-12. •Mean Streets (Scorsese, 1973), Wed, 2:30, 7, and Mikey and Nicky (May, 1976), Wed, 4:40, 9:10. •Soylent Green (Fleischer, 1973), Thu, 7, and Idiocracy (Judge, 2006), Thu, 5:10, 8:55. •The Changeling (Medak, 1980), Fri, 7, and The Shining (Kubrick, 1980), Fri, 9:10. •Thank God It’s Friday (Klane, 1978), Sat, 2:15, 7, and Boogie Nights (Anderson, 1997), Sat, 4:05, 8:50. •House of Wax (De Toth, 1953), Sun, 3:35, 7, and Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D (Arnold, 1954), Sun, 5:20, 8:45. Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong! (Wyrsch, 2008), Sun, 2. •Out of Sight (Soderbergh, 1998), Tue, 7, with 3:10 to Yuma (Daves, 1957), Tue, 5:05, 9:15.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-$10.75. C.O.G. (Alvarez, 2013), call for dates and times. Good Ol’ Freda (White, 2013), call for dates and times. Populaire (Roinsard, 2012), call for dates and times. 20 Feet From Stardom (Neville, 2013), call for dates and times. Symphony of the Soil (Koons Garcia, 2012), Sept 27-Oct 2. Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia and subject Dr. Ignacio Chapela in person Fri/27, 6:30pm.
CLAY 2261 Fillmore, SF; www.landmarktheatres.com. $10. “Midnight Movies:” The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975), Sat, midnight. With the Bawdy Caste performing live.
EXPLORATORIUM Pier 15, SF; www.exploratorium.edu. $25. “Fog Festival,” with films (including a new work, Fog City, by Sam Green), interactive exhibits, a farewell to the “Fog Bridge” installation, and more, Sat, noon-5.
HUMANIST HALL 390 27th St, Oakl; www.humanisthall.org. $5 donation. Necrophilous (Noble), Wed, 7:30.
“OAKLAND UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL” Various venues, Oakl; http://www.oakuff.org. $10 (fest passes, $75). Fifth annual fest of international and local new indie cinema, including docs about the Koch Brothers, Kathleen Hanna, and graffiti artist GATS. Wed-Sun.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Committed Cinema: John Gianvito and Paul Chan:” Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (Gianvito, 2007), Wed, 7. John Gianvito in person. “Pier Paolo Pasolini:” La rabbia di Pasolini (Pasolini and Bertolucci, 1963/2008) with “La ricotta” (Pasolini, 1962), Thu, 7:30; In Search of Locations for the Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pasolini, 1964), Sat, 6:30; Love Meetings (Pasolini, 1964), Sat, 8:20; Oedipus Red (Pasolini, 1967), Sun, 7:30. “The Man Who Wasn’t There: Wendell Corey, Actor:” Hell’s Half Acre (Auer, 1954), Fri, 7; The Killer Is Loose (Boetticher, 1956), Fri, 8:50. “Endless Summer Cinema:” Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman, 1978), Fri, 7:30. Free outdoor screening. “Yang Fudong’s Cinematic Influences:” Street Angel (Muzhi, 1937), Sun, 5:30.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. Blue Caprice (Moors, 2013), Thu, 7, 8:45. Charles Bradley: Soul of America (Brien, 2012), Wed, 7:15, 9. Herb and Dorothy 50X50 (Sasaki, 2013), Wed-Thu, 7, 9. Inuk (Magidson, 2012), Sept 27-Oct 3, 6:30, 8:45 (also Sat-Sun, 1:30). Symphony of the Soil (Koons Garcia, 2012), Sat, 7. “Millie Perkins in the Exploitation Cinema of Matt Cimber:” •The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976), Tue, 7, and Lady Cocoa (1974), Tue, 9.
“SF LATINO FILM FESTIVAL” Various locations in SF, Berk, and Oakl; www.sflatinofilmfestival.com. Most shows $12. Narrative, documentary, and short films from the US, Mexico, and across the globe. Through Fri/27.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $10. “Margheritiville: Thursday Film Cult Visits the Wild, Wild World of Antonio Margheriti:” •Killer Fish (1976), Thu, 9, and Cannibal Apocalypse (1980), Thu, 11.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. “Local Boy Makes Good: New Bay Area Film:” way (Steiner, 2012), Thu, 6:30 and 8; Fred Lyon: Living Through the Lens (House, 2013), Sun, 2. Filmmaker Michael House and subject Fred Lyon in person. “Back in the Day: New Films on Hip-Hop and Urban Subculture:” The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan (Pattisall and Gastman, 2012), Sat, 7:30. With filmmaker Roger Gastman in person. *