Schedules are for Wed/23-Tue/29 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. Free-$12. “Sistah Sinema: Celebrating Black Lesbian Motherhood,” short films, Fri, 8. “Cyclone!”, poetry reading with Jamie Townsend, Dodie Bellamy, Amy Berkowitz, and Aaron Simon, Sat, 4.
BALBOA 3630 Balboa, SF; cinemasf.com/balboa. $10. “Thursday Night Rock Docs:” The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (Malloy, 2009), Thu, 7:30.
BERKELEY COMMUNITY MEDIA 2239 Martin Luther King, Jr Way, Berk; www.betv.org. $10. “Berkeley Community Media 48 Hour Summer Shorts Movie Jam,” Fri, 5 (teams formed); Sun, 7 (screening).
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-11. •Double Indemnity (Wilder, 1944), Wed, 7, and The Postman Always Rings Twice (Garnett, 1946), Wed, 9:05. San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, July 24-Aug 3. For complete program and ticket info, visit www.sfjff.org.
COURTHOUSE SQUARE 2200 Broadway, Redwood City; www.redwoodcity.org. Free. Saving Mr. Banks (Hancock, 2013), Thu, 8:45.
DUBOCE PARK Duboce at Noe, SF; www.friendsofdubocepark.org. Free. “Outdoor Movie Night:” So I Married an Axe Murderer (Schlamme, 1993), Sat, 8:30.
EXPLORATORIUM Pier 15, SF; www.exploratorium.edu. Free with museum admission ($19-25). “Saturday Cinema: Serious Fun,” Sat, 1, 2, 3.
JACK LONDON FERRY LAWN Clay and Water, Oakl; www.jacklondonsquare.com. Free. “Waterfront Flicks:” Despicable Me 2 (Coffin and Renaud, 2013), Thu, sundown.
NEW PEOPLE 1746 Post, SF; www.jffsf.org. $13. “Japan Film Festival of San Francisco,” presented in conjunction with the 2014 J-Pop Summit, Wed-Sun.
NIMBY 8410 Amelia, Oakl; www.brainwashm.com. $12. “Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival,” “weird, unusual and just plain great movies for audience enjoyment and edification,” Fri-Sat.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Martin Scorsese presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema:” Camouflage (Zanussi, 1976), Wed, 7. “The Brilliance of Satyajit Ray:” The Philosopher’s Stone (1957), Thu, 7; Days And Nights in the Forest (1970), Sat, 6:30; Sikkim (1971), Sun, 5. “Kenji Mizoguchi: A Cinema of Totality:” A Geisha (1953), Fri, 7. “Rude Awakening: American Comedy, 1990–2010:” Office Space (Judge, 1999), Fri, 8:45. “Derek Jarman, Visionary:” The Last of England (1987), Sat, 8:40. “Derek Jarman, Visionary:” War Requiem (1988), Sun, 7:10. “Alternative Visions: Animation:” “Films by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby (1991-2011),” Tue, 7.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. Inland Empire (Lynch, 2006), Wed, 7:15. Llyn Foulkes One Man Band (Halpern and Quilty, 2014), Wed-Thu, 7. Video Games: The Movie (Snead, 2014), Wed-Thu, 8, 10. “Pop/Rox:” This is Noise Pop (Werbach, 2011), Thu, 7:15. “This Must Be the Place: The End of Underground (1991-2012):” The Year Punk Broke (Markey, 1992), Fri, 7:15; Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies (Phillips, 1993), Fri, 9:15; What’s Up, Matador? (Tarver, 1997), Fri, 11; Is it Really So Strange? (Jones, 2005), Sat, 6:30; Fugazi: Instrument (Cohen, 1999), Sat, 8:30; “Bay Area Avant Archives,” Sat, 10:45; Half-Cocked (Hawley, 1994), Sun, 5:45; Better Than Something (Hammond and Markiewicz, 2011), Sun, 7:45; Shut Up and Play the Hits (Lovelace and Southern, 2012), Sun, 9:30. Each program, $18. “Roxie Kids:” Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro (Miyazaki, 1979), Sun, 2. Marketa Lazarová (Vlácil, 1967), Sat-Sun, check website for times; Mon-Tue, 6:45.
SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-$10.75. Siddharth (Mehta, 2013), Wed-Thu, call for times. Henry IV: Part II, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Thu, 7 and Sun, 1. Boyhood (Linklater, 2014), July 25-31, call for times. Land Ho! (Stephens and Katz, 2014), July 25-31, call for times.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $10. “Thursday Night Film Cult: Bad Vibrations”: •Summertime Killer (Isasi-Isasmendi, 1973), Thu, 9, and Punk Vacation (Lewis, 1990), Thu, 11.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. “Invasion of the Cinemaniacs:” The Company (Altman, 2003), Thu, 7:30; Colorado Territory (Walsh, 1949), Sun, 2. *