Schedules are for Wed/30-Tue/5 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. The Revolutionary Optimists (Grainger-Monsen and Newnham, 2013), Thu, 7:30.
BALBOA 3630 Balboa, SF; cinemasf.com/balboa. $10. “Thursday Night Rock Docs:” You See Me Laughin’ (Stein, 2002), Thu, 7:30. Dragon Ball Z (Hosoda, 2013), Tue, 7, 9.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-11. San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Wed-Sun. For complete program and ticket info, visit www.sfjff.org.
CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM 736 Mission, SF; www.thecjm.org. Free. North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959), Tue, noon.
COURTHOUSE SQUARE 2200 Broadway, Redwood City; www.redwoodcity.org. Free. Gravity (Cuarón, 2013), Thu, 8:45.
DAVID BROWER CENTER Goldman Theater, 2150 Allston, Berk; http://browercenter.org. $5-12. “Reel to Real:” The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (Knappenberger, 2014), Wed, 7.
EXPLORATORIUM Pier 15, SF; www.exploratorium.edu. Free with museum admission ($19-25). “Saturday Cinema: Spin,” Sat, 1, 2, 3.
MILK BAR 1840 Haight, SF; www.milksf.com. $8-12. “Milk Was a Bad Choice:” Down Dirty Shake and Spindrift musical performances, plus the premiere of original film “Spindrift: Ghost of the West” (2014), Wed, 8.
NEW PARKWAY 474 24th St, Oakl; www.thenewparkway.com. Free. “First Friday Shorts:” “Bay Area Youth Media Network,” Fri, 6.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Kenji Mizoguchi: A Cinema of Totality:” Crucified Lovers: A Story from Chikamatsu (1954), Wed, 7; A Woman of Rumor (1954), Fri, 7. “The Brilliance of Satyajit Ray:” Distant Thunder (1973), Thu, 7; The Golden Fortress (1974), Sat, 5:30. “Derek Jarman, Visionary:” Edward II (1991), Fri, 8:40; The Garden (1990), Sun, 7:30. “Over the Top and Into the Wire: WWI on Film:” Shoulder Arms (Chaplin, 1918), Sat, 8:15; Hearts of the World (Griffith, 1918), Sun, 5.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. “Docunight #6:” My Name is Negahdar Jamai and I Make Westerns (Heidari, 2014), Wed, 7:30. The Dance of Reality (Jodorowsky, 2013), Wed, 9:30; Thu, 9. Life Itself (James, 2013), Wed-Thu, 7, 9:15. “Bay Area Docs:” Telos: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui (Lee, 2013), Thu, 7. Happy Christmas (Swanberg, 2014), Aug 1-7, 7, 8:45 (also Sat-Sun, 3:30, 5:15). “Brave New World Series:” Cyber Seniors (Cassaday, 2014), Tue, 7.
SEVENTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1329 Seventh Ave, SF; www.thesacas.org. Free. The Campaign (Herring, 2014), Wed, 6:30.
SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-10.75. Boyhood (Linklater, 2014), Wed-Thu, call for times. Land Ho! (Stephens and Katz, 2014), Wed-Thu, call for times.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $10. “Thursday Night Film Cult: Bad Vibrations”: •Bummer! (Castleman, 1973), Thu, 9, and Down Beat (1967), Thu, 11. *