Schedules are for Wed/19-Tue/25 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. $6-12. "Periwinkle Cinema:" The Treatment (Aluvalot and Thustra, 2010), Wed, 8. Cine+Mas presents: Dirty Hearts (Amorim, 2011), Thu, 7:30; Under My Nails (Cruz, 2011), Fri, 7:30. More info on these events, www.sflatinofilmfestival.com. "Other Cinema:" Pig Death Machine (Moritsugu), Sat, 8:30. More info on this event, www.othercinema.com.
CALIFORNIA 2113 Kittredge St, SF; www.landmarktheatres.com. $8-10.50. "Studio Ghibli Animation Retrospective:" Only Yesterday (Takahata, 1991), Japanese with English subtitles, Wed, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35; Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001), Japanese with English subtitles, Thu-Fri, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40; Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki, 1997), Japanese with English subtitles, Sat, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50; My Neighbor Totoro (Miyazaki, 1988), Japanese with English subtitles, Sun-Mon, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20; Pom Poko (Takahata, 1994), Japanese with English subtitles, Tue, 1:50, 7; Howl’s Moving Castle (Miyazaki, 2004), English language version, Tue, 4:25, 9:35; Whisper of the Heart (Kondo, 1995), Japanese with English subtitles, Sept 26, 2:15, 7; Ponyo (Miyazaki, 2008), English language version, Sept 26, 4:45, 9:30.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-11. •Risky Business (Brickman, 1983), Wed, 7, and Election (Payne, 1999), Wed, 8:55. •Office Space (Judge, 1999), Thu, 7, and Secretary (Shainberg, 2002), Thu, 8:45. About Cherry (Elliott, 2012), Fri, 7, 9:30. Director Stephen Elliott in person. 3rd I’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival. Sat. Complete schedule at www.thirdi.org. •There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007), Sat, 2:30, 8:15, and Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009), Sat, 5:30. •Pina (Wenders, 2011), Sept 25-26, 7 (also Sept 26, 2:15), and Crazy Horse (Wiseman, 2011), Sept 25-26, 9 (also Sept 26, 4:15).
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-$10.25. Arbitrage (Jarecki, 2012), call for dates and times. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012), call for dates and times. Cane Toads: The Conquest 3D (Lewis, 2012), call for dates and times. This event, $10-12. 2 Days in New York (Delpy, 2012), call for dates and times.
"CINE+MAS SAN FRANCISCO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL" Various Bay Area locations; www.sflatinofilmfestival.com. Most shows $12. Forty features, documentaries, and shorts from Latin America, Spain, and the United States. Through Sept 28.
COPPOLA THEATRE SFSU, 1600 Holloway, SF; www.asifa-sf.org. Free. Experimental animation screening hosted by Ben Ridgway, featuring works by Zeitguised, Max Hattler, and others, Fri, 7:30.
EMBARCADERO One Embarcadero Center, SF; www.bayareaflamenco.org. $12. "Flamenco on Film:" Flamenco, Flamenco (Saura, 2010), Sept 24-26, 7; Morao: Good Flamenco Singing Hurts (Van Beenan and Van De Noort), Sept 24-26, 9. Presented in conjunction with the Bay Area Flamenco Festival.
"FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK" This week: Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo; www.filmnight.org. Donations accepted. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Bird, 2011), Fri, 8; Hugo (Scorsese, 2011), Sat, 8.
GOETHE-INSTITUT SAN FRANCISCO 530 Bush, SF; (415) 263-8760. $5 suggested donation. "Homage to Romy Schneider:" Cesar and Rosalie (Sautet, 1972), Wed, 7:30.
JACK LONDON SQUARE First Street at Broadway, Oakl; www.jacklondonsquare.com. Free. The Devil Wears Prada (Frankel, 2006), Thu, sundown.
MANDELA VILLAGE ARTS CENTER 1357 Fifth St, Oakl; www.ticketweb.com. $10. Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival, Fri-Sat, 9. Outdoor screenings with live music and food trucks.
NEW PEOPLE CINEMA 1746 Post, SF; www.sffs.org. $12-25. "Hong Kong Cinema:" Love Me Not (Leung, 2012), Fri, 4:30 and Sat, 9; Love in the Buff (Pang, 2012), Fri, 7 and Sun, 4; Nightfall (Yeung, 2012), Fri, 9:45; Made in Hong Kong (Chan, 1997), Sat, 1:30; Comrades, Almost a Love Story (Chan, 1996), Sat, 3:45; The Great Magician (Yee, 2011), Sat, 6:15; A Simple Life (Hui, 2011), Sun, 1:30; Romancing in Thin Air (To, 2011), Sun, 6:30; The Longest Nite (Yau, 1998), Sun, 8:45.
ODC THEATER 3153 17th St, SF; www.odctheater.org. $15-35. How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? (Lemon, 2010), Wed, 7. Tie It Into My Hand (Festa, 2012), Fri-Sat, 7.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. "Alternative Visions:" As Above, So Below (Clark, 1973), plus short films, Wed, 7. "LA Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema:" Emma Mae (Fanaka, 1976), Thu, 7; Your Children Come Back to You (Larkin, 1979), plus short films, Tue, 7. "Grand Illusions: French Cinema Classics, 1928-1960:" La ronde (Ophuls, 1950), Fri, 7; Le plaisir (Ophuls, 1952), Fri, 8:55; The Earrings of Madame de … (Ophuls, 1953), Sun, 7. "Life is Short: Nikkatsu Studios at 100:" Singing Lovebirds (Makino, 1939), Sat, 6:30; Rusty Knife (Masuda, 1958), Sat, 8; Made to Order Cloth (Ito, 1931), Sun, 5.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-10. Beauty is Embarrassing (Berkeley, 2012), Wed-Thu, 7, 8:45. Kumaré (Gandhi, 2011), Thu, 6:45, 8:45. Red Hook Summer (Lee, 2012), Thu, 2, 4:15, 6:45, 9. 3rd I’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, Wed-Fri and Sun. Complete schedule at www.thirdi.org. "Other Minds Film Festival: John Cage and Friends," Sat, 2-midnight. Marathon film fest marking the 100th birthday of maverick composer-artist John Cage; more info at www.otherminds.org. Child of Giants: My Journey with Maynard Dixon and Dorothea Lange (Ropelewski) with "Pirkle Jones: Seven Decades Photographed" (Reed), Mon, 7:30. The Rise and Fall of the Clash (Garcia), Tue, 7:30, 9:30.
SPUR URBAN CENTER 654 Mission, SF; www.slowfoodsanfrancisco.com. $5. Cafeteria Man (Chisolm, 2011), Thu, 6. With film subject Tony Geraci in person.
VOGUE 3290 Sacramento, SF; cinemasf.com/vogue. $15. "City Scenes, Installment Six:" It Came from Beneath the Sea (Gordon, 1955), Thu, 9. With a live performance by the Brothers Comatose at 8.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $7. "Storytelling Night at the Vortex Room Hosted by Jack Stevenson," Fri, 9.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Rivette, 1974), Thu-Sat, 7 (also Sat, 2pm); Sun, 2pm.