Schedules are for Wed/1–Tues/7 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features are marked with a •. All times are p.m. unless otherwise specified.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $3-10. The Treatment (Lovewarz), Thurs, 7:30. Music shorts by Vincent Moon, Fri, 8. "Other Cinema Digital and Alternative Digital Domain: Kwik Gigs 66," short films, videos, and live performance, Sat, 9.
"BERNAL HEIGHTS OUTDOOR CINEMA" Various venues, www.bhoutdoorcine.org. Free. More than 65 short films and videos from local filmmakers, screened at impromptu neighborhood venues. Thurs-Sun.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $7.50-10. "Blonde Bombshells:" •Written on the Wind (Sirk, 1956), Wed, 2:55, 7, and Madame X (Rich, 1966), Wed, 4:55, 9; •Three For the Show (Potter, 1955), Thurs, 2, 5:35, 9:20, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Tashlin, 1957), Thurs, 3:45, 7:30; My Man Godfrey (La Cava, 1936), Fri, 1, 5, 9:20, and Some Like It Hot (Wilder, 1959), Fri, 2:45, 7; •Libeled Lady (Conway, 1936), Sat, 1, 5, 9:10, and Dinner at Eight (Cukor, 1933), Sat, 2:55, 7; • The Misfits (Huston, 1961), and Platinum Blonde (Capra, 1931), Sun, call for times.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-10.25. Cairo Time (Nadda, 2009), call for dates and times. The Girl Who Played With Fire (Alfredson, 2009), call for dates and times. Lebanon (Maoz, 2009), call for dates and times. Soul Kitchen (Akin, 2009), Sept 3-9, call for times. "Everybody’s Classics": North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959), Sun, noon (free screening).
"FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK" This week: Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo; (415) 272- 2756, www.filmnight.org. Donations accepted. Sixteen Candles (Hughes, 1984), Fri, 8; Up (Docter and Peterson, 2009), Sat, 8; Avatar (Cameron, 2009), Sun, 5.
HUMANIST HALL 390 27th St, Oakl; www.humanisthall.org. $5. Avatar (Cameron, 2009), Wed, 7:30.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO 3200 California, SF; www.sf-interfaith.org. Free. A Village Called Versailles (Chiang), Wed, 7.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100 (reservations required). $10. "CinemaLit: Loves Labours: Leo McCarey Revisited:" Ruggles of Red Gap (McCarey, 1935), Fri, 6.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. "Alternative Visions: Oskar Fischinger Classics," Wed, 7:30. "Swoon: Great Leading Men in Gorgeous 35mm Prints:" In a Lonely Place (Ray, 1950), Thurs, 7; Out of the Past (Tourneur, 1947), Sat, 6:30; From Here to Eternity (Zinnemann, 1953), Sat, 8:30; Picnic (Logan, 1956), Sun, 6:45. "Shakespeare on Screen:" Hamlet (Gade and Schall, 1920), Fri, 6:30; Hamlet Goes Business (Kaurismäki, 1987), Fri, 8:40; Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli, 1968), Sun, 4.
RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994. $6-9. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958), Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:35 (also Wed, 2). House (Obayahsi, 1977), Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2, 4). The Secret of Kells (More and Twomey, 2009), Sun-Tues, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun-Mon, 2, 4).
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-11.50. "Not Necessarily Noir:" •Mickey One (Penn, 1965), Wed, 6:10, 9:15, and The Woman Chaser (Devor, 1999), Wed, 8; •Rolling Thunder (Flynn, 1977), Thurs, 6, 10, and Hardcore (Schrader, 1979), Thurs, 8. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (Aronson, 1994), Sept 3-9, 7:15, 9 (also Sat-Sun, 2, 3:45, 5:30). Mogwai: Burning (Moon and La Souanec, 2010), Sat, 11. The Cockettes (Weissman and Weber, 2002), Sept 7-9, 7, 9:15. With live performances from the Thrillpeddlers’ production of the Cockettes musical Pearls Over Shanghai.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 151 Third St, SF; www.sfmoma.org. $5. "Daft Punk on Screen:" Electroma (Bangalter and De Homem-Christo, 2006), Thurs, 7.
VIZ CINEMA New People, 1746 Post, SF; www.vizcinema.com. $10. "Kurosawa On Sword Battles: Samurai Saga Vol. 2:" Throne of Blood (1957), Wed, 4:30 and Thurs, 7; The Hidden Fortress (1958), Wed, 7 and Thurs, 4.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $6-8. "Dark "Something From Nothing: Films on Design and Architecture:" Handmade Nation (Levine, 2009), Sun, 2.