Schedules are for Wed/8–Tues/14 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. $6. "ANSWER Coalition:" Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (Logsdon, 2008), Thurs, 7:30. The Invisible Forest (Alli, 2008), Fri, 8.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $7.50-10. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean, 1957), Sept 10-16, 7:30 (also Sat-Sun, Wed, 1, 4:15).
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), call for dates and times. The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (Jayanti, 2009), Sept 10-16, call for times. It Came From Kuchar (Kroot, 2009), Sun, 6:30.
"FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK" This week: Old Mill Park, 300 block of Throckmorton, Mill Valley; (415) 272- 2756, www.filmnight.org. Donations accepted. Alice in Wonderland (Burton, 2010), Fri, 8. Washington Square Park, Union and Columbus, SF; same contact and price info. Amélie (Jeunet, 2001), Sat, 8.
HERBST THEATER 401 Van Ness, SF; www.groundspark.org. $10-25. Choosing Children (Chasnoff and Klausner, 1985), Tues, 6:30. Twenty-fifth anniversary screening.
HUMANIST HALL 390 27th St, Oakl; www.humanisthall.org. $5. World in the Balance: The Population Paradox, Wed, 7:30.
JACK LONDON SQUARE East lawn, Oakl; www.jacklondonsquare.com. Free. "Waterfront Flicks:" Dreamgirls (Condon, 2006), Thurs, 7:30.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100 (reservations required). $10. "CinemaLit: Loves Labours: Leo McCarey Revisited:" The Awful Truth (McCarey, 1937), Fri, 6.
"9/11 TRUTH FILM FESTIVAL" Various venues; www.sf911truth.org. Sponsored by the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance; go to website for complete schedule. Thurs-Sun.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. "Unseen Cinema:" "Revolutions in Technique and Form," Wed, 7:30. "Shakespeare on Film:" Henry V (Olivier, 1945), Thurs, 7; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dieterle and Reinhardt, 1935), Sun, 4. "Swoon: Great Leading Men in Gorgeous 35mm Prints:" House of Bamboo (Fuller, 1952), Fri, 7; The Hustler (Rosen, 1961), Sun, 6:30. "Drawn From Life: Comic Books and Graphic Novels Adapted:" Flash Gordon (Hodges, 1980), Fri, 9; Hellboy (del Toro, 2004), Sat, 8:45. "Berkeley Old Time Music Convention:" •I Hear What You See: The Old-Time World of Kenny Hall (Simon, 2010), and Sprout Wings and Fly (Blank, Gerrard, and Conway, 1983), Sat, 4. "Dance and the State in East Asia Conference:" Yang Bang Xi: The Eight Model Works (Yan, 2006), Sat, 6:30.
RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994. $6-9. "SF Shorts: The San Francisco International Festival of Short Films," Wed-Sat, 7:30, 9:30 (also Fri, 5:30; Sat, 3:30, 5:30). The Karate Kid (Zwart, 2010), Sun, 2, 5, 8; Mon, 7:30. Cyrus (Duplass and Duplass, 2010), Sept 14-16, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sept 15, 2).
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-11.50. The Cockettes (Weissman and Weber, 2002), Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:15. With live performances from the Thrillpeddlers’ production of the Cockettes musical Pearls Over Shanghai. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (Aronson, 1984), Wed-Thurs, 7:15, 9. Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (Jayanti, 2008), Sept 10-16, 7, 9:15 (also Sat-Sun, 2:30, 4:45). Pickup’s Tricks (Pickup, 1973), Sat, 6. Part of SFMOMA’s "Cinema City" film crawl.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 151 Third St, SF; www.sfmoma.org. Prices vary. "Infinite City: Cinema City:" "Housing Shadows and Projecting Fog," work-in-progress screening, Thurs, 7. "Cinema City" continues with screenings at various SF venues. Check website for info.
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, SF; www.sfpl.org. Free. "Amandla! South Africa During and After Apartheid:" Tsotsi (Hood, 2005), Thurs, noon.