Schedules are for Wed/17–Tues/23 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. Cine Barrio presents: Los Bastardos (Escalante, 2008), Fri, 8. “Other Cinema:” Future So Bright (McCormick), plus other “psycho geography” films, Sat, 8:30. Calvin and Sweetpea (Fletcher, 2007), Sun, 8.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES 1453 Mission, SF; www.ciis.edu. Free. “Queers, Gringos, and Other Deviants,” films from Mexico’s School of Arts of the State University of Morelos, Wed, 6:30.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $10-15. Grease (Kleiser, 1978), Wed-Tues, 7:30 (also Sat-Sun, 2:30). Presented sing-along style.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-10.25. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Alfredson, 2009), call for dates and times. Inside Job (Ferguson, 2010), call for dates and times. Leaving (Corsini, 2009), call for dates and times. Vision: From the Life of Hildegard Von Bingen (von Trotta, 2009), call for dates and times. “San Francisco Grand Opera Cinema Series:” La Boheme (2008-2009), Thurs, 7; Sat, 10am. Today’s Special (Kaplan, 2009), Nov 19-25, call for times. Breath Made Visible (Gerber, 2009), Sun, 4:15.
FOUR STAR 2200 Clement, SF; (415) 666-3488; www.lntsf.com/2010_chinese_american_film_festival. $7-9. “Fourth Chinese American Film Festival 2010,” Wed-Tues.
HUMANIST HALL 390 27th St, Oakl; www.humanisthall.org. $5. Sicko (Moore, 2007), Wed, 7:30.
MAGNET 4122 18th St, SF; www.tolerance.org/bullied. Bullied: A Student, a School, and a Case That Made History, Sat, 7.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100 (reservations required). $10. “CinemaLit: Lights! Camera! Action!”: Day for Night (Truffaut, 1973), Fri, 6.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Alternative Visions:” “Surface Tension: Short Films by Morgan Fisher, Hollis Frampton, Owen Land, and Robert Nelson,” Wed, 7:30. “Carl Theodor Dreyer:” Michael (Dreyer, 1924), Fri, 7; Medea (von Trier, 1987), Fri, 9; The Master of the House (Dreyer, 1925), Sat, 6:30; Leaves from Satan’s Book (Dreyer, 1921), Sun, 2. “Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area:” “1990-1999,” Sun, 5:15.
PIEDMONT 4186 Piedmont, Oakl; www.landmarktheatres.coom. $8. The Room (Wiseau, 2003), Sat, midnight.
RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994. $6-10. Life During Wartime (Solondz, 2010), Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:15. Bold Native (Hennelly and Suchan, 2010), Thurs, 7, 9:30. Inception (Nolan, 2010), Fri-Mon, 8 (also Sat-Sun, 2, 5). ID (The Film), Fri, 4. Soul Kitchen (Akin, 2009), Nov 23-24, 7:15, 9:25 (also Nov 24, 2).
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-9.75. Carlos (Assayas, 2010), Wed-Thurs, 6:45. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010), Wed-Thurs, 10:15. Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (Fix and O’Hara, 2010), Wed-Thurs, 6:45, 8:30. “Destroy All Movies!!! Punk-Sploitation Double Feature:” •Times Square (Moyle, 1980), Fri, 6, 9:45, and Surf II (Badat, 1984), Fri, 8. “Nine Nation Animation,” Nov 19-25, call for times. “Midnites for Maniacs: Back to After School Specials Triple Bill:” •A Movie Star’s Daughter (Fuest, 1979), Sat, 7; Rich Kids (Young, 1979), Sat, 8:15; Stoned (Herzfeld, 1980), Sat, 10:30. “Animals Are Absurd!,” co-presented with McSweeney’s, Sat-Sun, call for times. “Magyar Tales of Kornél Mundruczó:” Delta (2008), Nov 22-24, call for times; Johanna (2005), Nov 22-24, call for times.
SAN FRANCISCO LGBT CENTER 1800 Market, SF; www.queerculturalcenter.org. $10. “Between Sizes: An Evening with Skinnyfat,” films about body image, Sat, 7.
VICTORIA 2961 16th St, SF; www.sfcinema.org. $10. San Francisco Cinematheque presents: “New Landscapes for the New World: Contemporary Spanish Experimental Cinema,” Wed, 7:30.
VIZ CINEMA New People, 1746 Post, SF; www.vizcinema.com. $10. Electric Button (Moon and Cherry) (Tanada, 2004), Wed-Thurs, 5, 7:15. Kamu Gaidan (Sai, 2009), Nov 19-Dec 1, check website for times. YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $6-8. “Remembering Kazuo Ohno:” An Offering to Heaven (2002), Thurs, 7:30; •O, Kind God!, and Flower (2001), Sat, 7:30; •Kazuo Ohno (Schmid), with “Admiring La Argentina” (1994), Sun, 2.