Schedules are for Wed/27–Tues/3 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and quadruple features are marked with a •. All times are p.m. unless otherwise specified.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $4-6. “Free Form Film Festival: Elementals of Media Uncaged,” Thurs, 8. “À La Node: An Evening of Electronic Performance,” Fri, 8. Presented by SFAI’s “Signal to Noise” class. “Other Cinema:” Waste Land (Walker, 2010), Sat, 8:30.
BALBOA 3620 Balboa, SF; www.balboamovies.com. $10. Bruce Springsteen: The Promise — The Making of “Darkness on the Edge of Town” (Zimny), Thurs, 7:30. Benefit for Bread and Roses.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. Regular programming $7.50-10. The King’s Speech (Hooper, 2010), Wed, 3, 5:30, 8. Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010), Thurs, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:05. “San Francisco International Film Festival: Peter J. Owens Acting Award,” Fri, 7:30; La Dolce Vita (Fellini, 1960), Sun, 12:30; “Mel Novikoff Award: Serge Bromberg and Retour de Flamme: Rare and Restored Films in 3D,” Sun, 5; 13 Assassins (Miike, 2010), Sun, 8:30; “Tindersticks: Claire Denis Film Scores, 1996-2009,” Mon, 8:30. For tickets and info, visit www.sffs.org. •Jaws (Spielberg, 1975), Sat, 2, 7, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg, 1977), Sat, 4:20, 9:20.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-15. Certified Copy (Kiarostami, 2010), call for dates and times. Poetry (Yun, 2010), call for dates and times. Potiche (Ozon, 2010), call for dates and times. American Graffiti (Lucas, 1973), Thurs, 7:30. This event, $15-50; benefits Marin Charitable. The Princess of Montpensier (Tavernier, 2010), April 29-Mau 5, call for times. “New Documentaries on Ingmar Bergman:” …But Film Is My Mistress (Björkman, 2010) with “Images From the Playground” (Björkman, 2009), Sun, 7.
EMBARCADERO One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level, SF; www.scion.com/filmscreening. Free. New Garage Explosion: In Love With These Times (Brown and Patel, 2010), Wed, 7.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100, rsvp@milibrary.org. $10. “CinemaLit Film Series: French Twist:” Time Out (Cantet, 2001), Fri, 6.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Film 50: History of Cinema: Fantasy Films and Realms of Enchantment:” Splice (Natali, 2009), Wed, 3:10. “San Francisco International Film Festival,” April 22-May 5. For schedule, see film listings; for tickets and additional info, visit www.sffs.org.
RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994; www.redvicmoviehouse.com. $6-10. Valley Girl (Coolidge, 1983), Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:25. Manhattan (Allen, 1979), Thurs-Fri, 7:15, 9:20. The Room (Wiseau, 2003), Fri-Sat, midnight. “Red Vic Benefit:” “Poster Sale,” 1-6; “Midnites for Maniacs: Calling All Maniacs, Come Save the Red Vic:” “Ficks’ Picks: My 35 Favorite 35mm Trailers,” Sat, 7:30; “My Movie Memorabilia Auction,” Sat, 9; “Secret 35mm Screening of a Brilliant and Obscure 1970s Film Not Available on VHS or DVD,” Sat, 9:45. Suggested donation $10-20 to benefit the Red Vic. Moulin Rouge (Luhrmann, 2001), Sun-Mon, 7, 9:25 (also Sun, 2, 4:30). William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (Leyser, 2010), May 3-4, 7:15, 9:15 (also May 4, 2). ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-9.75. Red, White and Blue (Rumley, 2010), Wed-Thurs, 7:15, 9:15. Stake Land (Mickle, 2010), April 29-May 5, 7:15, 9:30 (also Sat-Sun, 2:55, 5).