Schedules are for Wed/26-Tues/1 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features are marked with a •. All times p.m. unless otherwise specified.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $6.66. “Christian Divine’s Eco-Horror Spooktacular,” Sat, 8.
BALBOA 3630 Balboa, SF; www.unaff.org. $10. “United Nations Association Film Festival: Education is a Human Right:” Because We Were Beautiful (van Osch), Wed, 5:30; Paradise Hotel (Tzavella), Wed, 6:50; Forerunners (Wood), Wed, 8:10; Butterflies and Bulldozers (Dunsky and Dunsky), Wed, 9:20.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $7.50-15. “Berlin and Beyond Film Festival:” 100 Years of Hollywood – The Carl Laemmle Story (Christiansen, 2011), Wed, 2:30; Lila Lila (Gsponer, 2009), Wed, 4:30; If Not Us, Who? (Veiel, 2011), Wed, 7. For tickets (most shows $12) and more information, visit www.berlinbeyond.com. Metropolis (Lang, 1927), with Giorgio Moroder’s 1984 score, Thurs, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:15. “Kevin Smith’s Halloween Extravaganza:” •”Jay and Silent Bob Get Old: Live!”, Fri, 7, and Red State (Smith, 2011), Fri, 9:30. •The Red Shoes (Powell and Pressburger, 1948), Sat-Sun, 2:30, 7, and Black Narcissus (Powell and Pressburger, 1947), Sat-Sun, 4:55, 9:30. Closed Mon-Tues.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-10.25. Margin Call (Chandor, 2011), call for dates and times. The Women on the Sixth Floor (Le Guay, 2011), Wed-Thurs, call for times. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Star, 2010), Oct 28-Nov 3, call for times. !Woman Art Revolution (Hershman Leeson, 2011), Sun, 4:15.
LOST WEEKEND VIDEO 1034 Valencia, SF; www.lostweekendvideo.com. $5. “Zombie Battle Royale:” Kárate a muerte en Torremolinos (Temboury, 2003) with “Attack of the Zombie Luchadores!” (Bandera, 2011), Sun, 8.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100, rsvp@milibrary.org. $10 (reservations required as seating is limited). “CinemaLit Film Series: Discovering Myrna Loy:” Love Crazy (Conway, 1941), Fri, 6.
NINTH STREET INDEPENDENT FILM CENTER 145 Ninth St, SF; www.cutthefilm.com. $6. Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision (Ungar-Sargon), Sat, 7.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Alternative Visions:” “Films of Chick Strand” (1964-86), Wed, 7:30. “The Outsiders: New Hollywood Cinema in the Seventies:” The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (Cohen, 1978), Thurs, 7. “Rainer Werner Fassbender: Two Great Epics:” Berlin Alexanderplatz, Parts XII-XII, Epilogue (1979-80), Fri, 7. “A Theater Near You:” Summer (Rohmer, 1986), Sat, 6:30 and Sun, 4; Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (Rohmer, 1987), Sat, 8:30. “UCLA Festival of Preservation:” Waiting for Godot (Schneider, 1961), Sun, 6. “Kino-Eye: The Revolutionary Cinema of Dziga Vertov:” “Kino-Pravda Nos. 18, 20-22” (1924-25), Tues, 7.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-9.75. San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, Wed-Thurs. For tickets (most shows $11) and more info, visit www.sfindie.com. Gainsbourg: The Man Who Loved Women (Forneri, 2011), Oct 28-Nov 3, 7, 9 (also Sat-Sun, 3, 5). “Halloween Spooktacular:” The Hunger (Scott, 1983), Fri, 7; Nadja (Almereyda, 1994), Fri, 9:30. “20th Anniversary Celebration for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks:” Laura (Preminger, 1944), Sat, 7; Twin Peaks: The Pilot (Lynch, 1990), Sat, 9; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Lynch, 1992), Sat, 11. Zombie (Fulci, 1979/2011), Sat, 3, 5; Sun, 3, 5, 7,9; Mon, 7, 9. Some Guy Who Kills People (Perez, 2011), Tues, 7, 9. SFFS | NEW PEOPLE CINEMA 1746 Post, SF; www.sffs.org. $12-13. “French Cinema Now:” Bachelor Days Are Over (Lewcowicz, 2011), Thurs, 6:15 and Sun, 9; Goodbye First Love (Hansen-Løve, 2011), Thurs, 9 and Sat, 4; Beautiful Lies (Salvadori, 2010), Fri, 1:30 and Sun, 6:30; The Moon Child (Gleize, 2010), Fri, 4 and Sat, 1; The Kid With a Bike (Dardenne and Dardenne, 2011), Fri, 7 and Sun, 4:30; The Long Falling (Provost, 2011), Fri, 9 and Sun, 1:30; The Minister (Schoeller, 2011), Sat, 6:30 and Mon, 9; Four Lovers (Cordier, 2010), Sat, 9:30 and Tues, 9; The Screen Illusion (Amalric, 2011), Mon, 7; Angèle and Tony (Delaporte, 2010), Tues, 7. SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, SF; www.sfpl.org. Free. “Thursdays at Noon Film Series: When Women Got the Vote:” Standing On My Sister’s Shoulders (2002), Thurs, noon. VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; www.myspace.com/thevortexroom. $5 donation. “The Vortex Incarnate:” •Phantom of the Paradise (De Palma, 1974), Thurs, 9, and Poor Devil (Scheerer, 1973), Thurs, 11. YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $6-8. “Mexico Rising: The Films of Nicolás Pereda:” Perpetuum Mobile (2009), Thurs, 7:30. Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson, 1951), Sat, 7:30; Sun, 2. New 60th anniversary print restoration.