Schedules are for Wed/30-Tues/6 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. $6-10. “Frequency Structures: Works with Sound and Film,” featuring Paul Clipson and John Davis, Madison Brookshire and Tashi Wada, and John Davis and Ben Bracken, Fri, 8. “Other Cinema:” Films about Muzak by Dale Hoyt and others, Sat, 8:30.
BALBOA 3630 Balboa, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. $17.50-20. “Opera and Ballet at the Balboa Theatre:” Sleeping Beauty, performed by the Bolshoi Ballet, Sat/3-Sun/4, 10am; Dec 7, 7:30.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $7.50-10. The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965), Wed-Sun, 7 (also Sat-Sun, 1). Presented sing-along style; this event, $10-15.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-10.25. “The Films of John Korty:” Alex and the Gypsy (1976), Thurs, 7; Farewell to Manzanar (1976), Sun, 1; Twice Upon a Time (1983), Sun, 7. Seducing Charlie Barker (Glazer, 2010), Fri-Sat, call for times. Eames: The Architect and the Painter (Cohn and Jersey, 2011), Sun, 4:15.
DE ANZA COLLEGE 21250 Stevens Creek, Cupertino; (415) 810-2892. “De Anza Experimental Film Exhibition,” Fri, 7:30.
“OCEAN AVENUE FILM FESTIVAL” 1649 Ocean, SF; artsconn@comcast.net. $5-10. Short films in all genres. Sat, 6-9.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Alternative Visions:” “Flotsam and Jetsam: The Spray of History,” films by Lewis Klahr, Wed, 7:30. “Kino-Eye: The Revolutionary Cinema of Dziga Vertov:” The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Shub, 1927), Thurs, 7. “Afterimage: The Films of Nicolás Pereda:” Together (2009), Fri, 7; Perpetuum Mobile (2010), Fri, 8:45; Summer of Goliath (2010), Sat, 6:30; All Things Were Now Overtaken By Silence (2010), Sun, 3; Where Are Their Stories? (2007), Sun, 5. “Southern (Dis)comfort: The American South in Cinema:” Baby Doll (Kazan, 1956), Sat, 9.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-9.75. Sigur Rós: Inni (Morisset, 2011), Wed-Thurs, 7, 8:30. “World AIDS Day:” “Still Around,” short films, Thurs, 7; Sex in an Epidemic (Carlomusto, 2010), Thurs, 8:45. These screenings, $12; a portion of proceeds benefits the UCSF Health Project. House of Boys (Schlim, 2010), Dec 2-8, 7, 9:15 (also Sat/3-Sun/4, 2:30, 4:30). Star Udo Kier in person Fri/2. “Midnites for Maniacs: More Fun Than Games, A Tribute to Greydon Clark:” •Hi-Riders (1978), Fri, 7:30; Joysticks (1983), Fri, 9:20; Wacko (1981), Fri, 11:15. All three films, $12. “An Evening With Amy Sedaris,” Sun, 7:30. This event, a benefit for the Roxie, $100. “Christmas in Acidland! Presented by Johnny Legend:” “Christmas in Acidland (Part One),” Yuletide TV insanity, Mon, 6, 9:15; “Christmas Noir,” classic original TV episodes, Mon, 7:30; “Christmas in Acidland (Part Two),” more “in-Santa-ty” from TV, Tues, 6, 9:30; Christmas in Hell (Cardona, 1959), Tues, 7:15.
SFFS | NEW PEOPLE CINEMA 1746 Post, SF; www.sffs.org. $10-15. The Swell Season (August-Perna, Mirabella-Davis, and Dapkins, 2011), Wed-Thurs, 1, 5, 7, 9. “The Dardy Family Home Movies By Stephen Sondheim By Erin Markey,” Fri/2-Sat/3 and Dec 9-10, 8; Sun/4 and Dec 11, 6. The City Dark (Cheney, 2011), Tues, 3, 5, 7, 9.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $6-10. “From Muppets to Metal: Music Movies:” Chico and Rita (Trueba, Mariscal, and Errando, 2010), Thurs, 7:30; Coleman-Rollins-Kirk-Cage (Fontaine, 1966-68), Sun, 2. San Francisco Cinematheque presents: “Lewis Klahr’s Prolix Satori,” Fri 7:30.