Schedules are for Wed/15-Tues/21 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double features are marked with a •. All times p.m. unless otherwise specified.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $6. “Miss Shannon// Underground (A) (T) (A) Laserbeam Premiere [Q] [A] [Z],” Wed, 8.
BALBOA 3630 Balboa, SF; www.balboamovies.com. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (Yates, 2011), Thurs, 7:15.
BAY THEATER Pier 39, SF; sfoffspecialscreening.eventbrite.com. $10-20. “San Francisco Ocean Film Festival Special Screening:” •One Beach (Baffa, 2011) and Thirty Thousand: A Surfing Odyssey from Casablanca to Cape Town (James and James, 2011) Thurs, 7.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $7.50-10. The Skin I Live In (Almodóvar, 2011), Wed, 2:30, 5:15, 8. •Certified Copy (Kiarostami, 2010), Thurs, 2:45, 7, and Circumstance (Keshavarz, 2011), Thurs, 4:50, 9. •Thunder Soul (Landsman, 2010), Fri, 3:30, 7, and Black Dynamite (Sanders, 2009), Fri, 5:10, 8:40. Sutro’s: The Palace at Lands End (Wyrsch, 2011), Sat, 1, 3. •The Lineup (Siegel, 1958), Sat, 7:30, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel, 1956), Sat, 5:45, 9:10. “Scary Cow Prime Cuts: Fifth Anniversary Film Festival Extravaganza,” Sun, 4. More info at scarycow.com/primecuts. Hugo 3D (Scorsese, 2011), Mon, 2:30, 5:15, 8.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-10.25. “Rafael Film Club” with guest David Templeton, Thurs, 1. Chico and Rita (Trueba, 2010), Feb 17-23, call for times. “2012 Oscar Nominated Short Films,” narrative and documentary (separate admission), call for dates and times.
DE YOUNG MUSEUM Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF; deyoung.famsf.org. Free. What’s Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye (Marre, 2006), Sun, 2. With host Kevin Epps and music historian Rickey Vincent.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100, rsvp@milibrary.org. $10. “CinemaLit Film Series: Hollywood Dames: Beauty and Brains:” Leave Her to Heaven (Stahl, 1945), Fri, 6.
“NOISE POP FILM SERIES” AMC Loews Metreon 16, Fourth St at Mission, SF; 2012.noisepop.com/film. $11.50. Re: Generation Music Project (Bar-Lev, 2011), Thurs/16 and Feb 23, 8.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “African Film Festival 2012:” Kongo: 50 Years of Independence in Congo (Various directors, 2010), Wed, 7. “Seconds of Eternity: The Films of Gregory J. Markopoulos:” The Illiac Passion (1966-67), Thurs, 7. “Austere Perfectionism: The Films of Robert Bresson:” A Man Escaped (1956), Fri, 7; Une femme douce (1969), Sat, 6:30; Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971), Sat, 8:20. “Howard Hawks: The Measure of Man:” The Dawn Patrol (1930), Fri, 8:55; Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Tues, 7.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-10. SF IndieFest, through Feb 23. Visit www.sfindie.com for complete schedule.
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, SF; www.sfpl.org. Free. “Bay Area Community Cinema Series:” More Than a Month: One Man’s Journey to End Black History Month (Tilghman, 2012), Tues, 5:45.
SFFS | NEW PEOPLE CINEMA 1746 Post, SF; www.sffs.org. $10-11. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Ceylan, 2011), Wed-Thurs, 2, 5:30, 8:30. Margaret (Lonergan, 2011), Feb 17-23, 2, 5:30, 8:30.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; www.myspace.com/thevortexroom. $7 donation. “The Second Coming of the Vortex Room:” Zardoz (Boorman, 1974), and The Night God Screamed (Madden, 1971), Thurs, 8.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $6-8. “Bros Before Hos:” Meat Rack (Thomas, 1968), Thurs, 7:30; Steam of Life (Berghall and Hotakainen, 2010), Sun, 2.