Schedules are for Wed/7-Tues/13 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double features are marked with a •. All times p.m. unless otherwise specified.
BAY THEATER Aquarium of the Bay, Embarcadero at Beach, SF; www.oceanfilmfestival.org. $8-12. “San Francisco Ocean Film Festival,” films about and inspired by the oceans, Thurs-Sun.
BERKELEY FELLOWSHIP OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS 1924 Cedar, SF; www.wesurge.org. “Social Uprising, Resistance, and Grassroots Encouragement (S.U.R.G.E.) Film Festival,” social justice films and script readings, Thurs, 7-11.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $7.50-10. •Manhattan (Allen, 1979), Wed, 3, 7, and Welcome to L.A. (Rudolph, 1976), Wed, 4:55, 8:55. San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Thurs and Sun. For tickets and program info, visit www.caamedia.org. “Midnites for Maniacs: Grunge Love Triple Bill:” •Reality Bites (Stiller, 1994), Fri, 7:15; My Own Private Idaho (Van Sant, 1991), Fri, 9:30; and Freeway (Bright, 1996), Fri, 11:30. Triple-feature, $12. Children of Paradise (Carné, 1946), Sat, 2:30, 7:30. My Week with Marilyn (Curtis, 2011), Tues, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:10.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-10.25. Chico and Rita (Trueba, 2010), call for dates and times. Crazy Horse (Wiseman, 2011), call for dates and times. “2012 Oscar Nominated Short Films,” narrative and documentary (separate admission), call for dates and times.
ELMWOOD 10070 San Pablo, El Cerrito; www.rialtocinemas.com. Free. “Community Cinema:” Revenge of the Electric Car (Paine, 2011), Wed, 7.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Film 50: History of Cinema, Film, and the Other Arts:” Throne of Blood (Kurosawa, 1957), Wed, 3:10. With lecture by Marilyn Fabe. “Documentary Voices:” Le Quattro Volte (Frammartino, 2010), Wed, 7. “Dark Past: Film Noir by German Emigrés:” High Wall (Bernhardt, 1948), Thurs, 7. San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Fri-Sun. For tickets and program info, visit www.caamedia.org. “Howard Hawks: The Measure of Man:” The Big Sleep (1945), Tues, 7.
PALACE OF FINE ARTS 3301 Lyon, SF; rei.com/sanfrancisco. $20. REI presents films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival, Wed-Thurs, 7-10. Proceeds benefit GirlVentures.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-10. Straight Outta Hunters Point 2 (Epps, 2012), Wed-Thurs, 7. Pariah (Rees, 2011), Wed-Thurs, 8:45. “Hollywood Before the Code: Nasty-Ass Films for a Nasty-Ass World!:” •The Story of Temple Drake (Roberts, 1933), Wed, 6:30, 9:45, and Call Her Savage (Dillon, 1932), Wed, 8; •The Black Cat (Ulmer, 1934), Thurs, 6:40, 9:45, and Kongo (Cowan, 1932), Thurs, 8. Lou Harrison: A World of Music (Sotes, 2012), March 9-15, 7, 8:50 (also Sat-Sun, 3:15, 5).
SF FILM SOCIETY CINEMA 1746 Post, SF. “San Francisco Green Film Festival,” features and shorts with environmental themes, Wed. This event, $10-50; more info at www.sfgreenfilmfest.org.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $6-8. “Human Rights Watch Film Festival:” Better This World (Galloway and Duane de la Vega, 2011), Thurs, 7:30. San Francisco Cinematheque presents: “Jaap Blonk: Soundtracks, Scores, Interactive Animations, ” Fri, 7:30. This event, $10.