Schedules are for Wed/8-Tue/14 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $7. Chromavision launch party, Fri, 7. Celebrating a new indie record label and video production house with music and videos; headliners are Black Jeans and Natural Curves.
BALBOA 3630 Balboa, SF. The Devil’s Carnival (Bousman, 2012), Sat, 8. This event, www.thedevilscarnival.com; $21.43-43.60. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live in Texas ’78 (1978), Tue and Aug 16, 7:30. This event, cinemasf.com/balboa; $7.50-10.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-11. •The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948), Wed, 2:30, 7, and Key Largo (Huston, 1948), Wed, 4:55, 9:25. •Strangers on a Train (Hitchcock, 1951), Thu, 2:45, 7, and The Crying Game (Jordan, 1992), Thu, 4:45, 8:55. •Ed Wood (Burton, 2994), Fri, 7, and Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001), Fri, 9:30. •San Francisco (Van Dyke, 1935), Sat, 1, and Earthquake (Robson, 1974), Sat, 3:15. "Marc Huestis and the Castro Theatre present: The Poseidon Event-ure with Star Carol Lynley Live!:" The Poseidon Adventure (Neame, 1972), Sat, 8 (film starts at 9:15). With pre-show performances and an onstage interview with Lynley; this event, $10-19.72. Advance tickets at www.ticketfly.com. •Sunrise (Murnau, 1927), Sun, 3:20, 7, and Freaks (Browning, 1932), Sun, 2, 5:30, 9:05. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011), Tue, 2, 5, 8.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-$10.25. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012), call for dates and times. Bernie (Linklater, 2012), call for dates and times. Dark Horse (Solondz, 2011), call for dates and times. Gerhard Richter Painting (Belz, 2011), Wed-Thu, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45. The Queen of Versailles (Greenfield, 2012), call for dates and times. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Klayman, 2012), Aug 10-16, call for times. La Bayadere, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet, Sun, 10am. This event, $15. "The Beauty of the Real: A Celebration of Contemporary French Actresses:" La Cérémonie (Chabrol, 1995), Sun, 7; Didine (Dietschy, 2008), Mon, 7.
"FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK" This week: Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo; www.filmnight.org. Donations accepted. The Artist (Hazanavicius, 2011), Fri, 8; The Muppet Movie (Frawley, 1979), Sat, 8.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100, rsvp@milibrary.org. $10. "CinemaLit Film Series: Fairytale Endings:" The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1987), Fri, 6.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. "Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years:" All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930), Wed, 7; Dracula (Browning, 1931), Sun, 4. "Russian Inferno: The Films of Alexei Guerman:" Twenty Days Without War (1976), Thu, 7. "Bellissima: Leading Ladies of the Italian Screen:" L’amore (Rossellini, 1948), Fri, 7; Bread, Love and Dreams (Comencini, 1953), Sat, 6. "Cool World:" Klute (Pakula, 1971), Fri, 8:40. "Summer Cinema on Center Street:" Donovan’s Brain (Feist, 1953), Sat, 7:30. Free outdoor screening. "The Eternal Poet: Raj Kapoor and the Golden Age of Indian Cinema:" Bobby (1973), Sat, 8. "Always for Pleasure: The Films of Les Blank:" •The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (Blank with Gosling and Simon, 1994), and Gap-Toothed Women (Blank, Gosling, and Simon, 1987), with "Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge" (Blank, Gosling, and Conway, 1991), Sun, 7.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-10. Bill W. (Hanlon and Garracino, 2012), Wed-Thu, 7, (also Wed, 9). Klown (Nørgaard, 2012), Wed, 7:15. 9:15; Thu, 9:30. Passive House California Film Festival, films about renewable energy alternatives, Thu, 7:15, 9:15. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World (Wright, 2010), Fri, 11pm. Atheist Film Festival, Sat, 2. "Incredibly Strange Television:" "The Birth (and Near Death) of TV Comedy! Program One," Mon, 6:15, 9:45; "Program Two," Mon, 8; "Johnny Legend’s TV in Acidland Program One," Tue, 6:15, 9:45; "Program Two," Tue, 8.
SF FILM SOCIETY CINEMA 1746 Post, SF; sffs.org/cinema. $8-11. Battle Royale (Fukasaku, 2000), Fri, Sun, Tue, and August 16, 2, 6:30; Sat, Mon, and Aug 17, 4:30, 9. The Devil, Probably (Bresson, 1977), Wed-Thu, 3, 5, 7, 9. James and the Giant Peach (Selick, 1996), Sat, 11am. The Moth Diaries (Harron, 2011), Fri, Sun, Tue, and Aug 16, 4:30, 9; Sat, Mon, and Aug 17, 2:30, 7.
TOP OF THE MARK InterContinental Mark Hopkins, One Nob Hill, SF; www.topofthemark.com. Free. "Summer Movie Nights:" Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950), Tue, 7:30. Wine tasting at 5:30.
UC BERKELEY Dwinelle Hall, Berk; events.berkeley.edu. Free. Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard (Reichhardt, 2012), Fri, 4:30. Presented by the Institute of East Asian Studies and the Center for Japanese Studies; accompanies the IEAS gallery exhibit "In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life."
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $7 donation. "Pop Goes the Vortex:" •The Touchables (Freeman, 1968), Thu, 9; and Deadly Sweet (Brass, 1968), Thu, 11.