Schedules are for Wed/27-Tue/5 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.
ALBANY COMMUNITY CENTER 1249 Marin, Albany; www.albanyfilmfest.org. $1-5. "Albany FilmFest," short and super-short films, Sat, noon-7.
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $10. "Noise Pop Presents:" Punk in Africa (Jones and Maas, 2012), Thu, 7; Taken By Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis (Bogawa, 2011), Thu, 9 and Sun, 4; What Did You Expect? The Archers of Loaf Live at Cat’s Cradle (Bechard, 2012), Fri, 7; Bad Brains: A Band in DC (Logan and Stein, 2012), Fri, 9; Let Fury Have the Hour (D’Ambrosio, 2012), Sun, 2.
BALBOA 3630 Balboa, SF; www.cinemasf.com. $10. "Balboa Theatre’s 87th Birthday Bash:" Peter Pan (Brenon, 1924), Sun, 4, 7. Evening show features a live vaudeville performance; both shows include birthday treats.
BAY MODEL 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito; www.tiburonfilmfestival.com. Free. •Watershed: Exploring a New Water Epic for the New West (Decena, 2012), and Over Troubled Waters (Fisher, 2012), Tue, 6. With filmmakers in person.
BERKELEY CITY COLLEGE AUDITORIUM 2050 Center, Berk; www.mecaforpeace.org. $10. Tears of Gaza (Løkkeberg, 2010), Thu, 7.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-11. •8 1/2 (Fellini, 1963), Wed, 2:30, 7, and Modern Romance (Brooks, 1981), Wed, 5:05, 9:30. •The Central Park Five (Burns, Burns, and McMahon, 2012), Thu, 2:30, 7, and The Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Petri, 1970), Thu, 4:45, 9:15. •Ghostbusters (Reitman, 1984), Fri, 7, and The Entity (Furie, 1982), Fri, 9. "Scary Cow Short Film Festival," Sat, 3. More info and tickets at www.scarycow.com. •The Great Escape (Sturges, 1963), Sun, 1, 7, and The Magnificent Seven (Sturges, 1960), Sun, 4:30. "Nitey Awards 2013," Mon, 7pm. More info and tickets at www.niteyawards.com. Chasing Ice (Orlowski, 2012), Tue-Wed, call for times.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.75-$10.25. Amour (Haneke, 2012), call for dates and times. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (Herzog and Vasyukov, 2012), call for dates and times. Quartet (Hoffman, 2012), call for dates and times. "Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action," call for dates and times. "World Ballet on the Big Screen:" "An Evening with Crystal Pite from the Netherlands Dance Theater," Sun and Tue, 6:30. This event, $15. "International Buddhist Film Festival Showcase 2013," Fri-Sun. More info and schedule at www.buddhistfilmfoundation.org.
"CINEQUEST" Various venues, San Jose; www.cinequest.org. $5-50. The 23rd annual film fest honors a slew of stars in addition to screening global films and highlighting new film technology. Through March 10.
CLAY 2261 Fillmore, SF; www.landmarktheatres.com. $9-10. "Midnight Movies:" Black Devil Doll (Lewis, 2007), Sat, midnight. With host Miss Misery.
COUNTERPULSE 1310 Mission, SF; www.counterpulse.org. $5. Community Action Center (Steiner and Burns, 2010), Thu. 8. Followed by a discussion with co-director A.L. Steiner hosted by Laura Arrington, Margit Galanter, and Keith Hennessy.
NEW PARKWAY 474 24th St, Oakl; www.thenewparkway.com. $6-10. "Parkway Classics:" Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1986), Thu, 9pm; "Thrillville:" "TV in Acidland," with Johnny Legend, Sun, 6. "Documentary Series:" Alone Up There (Shaul, 2012), Tue, 7.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. "Chronicles of Inferno: Japan’s Art Theater Guild:" A Man Vanishes (Imamura, 1967), Wed, 7. "Alfred Hitchcock: The Shape of Suspense:" Spellbound (1945), Fri, 7; Notorious (1946), Fri, 9:10; Under Capricorn (1949), Sun, 5. "And God Created Jean-Louis Trintignant:" …And God Created Woman (Vadim, 1956), Sat, 6:30. "Werner Schroeter: Magnificent Obsessions:" The Bomber Pilot (1970), Sat, 8:30; Malina (1991), Sun, 7:15. "Documentary Voices:" "Poetic Vision: Films of Vlatko Gilic," Tue, 7.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. "Noise Pop Presents:" Turning: A Music Documentary Featuring Antony and the Johnsons (Atlas, 2012), Wed, 7; A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould (Mitchell, 2012), Wed, 9. "Frameline Encore Screening Series:" Maggots and Men (Cronenwett, 2009), Thu, 7. Rust and Bone (Audiard, 2012), Wed-Thu, 7 (also Thu, 9:20). Sound City (Grohl, 2013), Wed, 9:20; Thu, 9:30. "Hollywood Before the Code: Deeper, Darker, Nastier!": •Five Star Final (LeRoy, 1931), Fri, 8, and Blood Money (Brown, 1933); •Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mamoulian, 1931), Sat, 3, 8; Murders in the Rue Morgue (Florey, 1932), Sat, 1:30, 6:30; and Black Moon (Neill, 1934), Sat, 5, 9:50; •Shanghai Express (von Sternberg, 1932), Sun, 3:30, 7:30, and Waterloo Bridge (Whale, 1931), Sun, 1:45, 5:30, and 9:30; •Torch Singer (Hall and Somnes, 1933), Mon, 8, and Safe in Hell (Wellman, 1931), Mon, 6:20, 9; •Man’s Castle (Borzage, 1933), Tue, 8, and Virtue (Buzell, 1932), Tue, 6:30, 9:40. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (Thompson, 2012), March 1-7, 7.
RUSSIAN CENTER AUDITORIUM 2460 Sutter, SF; www.crimeaftercrime.com. Free. Crime After Crime (Potash, 2011), Sun, 6:30.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $10. "For Your Vortex Only:" •Love Slaves of the Amazons (Siodmak, 1957), Thu, 9, and Quest for Love (Thomas, 1971), Thu, 11.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. "Fragments of Japanese Underground Cinema 1960-1974:" Crazy Love (Okabe, 1968), Thu, 7:30.