Schedules are for Wed/2-Tue/8 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.
ALBANY 1115 Solano, Albany; www.landmarketheatres.com. $7. “Family Series:” March of the Penguins (Jacquet, 2005), Sat-Sun, 10:30am.
ATA GALLERY 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $6-7. “That Shining Sound,” live cinema and multimedia performance with Suki O’Kane, Jeremy Rourke, and more, Thu, 8. “Trance Mutations,” live music with new performance and visual art, Fri, 8. “Other Cinema:” live cinema with Alva and Dyemark, Tommy Becker, and more, Sat, 8:30. Complete program info at www.othercinema.com.
BALBOA THEATRE 3630 Balboa, SF; cinemasf.com/balboa. $10. “Popcorn Palace:” Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze, 2009), Sat, 10am. Matinee for kids.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-12. •Frances Ha (Baumbach, 2012), Wed, 3:30, 7:30, and Much Ado About Nothing (Whedon, 2012), Wed, 5:15, 9:10. •Drive (Winding Refn, 2011), Thu, 7:30, and Only God Forgives (Winding Refn, 2013), Thu, 9:15. The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973), Fri-Sat, 7, 9:30 (also Sat, 4:30). Intolerance (Griffith, 1916), Sat, noon. •Nosferatu the Vampyre (Herzog, 1979), Sun, 7, and Possession (Zulawski, 1981), Sun, 9:05.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-$10.75. C.O.G. (Alvarez, 2013), call for dates and times. Good Ol’ Freda (White, 2013), call for dates and times. Populaire (Roinsard, 2012), call for dates and times. 20 Feet From Stardom (Neville, 2013), call for dates and times. Mill Valley Film Festival, Oct 3-13. Info and schedule at www.mvff.com.
CLAY 2261 Fillmore, SF; www.landmarktheatres.com. $10. “Midnight Movies:” The Evil Dead (Raimi, 1981), Fri-Sat, midnight.
JACK LONDON SQUARE Market lawn, Harrison at Water, Oakl; www.jacklondonsquare.com. Free. “Sing-Along Cinema:” Little Shop of Horrors (Oz, 1986), Thu, sundown.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; milibrary.org/events. $10. “CinemaLit Film Series: Haunted Hollywood:” The Raven (Corman, 1963), Fri, 6.
NEW PARKWAY 474 24th St, Oakl; www.thenewparkway.com. $10. “Frederick Marx Documentary Series:” “Shorts Program,” Tue, 7.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Belonging: Bay Area Student Film Festival 2013,” Wed, 7. “Pier Paolo Pasolini:” Notes for an African Orestes (1970), Thu, 7; Teorema (1968), Sat, 6:30; Hawks and Sparrows (1966), Sun, 7:15. “Love is Colder Than Death: The Cinema of Rainer Werner Fassbinder:” Love is Colder Than Death (1969), Fri, 7; Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1973), Fri, 8:50; Effi Briest (1972/74), Tue, 7. “Endless Summer Cinema:” Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971), Fri, 7:30. Free outdoor screening on the Crescent lawn (Oxford St at Center). “The Man Who Wasn’t There: Wendell Corey, Actor:” Loving You (Kanter, 1957), Sat, 8:35. “Yang Fudong’s Cinematic Influences:” Suzhou River (Lou, 2000), Sun, 5:30.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. Inuk (Magidson, 2012), Wed-Thu, 6:30, 8:45. Short Term 12 (Cretton, 2013), Wed-Thu, 7, 9. “Seven by Rainer Werner Fassbinder:” Lola (1981), Fri, 7; Fox and His Friends (1975), Sat, 7; The American Soldier (1970), Sun, 7; Fear of Fear (1975), Mon, 7; Mother Kuster Goes to Heaven (1975), Tue, 7. The Institute (McCall, 2012), Oct 4-9, 7:15, 9:30. Peaches Does Herself (Peaches, 2012), with Peaches in person, Sat, 11:15.
TANNERY 708 Gilman, Berk; berkeleyundergroundfilms.blogspot.com. Donations accepted. “Berkeley Underground Film Society:” The Phantom Chariot (Sjöström, 1921), Sun, 7:30.
VOGUE 3290 Sacramento, SF; cinemasf.com/vogue. $10-14. Letters to Jackie (Couturie, 2013), Oct 7-10. “San Francisco Film Society presents Hong Kong Cinema:” Bends (Lau, 2013), Fri, 7 and Sat, 2; Blind Detective (To, 2013), Fri, 9:30; The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Lau, 1977), Sat, 4; The Last Tycoon (Wong, 2012), Sat, 6:30 and Sun, 3:30; The Great War: Director’s Cut (Mak, 2013), Sat, 9; The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (Lau, 1984), Sun, 1:15; Complicated Story (Chow, 2013), Sun, 6; Conspirators (Pang, 2013), Sun, 8:45. Info on this series at www.sffs.org.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $10. “The Satanic Rites of the Vortex Room”: •The Witchmaker (Brown, 1969), Thu, 9, and Simon, King of the Witches (Kessler, 1971), Thu, 11.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. Nostalghia (Tarkovsky, 1983), Thu and Sat, 7:30; Sun, 2. *