Schedules are for Wed/30-Tue/5 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.landmarktheatres.com. $7. "Family Series:" Babe (Noonan, 1995), Sat-Sun, 10:30am.
ATA GALLERY 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $6. "Other Cinema:" performance projection works by Soda_Jerk, David Cox, and others, Sat, 8:30.
BALBOA THEATRE 3630 Balboa, SF; cinemasf.com/balboa. $10. •The Golem (Boese and Wegener, 1920), and "The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features" (2012), Wed, 7:30. The Golem features a new, original soundtrack performed live by HobGoblin. "Popcorn Palace:" Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg, 1977), Sat, 10am. Matinee for kids.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-12. •An American Werewolf in London (Landis, 1981), Wed, 7:30, and The Howling (Dante, 1981), Wed, 5:40, 9:20. •The Fly (Cronenberg, 1986), Fri, 7:30, and Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988), Fri, 9:20. "Scary Cow Short Film Festival," Sat, 3. For more info, visit www.scarycow.com. •Moonrise Kingdom (Anderson, 2012), Sun, 1, 7, and The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson, 2001), Sun, 3, 8:50; Bottle Rocket (Anderson, 1996), Sun, 5:10. Triple-feature, $12.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-$10.75. Zaytoun (Riklis, 2012), call for dates and times. Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922), Wed-Thu, 6:30. Big Sur (Polish, 2013), Nov 1-7, call for times.
CLAY 2261 Fillmore, SF; www.landmarktheatres.com. $10. "Midnight Movies:" The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975), Thu, midnight. With the Bawdy Caste performing live. The Room (Wiseau, 2003), Fri-Sat, midnight (also Fri, 9:30). Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sistero in person at all shows. These screenings, $15.
DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL 201 Van Ness, SF; www.sfsymphony.org. $41-156. "SF Symphony’s Film Series: Hitchcock Week:" Psycho (1960), Wed, 8; The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), Thu, 7:30; Vertigo (1958), Fri, 8; "Hitchcock! Greatest Hits," music from various films, Sat, 8.
DELANCEY STREET THEATRE 600 Embarcadero, SF; www.aifisf.com. $7-20. American Indian Film Festival, 38th festival showcasing the best in Native American cinema, Nov 1-9.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; milibrary.org/events. $10. "CinemaLit Film Series: Dark Star: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck:" Stella Dallas (Vidor, 1937), Fri, 6.
NEW PARKWAY 474 24th St, Oakl; www.thenewparkway.com. Free. "First Friday Shorts," films by and about Oakland youth, Fri, 6-8.
OHLONE COLLEGE Smith Center, 43600 Mission, Fremont; www.smithcenter.com. $10-12. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Reisner and Keaton, 1928), Fri, 8:30. With accompaniment by organist Jerry Nagano.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. San Francisco Cinematheque presents: "Alternative Visions:" "Unbound: Films of Abigail Child, Program One," Wed, 7. Abigail Child in person. "Pier Paolo Pasolini:" Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Thu, 7. "Love is Colder Than Death: The Cinema of Rainer Werner Fassbinder:" Chinese Roulette (1976), Fri, 7; World on a Wire (1973), Sat, 6:30. "Fassbinder’s Favorites:" Written on the Wind (Sirk, 1956), Fri, 8:50. "Afterimage: Agnès Varda on Filmmaking:" "Agnès Varda Presents Three Short Films," Mon, 7; The Gleaners and I (Varda, 2000), Tue, 7. Filmmaker Agnès Varda in person at both screenings.
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. Escape From Tomorrow (Moore, 2013), Wed-Thu, 9. Inequality for All (Kornbluth, 2013), Wed-Thu, 7. Informant (Meltzer, 2013), Wed-Thu, 6:45, 8:30. The Visitor (Paradise, 1979), Fri-Sat, 11pm (also Sun, 2pm). God Loves Uganda (Williams, 2013), Nov 1-7, 6:45, 8:45 (also Sat-Sun, 2).
SF PUBLIC LIBRARY 100 Larkin, SF; www.sfopera.com. Free. "Merola Goes to the Movies:" Otello (1986), Sun, 1.
TANNERY 708 Gilman, Berk; berkeleyundergroundfilms.blogspot.com. Donations accepted. "Berkeley Underground Film Society:" Raging Bull (Scorsese, 1980), Sun, 7:30.
VOGUE 3290 Sacramento, SF; www.sffs.org. $14-25. "Taiwan Film Days:" Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast (Chen, 2013), Fri, 6:30, 9:30; A Time in Quchi (Chang, 2013), Sat, 2; Taipei Factory (various directors, 2013), Sat, 4:15 and Sun, 1:30; Forever Love (Shiao and Toyoharu, 2013), Sat, 6; Soul (Chung, 2013), Sat, 9; Ripples of Desire (Chou, 2012), Sun, 3:15; Apolitical Romance (Hsieh, 2013), Sun, 6; When a Wolf Falls in Love (Hou, 2012), Sun, 8:30.
VORTEX ROOM 1082 Howard, SF; Facebook: The Vortex Room. $10. "The Satanic Rites of the Vortex Room": •Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Wallace, 1982), Thu, 9, and Suspiria (Argento, 1977), Thu, 11.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. San Francisco Cinematheque presents: "Unbound: Films of Abigail Child, Program Two," Fri, 7:30. Abigail Child in person. "Films by Fassbinder:" Veronika Voss (1982), Sun, 2. *