Frederick Wiseman’s four-hour 2013 doc At Berkeley returns by popular demand to UC Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive.
Schedules are for Wed/15-Tue/21 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.
BALBOA THEATRE 3630 Balboa, SF; cinemasf.com/balboa. $10. “Popcorn Palace:” The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1987), Sat, 10am. Matinee for kids.
BERKELEY FELLOWSHIP OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS 1924 Cedar, Berk; www.bfuu.org. $5-10. Memory of Forgotten War (Liem and Liem, 2012), Thu, 7.
CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $8.50-12. “Berlin and Beyond Film Festival,” new cinema from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Wed-Sun. Complete schedule and ticket info at www.berlinbeyond.com. •Wattstax (Stuart, 1973), Mon, 7, and Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip (Layton, 1982), Mon, 5:15, 8:55. •Captain Phillips (Greengrass, 2013), Tue, 2:30, 7, and Dirty Wars (Rowley, 2013), Tue, 5:05, 9:30.
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-$10.75. The Past (Farhadi, 2013), call for dates and times. A Touch of Sin (Jia, 2013), call for dates and times. “For Your Consideration: A Selection of Oscar Submissions from Around the World,” Wed-Thu. The Girls in the Band (Chaikin, 2011), Jan 17-23, call for times.
CLAY 2261 Fillmore, SF; www.landmarktheatres.com. $10. “Midnight Movies:” Big Trouble in Little China (Carpenter, 1986), Fri-Sun, midnight.
EXPLORATORIUM Pier 15, SF; www.exploratorium.edu. Free with museum admission ($19-25). “Off the Screen: Chip Lord City Films,” Thu, 7. With Chip Lord in person. “Saturday Cinema: Space,” short films, Sat, 1, 2, and 3pm.
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; milibrary.org/events. $10. “CinemaLit Film Series: Over the Top: Precode Hollywood:” Female (Curtiz, 1933), Fri, 6.
NEW PARKWAY 474 24th St, Oakl; www.thenewparkway.com. $8. “Thrillville Theater:” Rainbow Black: Poet Sarah Webster Fabio, Sun, 12:30.
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. “Funny Ha-Ha: The Genius of American Comedy, 1930-1959:” My Man Godfrey (La Cava, 1936), Thu, 7; Duck Soup (McCarey, 1933), Sun, 3. “The Brilliance of Satyajit Ray:” Pather Panchali (1955), Fri, 7:30; Aparajito (1956), Sat, 7:30; The World of Apu (1958), Sun, 4:45. At Berkeley (Wiseman, 2013), Sat, 3.
PARAMOUNT THEATRE 2025 Broadway, Oakl; www.ticketmaster.com. $5. To Catch a Thief (Hitchcock, 1955), Fri, 8.
RED POPPY ART HOUSE 2698 Folsom, SF; www.redpoppyarthouse.org. $10-15. Blood Brother (Hoover, 2013), Thu, 7:30. With an installation of “Florecer, Blossoming and Living With HIV: Overcoming Stigma Through Art.”
ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $6.50-11. It’s Not You, It’s Me (2013), Wed, 7. The Punk Singer (Anderson, 2013), Wed, 9. A Touch of Sin (Jia, 2013), Wed, 6:45, 9:30; Thu, 9:15. Cupid’s Conundrum (Adams, 2014), Thu, 7. I Am Divine (Schwarz, 2013), Thu, 9:30. “On the Other Side of You: New Korean Films,” short films, Thu, 7. The Square (Noujaim, 2013), Jan 17-23, 6:45, 8:45 (also Sat-Sun, 2, 4).
TANNERY 708 Gilman, Berk; berkeleyundergroundfilms.blogspot.com. Donations accepted. “Berkeley Underground Film Society:” “LOOP Presents: Old School, New Light,” short films, Sat, 7:30; Monsieur Verdoux (Chaplin, 1947), Sun, 7:30.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS OF SAN MATEO 300 E. Santa Inez, San Mateo; www.uusanmateo.org. Free. Dirty Wars (Rowley, 2013), Sun, 7.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; www.ybca.org. $8-10. “Ravishing, Radical, and Restored: The Films of Jack Smith:” Flaming Creatures (1962-63) with “Yellow Submarine” (1963-65), Thu, 7:30; Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (Jordan, 2006), Sun, 2, free with RSVP. *