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Schedules are for Wed/17 through Tues/23 except where noted. Double features are noted with a . Director and year are given when available.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "OpenScreening" Thurs, 7:30 ($3). Entries (20 minutes or less) must be cued and labeled by 7pm; for more info contact openscreening@hotmail.com. "Bollywood," campy films presented by Qfilmistan and 3rdi Fri, 8. "Other Cinema": "Gerry Fialka's 'PXL This' Festival," works made with Fisher-Price PXL-2000 cameras Sat, 8:30.

BALBOA THEATER 3630 Balboa; 221-3117, www.balboamovies.com. $5-7.50. "Big Shakeup at Balboa Theater": San Francisco (Van Dyke, 1936) with "The City Quakes: The San Francisco Earthquakes of 1906 and 1989" (Bloomberg) and other shorts Thurs, 4, 7:30. Period costumes encouraged.

BANNAM PLACE THEATER 50A Bannam; 986-4607, www.cinemod.net. $5-10. "Cinema Salon": Citizen (Farley, 1982) Wed, 7:30.

BOTTOM OF THE HILL 1233 17th St; 621-4455. $2. Recipes for Disaster (2002) Sat, 7. Video documenting the travels of a group of amateur skateboarders

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. Caravaggio (Jarman, 1986) Wed, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:20. "San Francisco International Film Festival" April 18-May 2. See First Runs.

COPPOLA THEATER San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway; 469-8165, www.wcsfilmfest.org. $5. "West Coast Student Film Festival" Sat, call for times.

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 848-1143. $4.50-8. Too Hot to Handle (Conway, 1938) Wed, 7:15 and Citizen Kane (Wells, 1941) Wed, 9:20. Smile (Ritchie, 1974) with "Boobie Girl" (Keesling, 2002) Thurs-Sun, 7:15 and Last Night (McKellar, 1998) Thurs-Sun, 9:30 (also Sun, 5:25). Blossoms of Fire (Gosling and Osborne, 2000) Mon/22-Wed/24, 7:15 and Boom: The Sound of Eviction (Whispered Media, 2001) Mon/22-Wed/24, 9.

KORET AUDITORIUM San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "Pioneers of Modern Dance": Charles Weidman on His Own (1990) with "Helen Tamaris Performs Negro Spirituals" (1957) Thurs, noon. Butterfly: The Julia Butterfly Hill Story (Doug Wolens, 2000) Mon, noon.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE LIBRARY 57 Post; 393-0100. $5. "CinemaLit Film Series 2002": "Servants and Masters, Knaves and Queens: Class in British Film": The Servant (Losey, 1963) Fri, 6.

MISSION CULTURAL CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS 2868 Mission; 821-1155. $3-5. Cabeza de Vaca (Echeverría, 1990) with "About Flowers, Runners, and Kisses" (Torres, 2001) Thurs, 10a and 7. Event also features a lecture on shamanism by Carlos Córdova, professor of La Raza Studies at San Francisco State University.

NEW PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4.50-7. Persona (Bergman, 1966) Wed, 3. "Video Art": Ganapati (Reeves, 1986) with "Elephant Games" (Blumberg, 1985) Wed, 7:30. "San Francisco International Film Festival" April 19-May 2. See First Runs. Meet Me in St. Louis (Minnelli, 1944) Mon, 3.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. Bay of Angels (Demy, 1963) Wed-Thurs, call for times. Son of the Bride (Campanella, 2001) call for times. Ram Dass: Fierce Grace (Lemle, 2001) call for times. The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein (Gianvito, 2001) Wed, 7:15. Director in person. Jung (War): In the Land of the Mujaheddin (Lazzaretti and Vendemmiati, 2001) Fri/19-Thurs/24, call for times. Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation: Best of the FestFri/19-Thurs/25, call for times. Jean Arthur: Talk of the Town (Stevens, 1942) Thurs, 7; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Capra, 1936) Sun, 2, 7.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. The Last Wave (Weir, 1977) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:30. Antique Smut Thurs, 7:15, 9:15. Adults only. Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (Gill, 2001) Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2, 4). Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1996) Sun-Mon, 7, 9:30 (also Sun, 2, 4:30). Mystery Train (Jarmusch, 1989) Tues, 7, 9:20.

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Two Girls and a Guy (Toback, 1998) Fri/19-Thurs/25, 6:15 and 9:50 (also Sat-Sun, Wed, 2:45) and Harvard Man (Toback, 2002) Fri/19-Thurs/25, 8 (also Sat-Sun, Wed, 4:30, 8). Program is subject to change; please call theater for more information.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. $3-6. "Eurotika!": "Vampires and Virgins: The Films of Jean Rollin"; "The Diabolical Mr. Franco: The Films of Jess Franco"; "Blood and Black Lace: A Short History of the Italian Horror Film" Tues-Wed, noon, 2, 4; "From Barcelona to Tunbridge Wells: The Films of Jose Larraz"; "The Pope of Perversion: The Films of Jose Benazeraf"; "Strange Behavior: Eurocine – A Life" Thurs-Fri, noon, 2, 4; "I Am a Nymphomaniac: The Films of Max Pecas"; "Blood and Sand: All You Ever Wanted to Know about Spanish Horror"; "The Blood Beasts: The Films of Mike Reeves" Sat-Sun, noon, 2, 4. "Film Arts Foundation Presents": A Dream in Hanoi (Weidlinger, 2002) Wed, 7:30 ($6-7).