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Schedules are for Wed/14 through Tues/20 except where noted. Double features are noted with a . Director and year are given when available.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "Rethink, Resist, Rebuild: Two Films to End the Occupation": It Is No Dream (Brunner and Rochlitz, 2002) with "The Right to a Home and a Homeland" (Terkel, 2002) Fri, 8 ($5-10). "The Elves of the Forests," discussion and visual presentation about India's tribal communities Sun, 4. "Rachael's Film Night": The Last Bolshevik (Marker, 1993) Sun, 7.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Pennebaker, 1973) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9 (also Wed, 1, 3, 5). Pépé le Moko (Duvivier, 1937) Aug 16-22, 7, 9:10 (also Sat-Sun, Wed, 1, 3, 5).

'FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK' Creek Park, 400 block of Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo. When We Were Kings (Gast, 1996) Fri, 8:30; Snow White (Hand, 1937) Sat, 8:30. Outdoor screenings; bring seating.

GALERÍA DE LA RAZA 2857 24th St; 826-8009. $5-10. "Lights, Camera, Manos! Screening of Latino/a Shorts" Thurs, 7.

JULIA MORGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2640 College, Berk; (925) 798-1300. $20-26. "Dialogue of Civilizations": Shahrbanoo (Rahmanian) Sun, 6.

MISSION CULTURAL CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS 2868 Mission; 821-1155. $3. Quest for a Homeland: The Chicano Moratorium Thurs, 7:30. Event also includes a talk by social justice activist Elizabeth Betita Martínez and a slide show about the Chicano Moratorium.

NEW PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft; (510) 454-1222. $4.50-7. "Higher Education": Beware (Pollard, 1946) with "Jammin' the Blues" (Mili, 1944) and "Black and Tan" (Murphy, 1929) Wed, 7:30. "The Films That Haunt the Future: Ephemera from the Prelinger Archives": "Artful Adaptation," educational, industrial, and amateur films introduced by archivist Rick Prelinger Thurs, 7:30. "Frantisek Vlácil: Czech Film Poet": Smoke on the Potato Fields (1977) Fri, 7:30; Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978) Sun, 5:30. "Jean Gabin: Working-Class Hero": Zouzou (Allégret, 1934) Sat, 7; The Lower Depths (Renoir, 1954) Sat, 8:45. "The Films of Anne-Marie Miéville": We're All Still Here (1997) with "Mary's Book" (1984) Tues, 7:30.

PUSOD 1808 Fifth St, Berk; (510) 883-1808. $5-20. Yellow Apparel: When the Coolie Becomes Cool (Chaddha and Wang, 2000) Wed, 7. Screening followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) call for times. Siddhartha (Rooks, 1972) call for times. Sex and Lucía (Medem, 2001) call for times. Happy Times (Zhang, 2000) Aug 16-22, call for times. "Celebrating 25 Years: Mill Valley Film Festival": "Imogen Cunningham: Three Views": "Never Give Up: Imogen Cunningham" (Hershey); "Two Photographers" (Padula); and "Imogen Cunningham, Photographer" (Korty) Wed, 7; Return of the Secaucus 7 (Sayles, 1980) Sun, 7. Filmmakers for Imogen Cunningham program in person.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. The Piano Teacher (Haneke, 2001) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:40 (also Wed, 2). Spider-Man (Raimi, 2002) Fri-Sat, 7, 9:30 (also Sat, 2, 4:30). The Far Shore (Schell, 2002) Sun-Tues, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4). Filmmaker in person at evening screenings.

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Much Ado about Something (Rubbo, 2001) Wed-Tues, 8, 10 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 4). Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) Wed-Tues, 6 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2).

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "Invitation to the Opera": "Kat'a Kabanova" (Glyndebourne production, 1988), large-screen video presentation Thurs, noon.

WEREPAD 2430 Third St; 824-7334. $5. U.F.O.: Target Earth (DeGaetano, 1974), Hercules in the Haunted World (Bava, 1961), and Don't Make Waves (Mackendrick, 1967) in Simulvision with The Swinger (Sidney, 1966) Fri, 10:30.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. $3-6. These Are Not My Images (Neither There Nor Here) (Batsry, 2000) Tues-Sun, noon. Through Oct 13. "Latino Film Festival Presents": El Faro (Mignogna, 1998) Wed, 7:30 ($6-7). "Arab Film Festival Presents": An Egyptian Story (Chahine, 1982) Tues, 7:30 ($6-7).