September 11, 2002

Rep Clock

Schedules are for Wed/11 through Tues/17 except where noted. Double features are noted with a •. Director and year are given when available.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE SAN FRANCISCO 1345 Bush; 775-7755. $5. Under the Sand (Ozon, 2000) Wed, 7; Sat, 2.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "Global Wake-Up Call: Roots of the Current Crisis" (Cal State University, Monterey Bay, 2001) film about the mainstream press and Sept 11 Wed, 8. "MadCat Women's International Film Festival" (www.somaglow.com/madcat) Fri, 8. See First Runs.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. Baraka (Fricke, 1992) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:30. "The Great Nickelodeon Show" Sat, 2, 7, 9:20 ($6-12).

'FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK' Creek Park, 400 block of Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Stuart, 1971) Fri, 8:20. Albert Park, B St and Albert Park Lane, San Rafael. North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) Sat, 8:20. Outdoor screenings; bring seating.

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 848-1143. $4-8. • Band of Outsiders (Godard, 1964) Sept 12-18, call for times and No Such Thing (Hartley, 2001) Sept 12-18, call for times.

MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY 57 Post; 393-0100. $5. Manhattan (Allen, 1979) Fri, 6. With guest speaker Terence Gelenter.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft; (510) 454-1222. $4.50-7. "Two's a Charm: Artist Curates Artist": "Scott Stark on Van McElwee" Wed, 7:30. Stark and McElwee in person. "Elio Petri": A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) Thurs, 7; Property Is No Longer Theft (1973) Thurs, 9:05. "Japanese Silent Cinema and the Art of the Benshi": The Water Magician (Mizoguchi, 1933) Fri, 7:30; A Diary of Chuji's Travels (Ito, 1927) Sat, 7; Jirokichi the Burglar (Ito, 1931) with "Chokon" (Ito, 1926) Sat, 9; I Was Born But ... (Ozu, 1932) Sun, 2; The Cheat (De Mille, 1915) with "A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa" (Saito, 1930). All films except Jirokichi the Burglar include benshi performance by Midori Sawato. "Trials and Film": The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928). With lecture by Prof. Carol Clover. "Alternative Visions": As I Was Moving ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (Mekas, 2000) Mon, 6:30.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) call for times. The Bank (Connolly, 2001) call for times. Ayurveda: The Art of Being (Nalin, 2001) Sept 13-19, call for times. The Last Kiss (Muccino, 2001) Sept 13-19, call for times. "Celebrating 25 Years: Mill Valley Film Festival": Close to Eden (Mikhalkov, 1992) Wed, 7; Down by Law (Jarmusch, 1986) Sun, 7.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. Annie Hall (Allen, 1977) Wed-Thurs, 7:15, 9:20 (also Wed, 2). Two-Lane Blacktop (Hellman, 1971) Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:25 (also Sat, 2, 4:15). Bartleby (Parker, 2002) Sun-Mon, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4). In the Dark (Sleeping Giant Productions, 2002) Sept 17-18, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sept 18, 2). With special guest speakers from Sleeping Giant Productions video collective.

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Ayurveda: The Art of Being (Nalin, 2001) Wed-Tues, 7, 9:15 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2, 4:30).

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, Main Branch, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "American Quilts: A Film Festival": Hearts and Hands (1988) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.

WATTIS THEATER San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third St; www.sffs.org or www.ticketweb.com. $12-15. "The Seventh Art: New Dimensions in Cinema": Kira's Reason: A Love Story (Madsen, 2001) Thurs, 7. Discussion with Dogme director Ole Christian Madsen follows.