October 2, 2002

Rep Clock

Schedules are for Wed/2 through Tues/8 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. Docteur Petiot (de Chalonge, 1990) Wed, 7; Sat, 2.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "To Hell with the FTAA: Ecuador Resists!" discussion and slide show Thurs, 8. "Jud Yalkut: Premieres and Selected Works," avant-garde films and videos Fri, 8. "Other Cinema": The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll (Bitton, 2001) with shorts Sat, 8:30.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) Wed-Thurs, 2, 7:30. Dream Child (Millar, 1985) Oct 4-10, 7, 9:10 (also Sat, Wed, 2, 4:30; Oct 6, 4:30).

DIMENSION (7) 150 Folsom; www.transcinema.com. $5-10. "Fifth Annual Transcinema Festival": "Video Salon Video Riot," first event in a festival celebrating "expanded cinema" and new media arts Tues, 9.

ELLEN DRISCOLL THEATER Havens School, 325 Highland, Piedmont; (510) 835-9227. Free. "Appreciating Diversity": Misunderstood Minds Thurs, 7. Doc about children with learning problems; a discussion follows.

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 848-1143. $8-15. "Bare Witness Short Film Screening," program of short digital works by a San Francisco-based collective of improvisational filmmakers Sat, 2.

GOETHE-INSTITUT 530 Bush; 263-8768. $5. "Looking at Germany": Germania Anno Zero (Rossellini, 1947) Tues, 7:30.

MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY 57 Post; 393-0100. $5. North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) Fri, 6.

NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA 766 Valencia; 553-8140, www.cineaccion.com. $3-5. "Films for Activism and Social Change": If Only I Were an Indian (Paskievich, 1996) Wed, 8.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft; (510) 454-1222. $4.50-7. "Weird America": The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll (Bitton, 2001) with "Spangled" (Blalock, 2001) Wed, 7:30. "Rob Nilsson: Fiercely Independent": Chalk (1996) Thurs, 7. "Rob Nilsson Selects the Films of John Cassavetes": Shadows (1959) Fri, 7; Faces (1968) Fri, 9:05. "Mario Bava: Prints of Darkness": Kill, Baby ... Kill! (1966) Sat, 7; Black Sunday (1960) Sat, 8:45. "Cinemath": Pi (Aronofsky, 1998) Sun, 5:30; "Permutations and Configurations: A Calculated Cinema, Program One," short films Tues, 7:30. "Trials and Film": Witness for the Prosecution (Wilder, 1957) Mon, 3.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. "Mill Valley Film Festival" Oct 3-13. See First Runs.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. Home Movie (Smith, 2001) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:15. CQ (Coppola, 2002) Thurs-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2, 4). Siddhartha (Rooks, 1972) Sun-Mon, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4). Hair (Forman, 1979) Tues, 7, 9:30.

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Invincible (Herzog, 2001) Oct 2-17, 7, 9:30 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2, 4:30). In Shifting Sands: The Truth about UNSCOM and the Disarming of Iraq (Ritter, 2002) Sat-Sun, noon.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "In the Land of the Deaf": In the Land of the Deaf (Philbert, 1994) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 151 Third; 947-1292, www.ticketweb.com. Art City: A Ruling Passion (Maybach, 2002) Thurs, 7 ($5-8). "Latino Film Festival Presents": Frida (Taymor, 2002) Mon, 6 ($100). Kickoff screening to November's Latino Film Festival; star Salma Hayek in attendance. Go to www.latinofilmfestival.org for more information.

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY August Coppola Theatre, 1600 Holloway; 338-1629. Free. "On the Verge: MFA Thesis Screening," short films by SFSU students Fri, 7.