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Schedules are for Wed/9 through Tues/15 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. Pile ou face (Enrico, 1980) Wed, 7; Sat, 2.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "Naoism: Motion Detector," innovative audio visual works Fri, 8. "Other Cinema": "People like Us," sound art and film-video collage performance Sat, 8:30. Once Removed (Mallozzi) Sun, 7.

BATTERY STREET THEATER 950 Battery; 433-2270, www.silverbuick.com. $3. The Cloggers of Putneyville (Engesser and Speiden, 2002) Sat, 7:20, 8:30.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. Dream Child (Millar, 1985) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:10 (also Wed, 2, 4:30). "Kurosawa and Mifune": Throne of Blood (1957) Fri, 7, 9:20; Stray Dog (1949) Sat, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; Rashomon (1950) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; I Live in Fear (1955) Mon, 7, 9:10; Drunken Angel (1948) Tues, 7, 9:10.

CONGREGATION EMANU-EL Two Lake; 751-2535. Free. Luboml: My Heart Remembers (Ziegelman, 2002) Tues, 7:30.

DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL 201 Van Ness; 392-4400, www.performances.org. $18-40. "Philip on Film": Koyaanisqatsi (Reggio, 1983) Sun, 7; "New Short Films" Mon, 8. With live accompaniment by Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble.

DELANCEY STREET THEATER 600 Embarcadero; www.lunabar.com. $7. "Lunafest," short films by women filmmakers; proceeds benefit the Breast Cancer Fund Thurs, 7.

FILM ARTS FOUNDATION 145 Ninth St; 552-8760. $15-20. "Arthur Dong: A Look Back" Wed, 7. Dong in person with film clips from his 20-year career. Dong also appears at a screening of his new film, Family Fundamentals, a benefit for the Film Arts Foundation (Thurs/10, 7pm, Embarcadero Center Cinema, Embarcadero One; www.filmarts.org. $50).

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 843-1143. Call for price. Body and Soul (Rossen, 1947) with "Manhatta" (Strand, 1921) Oct 10-16, 7:30 and Raging Bull (Scorsese, 1980) Oct 10-16, 9:40 (also Sun, 5:05).

GOETHE-INSTITUT 530 Bush; 263-8768. $5. "Looking at Germany": Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (Godard, 1991) Thurs, 7:30; Night and Fog (Resnais, 1955) Tues, 7:30.

MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY 57 Post; 393-0100. $5. Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954) Fri, 6.

METREON Action Theatre, Fourth St at Mission; 369-6086, www.metreon.com. "Metreon Festival of Anime" Sat-Sun, 10:30am-6pm. Special screenings of Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Sat-Sun, 6:30 and 8:30pm.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft; (510) 454-1222. $4.50-7. "Weird America": Fast, Cheap and out of Control (Morris, 1997) Wed, 7:30. "Rob Nilsson: Fiercely Independent": Northern Lights (Hanson and Nilsson, 1978) Thurs, 7; Words for the Dying (1989) Thurs, 9:10. "Rob Nilsson Selects the Films of John Cassavetes": A Woman under the Influence (1975) Fri, 7:30. "Mario Bava: Prints of Darkness": Four Times That Night (1972) Sat, 7; The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) Sat, 8:45. "Family Classics": Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Hughes, 1968) Sun, 2. "Cinemath": Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (Martone, 1992) Sun, 5:30; "Permutations and Configurations: A Calculated Cinema, Program Two," short films Tues, 7:30. "Trials and Film": Young Mr. Lincoln (Ford, 1939) Mon, 3. "Ang Lee/King Hu": Pushing Hands (Lee, 1992) Mon, 7.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. "Mill Valley Film Festival" Wed-Sun. See First Runs. Fighter (Bar-Lev, 2001) Oct 14-17, call for times. Baraka (Fricke, 1992) Oct 14-20, call for times. Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) call for times. The Last Kiss (Muccino, 2001) call for times.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. Wayne's World (Spheeris, 1992) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:20. Hysteria (Alli, 2002) Thurs, 7:15, 9:15. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Mitchell, 2001) Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:20 (also Sat, 2, 4:15). Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Bae, 1989) Sun-Mon, 8 (also Sun, 2, 5). American Mullett (Arnold, 2002) Oct 15-16, 7:15, 9:15 (also Oct 16, 2).

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Invincible (Herzog, 2001) Oct 9-17, 7 (no show Sun/13; additional shows Wed and Sat, 2, 4:30). Biggie and Tupac (Broomfield, 2002) Oct 9-17, 9:40 (also Wed, Sat, Sun 4:45; Sun 13, show at 9:40 only). In Shifting Sands: The Truth about UNSCOM and the Disarming of Iraq (Ritter, 2002) Sat-Sun, noon (also Sun, 3, 6).

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission; 552-1990, www.sfcinematheque.org. Call for price. "Fresh Eyes: Program Two": "Hand-Wrought Visions: Cade Bursell and Maïa Cybelle Carpenter" Thurs, 7:30. Bursell and Carpenter in person.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "In the Land of the Deaf": The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Miller, 1968) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.

SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER 934 Brannan; 552-8760, ext 312. Free. "Straight outta Film Arts" screening of films made in Film Arts Foundation production classes Fri, 7.

'TRANSCINEMA FESTIVAL' Minna Street Gallery, 111 Minna; www.transcinema.com. $5-10. "The Art of the VJ: A Special Focus on Live Video in the Club Environment" Thurs, 10; "Finale Event" Sat, 9. Lab, 2948 16th St. Free. "TCO2 Installations" Fri, 6; "TCO2 Symposium" Sat, 4. Victoria Theater, 2961 16th St. $10. "TCO2 Performances" Fri, 7:30.

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": "On Site and Sound: Wet Gate, Light Surgeons" Thurs, 8. Features a live cinematic performance by Wet Gate; cosponsored by the San Francisco Film Society, and also part of the Transcinema Festival (see listing above for more on the festival).

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. $3-6. "Latino Film Festival presents": Great Day in Havana (Chag and Stoll, 2001) Wed, 7:30 ($6-7). "Dirt: A Lech Kowalski Retrospective": Hey Is Dee Dee Home? (2002) and Rock Soup (1991) Fri, 7. These Are Not My Images (Neither There Nor Here) (Batsry, 2000) Tues-Sun, noon. "United Nations Association Film Festival" Mon, for more information go to www.unaff.com or call (650) 724-5544.