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Schedules are for Wed/8-Tues/14 except where noted. Double features are noted with a . Director and year are given when available.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. Sonata for the World (Leonard) Sat, 8. Leonard performs a live score performed on homemade and traditional instruments.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. The Sacrifice (Tarkovsky, 1986) Wed, 1, 4:15, 7:30. "Berlin and Beyond": Nowhere in Africa (Link, 2001) Thurs, 8; White Noise (Weingartner, 2000) Fri, 4:30; Bungalow (Köhler, 2002) Fri, 7; Dog Days (Seidl, 2001) Fri, 9:45; Berlin Symphony (Ruttmann, 1927) Sat, noon; Crazy about Paris (Balke and Besuden, 2002) Sat, 2:30; Jeans (Krebitz, 2001) Sat, 5:15; Naked (Dörrie, 2002) Sat, 7:30; Tattoo (Schwendtke, 2001) Sat, 10:15; I Only Think of Piroschka (Hoffmann, 1955) Sun, noon; "The Best of German Film Schools": "Counting Sheep" (Taddicken, 2000) and "Friday Night" (Schillmöller, Schäfer, Tüllmann, Scharf, Uhlenbruck, and Müller) Sun, 2; Bellaria – As Long as We Live! (Wolfsperger, 2001) Sun, 4:15; Grill Point (Dresen, 2001) Sun, 7; Lovely Rita (Hausner, 2001) Sun, 9:30; The Hooligans (Tressler, 1956) Mon, 5; Something to Remind Me (Petzold, 2001) Mon, 7:15; Blue Moon (Dusl, 2002) Mon, 9:20; The Woman Men Yearn For (Bernhardt, 1929) Tues, 7; Absolut Warhola (Mucha, 2001) Tues, 9:30.

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 848-1143, www.fineartscinema.org. $4-8. American Graffiti (Lucas, 1973) Wed, call for times; and Two Lane Blacktop (Hellman, 1971) Wed, call for times. Koyaanisqatsi (Reggio, 1983) Jan 9-15, 7; and Gummo (Korine, 1997) Jan 9-15, 8:45.

JEZEBEL'S JOINT 510 Larkin; www.sfindie.com. Free. "SF IndieFest Microcinema": Valley Girl (Coolidge, 1983) Wed, 8; Gibtown (Shachat, 2001) Fri, 8; It (Badger and von Sternberg, 1927) Mon, 8; Big Trouble in Little China (Carpenter, 1986) Tues, 8.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 454-1222. $4.50-7. "Andrei Tarkovsky": The Mirror (1974) Thurs, 5; Sat, 8:50; Sun, 5:30; Andrei Rublev (1966) Thurs-Fri, 7:30 (also Fri, 4); Sat, 3:30; Ivan's Childhood (1962) Sat, 7. "Children's Film Festival": The Living Forest (de la Cruz, 2001) Sun, 1; "Out of South Africa," short films Sun, 3. "New Iranian Cinema": Bemani (To Stay Alive) (Mehrjui, 2002) Tues, 7; The Exam (Refaie, 2002) Tues, 9.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) call for times. Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Justman, 2002) call for times. Rabbit-Proof Fence (Noyce, 2002) call for times. Personal Velocity (Miller, 2002) call for times. Derrida (Dick and Kofman, 2002) Jan 10-16, call for times. Filmmakers in person Sat/11, 4:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. Crop Circles: Quest for Truth (Gazecki, 2002) Wed, 2, 7, 9:25. The Hunger (Scott, 1983) Thurs, 7:15, 9:25. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Pennebaker, 1973) Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2, 4). Sounds Sacred (Rick, 2001) Jan 12-15, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4; Wed, 2).

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Strange Fruit (Katz, 2002) Wed-Tues, 6, 8, 10 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2, 4).

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World": Out of the Silence: Fighting for Human Rights (Olin, 1992) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Wattis Theater, 151 Third St; www.sffs.org or www.ticketweb.com. $12-15. "The Seventh Art: New Dimensions in Cinema": Cremaster 3 (Barney, 2002) Thurs, 6. Cosponsored by the San Francisco Film Society.

SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 555 Portola; (510) 695-5700, www.sfsota.org. $5. A program of 32 short films by current SFSOTA film and video students Thurs-Fri, 7:30.

STUDIOZ 314 11th St; soulsville@ravinfilms.com, www.studioz.tv. Free ($5 after 9). "Soulsville: An Evening of Film and Music," short films by director Bob Sarles, produced for the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, plus live music and a reception Fri, 7:30.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. $3-7. "Bay Area Now 3 Documentary Showcase" Wed-Sun, noon. "Wattis Artist in Residence Jonathan Rosenbaum in Person": The Wind Will Carry Us (Kiarostami, 1999) with "The House Is Black" (Farrokhzad, 1962) Wed, 7:30; A Great Day in Harlem (Bach, 1994) with "Black and Tan" (Murphy, 1929), "Jammin' the Blues" (Mili, 1950), and "When It Rains" (Burnett, 1995) Fri, 7:30; Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958) Sat, 7:30. Showcase features introductions and post-film lectures by Rosenbaum. "Arab Film Festival Presents": The English Sheik and the Yemeni Gentleman (Hirsi, 2000) Tues, 7:30.