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Schedules are for Wed/22-Tues/28 except where noted. Double features are noted with a . Director and year are given when available.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "Openscreening" Fri, 8. Entries must be cued and ready by 7; e-mail openscreening@hotmail.com or call (415) 824-3890 for more information. "Girls on Film: Women of Color Screening Series": "All about Desiree," short films Sat, 8.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $5-8. "Noir City: San Francisco Film Noir Festival": The House on Telegraph Hill (Wise, 1951) Wed, 1:30, 5:15, 9; Born to Kill (Wise, 1947) Wed, 3:20, 7:05; Nora Prentiss (Sherman, 1948) Thurs, 7; The Woman on Pier 13 (Stevenson, 1949) Thurs, 9:10; Shakedown (Pevney, 1950) Fri, 7:20; The Raging Tide (Sherman, 1951) Fri, 9; The Midnight Story (Pevney, 1957) Sat, 1:40, 5:20, 9; The Sniper (Dmytryk, 1952) Sat, 3:30, 7:10; The Lineup (Siegel, 1958) Sun, 1, 5:15, 9:30; Experiment in Terror (Edwards, 1962) Sun, 2:45, 7:10. Hope along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay (Slade, 2001) with short films Mon, 7, 9. "Close-Up: Visionaries of Modern Cinema: Tilda Swinton," an interview by David Thomson, plus a clip show and an audience discussion Tues, 8.

EXPLORATORIUM 3601 Lyon; EXP-LORE. $6-10. "Annual Open Screening for Animation Students and Independent Animators" Wed, 7:30. "Seeing Films," short films about blindness and sight Sat, 2.

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 848-1143, www.fineartscinema.org. $4-8. • The Smallest Show on Earth (Dearden, 1957) Wed, 7; and American Movie (Smith, 1999) Wed, 8:30. The Fishers of Dar (Fruzzetti, Ostor, and Ross, 2002) Thurs-Tues, 7; and The Beginning and the End (Ripstein, 1993) Thurs-Tues, 7:45.

JEZEBEL'S JOINT 510 Larkin; www.sfindie.com. Free. "SF IndieFest Microcinema": Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Heckerling, 1982) Wed, 8; Modern Tribalism Thurs, 8; The New Women (Hughes, 2001) Fri, 8; Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922) Mon, 8; Kung Fu from beyond the Grave (Li, 1982) Tues, 8.

NEW LANGTON ARTS 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. $6-8. "Ryan Junell and J. Lesser: A Screening of Collaborative Music Film Projects" Thurs, 8.

NEW VALENCIA HALL 1908 Mission; 864-1278. $2. The Pill Thurs, 7. Video screening and discussion, plus 30th-anniversary celebration of Roe v. Wade.

111 MINNA GALLERY 111 Minna; 864-0660, www.microcinema.com. $5. "Independent Exposure," short films and videos Mon, 8.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4.50-7. "Introduction to Film Terminology," lecture by Marilyn Fabe Wed, 3. "Video: Recent Revelations": "Suburban Stasis," short films about the suburbs Wed, 7:30. "After the War, before the Wall: German Cinema, 1945-1960": A Call Girl Named Rosemarie (Thiele, 1958) Thurs, 7; Film Without a Title (Jugert, 1947) Fri, 7:30; Aren't We Wonderful (Hoffmann, 1958) Fri, 9:20; "Encounters: Panel Discussion" Sat, 3:30 (free); The Lost Man (Lorre, 1951) Sat, 7; The Murderers Are among Us (Staudte, 1946) Sat, 9; Bonjour Kathrin (Anton, 1955) Sun, 5:30; Fanfares of Love (Hoffmann, 1951) Sun, 7:25. "The Best of Children's Storybooks: Fifty Years of Weston Woods Studios," short films adapted from children's books Sun, 1. "Screenagers": A Place Named Destiny (Ginocchio, 2002) Sun, 3. "Visionary Film: Chapters 4-6": "The Magus, Trance and Myth, and Lyrical Film, Part One," films by Kenneth Anger, Bruce Baillie, Stan Brakhage, and Gregory Markopoulos Tues, 7; "The Magus, Trance and Myth, and Lyrical Film, Part Two," films by Brakhage, Markopoulos, and Marie Menken Tues, 8:45.

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. Derrida (Dick and Kofman, 2002) call for times. Naked (Dörrie, 2002) call for times. "Andrei Tarkovsky": The Mirror (1975) Wed-Thurs, 7. "For Your Consideration: A Sampling of 2003 Oscar Submissions from around the Globe": Zus and Zo (van der Oest, 2001) Fri, 7; Sat, 9:15; Philanthropy (Caranfil, 2002) Sat, 7; Sun, 9:15; Edi (Trzaskalski, 2002) Sun, 7; Mon, 9:15; 8 Women (Ozon, 2002) Mon, 7; Tues, 9:15; Soft Shell Man (Turpin, 2001) Tues, 7; Jan 29, 9:15.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. Mostly Martha (Nettelbeck, 2002) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:20. Chain Camera (Dick, 2001) Thurs-Tues, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat-Sun, 2, 4).

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Rocco and His Brothers (Visconti, 1960) Wed-Tues, 5, 8:30 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 1:30).

SAN FRANCISCO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER 1800 Market; www.sfgaycenter.org. "Marlon Riggs Retrospective": Color Adjustment (1991) Thurs, 7:30.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World": Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins (Richter, 1997) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation. The Pinochet Case (Guzman, 2001) Sat, 2.

TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM 642 Dolores, San Leandro; (510) 499-9441. $7. "Temple Beth Sholom's Jewish Film Festival" Sat-Mon, 5; Sun, 7:30.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. $6-7. "SF Jewish Film Festival Presents": House (Gitai, 1980) Wed, 7:30.

YWCA 1515 Webster, Oakl; (510) 444-0484, www.criticalresistance.org. Free. "Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex Film Festival": Lone Star (Sayles, 1996) plus short films Fri, 7:30. Program repeats with the main feature replaced by Piñero (Ichaso, 2001), Sat, 2pm, New College Theater, 777 Valencia, S.F.