Schedules are for Wed/21-Tues/27 except where noted. Double features are noted with a . Director and year are given when available. All times p.m. unless otherwise noted.

ALBANY LANDFILL AMPHITHEATER end of Buchanan St, off I-80, Albany; (510) 595-4626, www.nonchalance.org. Free. "Ghosts of the East Bay": Bum's Paradise (McCabe, 2003) Sat, movie begins at sundown. Event includes a bonfire and DJs.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $4-5. "Anthropological Cinema," ethnographic videos by students in San Francisco State University's Visual Anthropology program, Thurs, 7:30. "OpenScreening," short format work and segments from all genres; to reserve a spot, e-mail openscreening@hotmail.com Fri, 7:30. "Other Cinema": "Medical Madness," curated by Noel Lawrence Sat, 8:30.

BERKELEY COMMUNITY MEDIA 2239 MLK Jr. Way, Berk; (510) 848-2288, www.betv.org. Free. "Sneak Preview": Bum's Paradise (McCabe, 2003) Thurs, 6:30. Includes discussion with filmmaker Thomas McCabe and Andrei Rozen.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $5-8. A Woman Is a Woman (Godard, 1961) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:15 (also Wed, 1, 5). "Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle": Cremaster 3 (2002) May 23-29 and June 5, noon, 4, 8.

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-9. Nowhere in Africa (Link, 2001) call for times. Man Without a Past (Kaurismäki, 2002) call for times. Winged Migration (Perrin, 2002) call for times. Spellbound (Blitz, 2002) May 23-29, call for times.

FILM ARTS FOUNDATION Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. $6-7. "True Stories": Soundz of Spirit (Lyons, 2003) Wed, 7:30.

GALAXY 1285 Sutter; (415) 771-9271, www.urbanevents.com, www.sfbff.org. $15. Wattstax (Stuart, 1973) Wed, 7. Benefit for the San Francisco Black Film Festival.

JEZEBEL'S JOINT 510 Larkin; www.sfindie.com. Free. "SF IndieFest Microcinema": Owned (Read, 2002) Wed, 8; Mutant Aliens (Plympton, 2001) Thurs, 8; Fame Whore (Moritsugu, 1997) Fri, 8; Our Hospitality (Keaton, 1923) Mon, 8; The Dead Zone (Cronenberg, 1983) Tues, 8.

METREON Action Theatre, Fourth St at Mission; www.metreon.com. Free. "Bandai Entertainment: Fan Favorite Weekend" Sun, 11am-8pm.

111 MINNA GALLERY 111 Minna; 864-0660, www.microcinema.com. $5. "Microcinema International presents Independent Exposure": "May Flowers," short films and videos Tues, 8.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4-8. "Nicholas Ray": Born to Be Bad (1950) Fri, 7:30; Flying Leathernecks (1951) Fri, 9:25; In a Lonely Place (1950) Sat, 4:30, 9; Knock on Any Door (1949) Sat, 7; Johnny Guitar (1954) Sun, 5:30; The Lusty Men (1952) Sun, 7:40. "The Inquiring Camera": From the Other Side (Akerman, 2002) Tues, 7:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. Talk to Her (Almodovar, 2002) Wed-Thurs, 2, 7, 9:25. Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) May 23-26, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat-Sun, 2, 4).

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. Waiting for Happiness (Sissako, 2002) Wed-Thurs, 8 (also Wed, 4), $3-7. "San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Video Festival": "Prostitution Issues for Service Providers: An Educational Program," shorts program Fri, noon; "Sexual Intimates, Sexual Healers, Sacred Prostitutes: Male Sex Workers on an Erotic Spiritual Path," shorts program and speakers Fri, 4; shorts program sponsored by Sex Workers Organized for Labor, Human, and Civil Rights Fri, 6; Princesa (Goldman, 2001) with "Travesti" (Brough, 2000) Fri, 8; "Global Sex Work," shorts program Fri, 10; "Good Vibrations Presents Midnight Sexsational Show," new and vintage porn hosted by Dr. Carol Queen Fri, midnight; "Sex Art Show," shorts program Sat, noon; "XXX Animation for Grown-Ups," shorts program with live music by the Sprocket Ensemble Sat, 2; "Smut Fest," shorts program Sat, 4; Rub and Tug (Soo, 2002) with "A Different Kind of Hustle" (Klein, 2002) Sat, 6; "Sex Worker Sinema Awards," awards show Sat, 8; Yapping Out Loud: Contagious Thoughts of an Unrepentant Whore (live performance), Sat, 10:30; "Midnight Vulva Festival": Hot and Bothered: Feminist Porn (Goldberg, 2002) with "Best of Vulva Massage" Sat, midnight; The Girl Next Door (Fugate, 2003) Sun, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. For info on other festival events and tickets, call (415) 751-1659 or check www.bayswan.org/swfest.html.

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission; 552-1990. $4-7. "Haptic Refractions": "A Cameraless Evening," artists Alexis Bravos, Karen Johannesen, Steve Polta, and silt in person; copresented with SF Camerawork's exhibit "Agitate: Negotiating the Photographic Process" Thurs, 7:30. San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut. "Fresh Eyes: Program 15": "Unspeakable Intimacies: Tony Wu and Jose Rodriguez," filmmakers in person Sun, 7:30.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. $3-7. "Time after Time: Asia and Our Moment," daytime program featuring a continuous loop of Living Elsewhere (Wang, 1999) with "Chinese Utopia" (Wang, 2002) Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm, through July 13 (no screenings Sundays in June). Pandemic: Facing AIDS (Kennedy, 2003) Wed, 6:30. Screening of two parts of a five-part HBO documentary, followed by a discussion; event is free, with tickets available by calling 1-888-745-7425. "On Fire: Recent Films from Korea": Peppermint Candy (Lee, 2000) Fri, 7:30.


May 21, 2003