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.