Schedules are for Wed/28-Tues/3 except where noted. Double features are noted with a . Director and year are given when available. All times p.m. unless otherwise noted.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $4-8. "Moving Still: Films by Veronica Majano and PJ Ravel" Thurs, 7:30. "Short Shorts," short videos by San Francisco Art Institute alumni Fri, 8. "Other Cinema": "New Experimental Works" Sat, 8:30.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $5-8. "Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle": Cremaster 3 (2002) Wed/28-Thurs/29, June 5, noon, 4, 8; Cremaster 1 and 2 (1995, 1999) Fri/30-Sun/1, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40; Cremaster 4 and 5 (1994, 1997) June 2-4, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30.

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. Winged Migration (Perrin, 2002) call for times. Spellbound (Blitz, 2002) call for times. Kerouac (Antonelli, 1985) Wed, 7. Filmmaker John Antonelli in person. "Timeless Beauties: Greta Garbo": Ninotchka (Lubitsch, 1939) Sun, 7.

COPPOLA THEATER San Francisco State University, Fine Arts Bldg, Rm 101, 1600 Holloway; 338-1629. Free. "Touching the Puppet: A Stop-Motion Extravaganza," featuring the work of Oscar-winning animator Jimmy Picker, plus Bay Area artists Thurs, 7:30.

JEZEBEL'S JOINT 510 Larkin; www.sfindie.com. Free. "SF IndieFest Microcinema": Married at the Mall (Gilbert, 2002) Wed, 8; Party 7 (Ishii, 2000) Thurs, 8; Southwest 9 (Parry, 2001) Fri, 8.

METREON Action Theatre, Fourth St at Mission; www.metreon.com. Free. "Free Anime Screenings": "Blue Submarine/Cowboy Bebop Weekend" Sun, 11am-8pm.

MEZZANINE 444 Jessie; 820-9669. Free. "Art Slam at Mezzanine," with short films, sculpture by Pete Englehart, and jazz performer Jerry Granelli June 3-4, 7.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4-8. "Video: I Found It at the Movies": "Recon/Decon" Wed, 7:30. "Nicholas Ray": I'm a Stranger Here Myself (Helpern Jr and Gutman, 1974) with "The High Green Wall" (Ray, 1954) Thurs, 7:30; On Dangerous Ground (1951) Fri, 7:30; Run for Cover (1955) Fri, 9:15; Bigger than Life (1956) Sat, 4:30, 9:10; Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Sat, 7. "Vera Chytilová: Break the Rules": Daisies (1966) with "Ceiling" (1963) Sun, 5:30. "The Inquiring Camera": The American Egypt (Lerner, 2001) with "Trickle Down Theory of Sorrow" (Filippo, 2002) and "Terra Incognito" (Russell, 2002) Tues, 7:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. The Hours (Daldry, 2002) Wed, 2, 7, 9:25. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Jackson, 2002) Thurs-Fri, 8; Sat, 2, 5:30, 9. Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (Junkerman, 2002) June 1-4, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4; Wed, 2).

EL RIO 3158 Mission; 282-3325. Free. "Rodeo": Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Meyer, 1965) Tues, 8.

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $4-8. Kerouac (Antonelli, 1985) Thurs, 8. Filmmaker John Antonelli in person. Borroughs (Brookner, 1984) Thurs, 6:20, 9:40. Wisegirls (Anspaugh, 2002) May 30-June 5, 6, 8, 10 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2, 4).

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission; 552-1990. $20-50. "A Stan Brakhage Memorial," screening of works by the late filmmaker, hosted by Nathaniel Dorsky and Michael McClure; proceeds benefit the Brakhage family Thurs, 7:30, 9:30.

21 GRAND 449B 23rd St, Oakl; (510) 444-7263. $5-10 (sliding scale). "An Evening of Experimental Video," works by Michael Trigilio, Heike Liss, and Nomi Talisman Sat, 8.

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). "San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Presents": The Travellers: This Land Is Your Land (Cohen, 2001) Wed, 7:30. "On Fire: Recent Films from Korea": The Phone (Anh, 2002) Fri, 7:30.


May 28, 2003