Schedules are for Wed/20-Tues/26 except where noted. Double features are marked with a •. Director and year are given when available. All times p.m. unless otherwise specified.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $4-8. "ANSWER Film Series": The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo, 1966) Thurs, 8. "Open Screening," underground video show Thurs, 8. For participation info e-mail openscreening@hotmail.com or call 824-3890.

AUCTIONS BY THE BAY 2700 Saratoga, Alameda; (510) 740-0220. $5-7. The Big Sleep (Hawks, 1946) Fri, 7, 9:30. Forbidden Planet (Wilcox, 1956) Sat, 7, 9:30.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $5-8. "Luis Buñuel in Paris": The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Wed, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Thurs, 7, 9:30. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Curtiz and Keighley, 1938) Aug 22-28, 7, 9:30 (also Sat-Sun, Wed, 1:30, 4:15).

CHABOT SPACE AND SCIENCE CENTER 10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakl; (510) 336-7373. $6.50-8.75 (all shows except for those at 8:30 also require museum admission: $5-8). Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West (Neibaur, 2002) Tues-Sun, 2:30 (also Fri, 5:30, 8:30; Sat, 12:20, 5:30, 8:30; Sun, 12:30). Ongoing. Giant-screen film presentation.

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-9. The Cuckoo (Rogozhkin, 2002) call for times. Winged Migration (Perrin, 2001) call for times. The Secret Lives of Dentists (Rudolph, 2003) call for times. Step into Liquid (Brown, 2003) Aug 22-28, call for times. "Timeless Beauty: Claudette Colbert": Cleopatra (DeMille, 1934) Wed, 7; The Palm Beach Story (Sturges, 1942) Sun, 7.

FILM ARTS FOUNDATION Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission; 978-ARTS, www.filmarts.org. $6-7. "True Stories": The Loss of Nameless Things (Rose, 2003) Wed, 7:30.

'FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK' Creek Park, 400 block of Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo; (415) 453-4333, www.filmnight.org. $2-5. 12 Angry Men (Lumet, 1957) Fri, 8. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Reiner, 1982) Sat, 8.

111 MINNA GALLERY 111 Minna; www.microcinema.com. $5. "Independent Exposure: Sizzling Summer Edition," international short films and videos Mon, 8.

PARKWAY 1934 Park, Oakl; videoactivism.org. $5. "We Interrupt This Empire ..." (San Francisco Video Activist Network) collaborative work about Bay Area war resistance_ Tues, 9:15.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4-8. "Excess of Evil": Salvation! (Beth B, 1987) Wed, 7:30. "The Inquiring Camera": For One More Hour with You (Marazzi, 2002) Thurs, 7:30; 'Âshûrâ': This Blood Spilled in My Veins (Toufic, 2002) Tues, 7:30. "Czech Horror and Fantasy on Film": Invisible (Svoboda, 1988) Fri, 7:30; "Shorts by Jan Svankmajer" Fri, 9:35. "International Animation": "Best of Ottawa Animation Festival 2002" Sat, 7, 8:50. "W.C. Fields: An Even Break": Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Cline, 1941) with "The Pharmacist" (Ripley, 1933) Sun, 5:30.

POND 324 14th St; 437-9151. $4 (no one turned away for lack of funds). The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Bartley and Ó Briain, 2002) Thurs, 8. Cosponsored by Global Exchange.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Hooper, 1974) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:15. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (Raimi, 1987) Thurs, 7:15, 9:15. House of 1000 Corpses (Zombie, 2003) Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2, 4). Juliet of the Spirits (Fellini, 1965) Sun, 2, 7, 9:40. Nights of Cabiria (Fellini, 1957) Mon, 7, 9:20. "The Truth and Lies of 9/11," filmed lecture by former Los Angeles Police Department narcotics investigator Mike Ruppert Aug 26-27, 7, 9:45 (also Aug 27, 2).

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $4-8. OT: Our Town (Kennedy, 2002) Wed-Thurs, 6:30, 8, 9:45 (also Wed, 2, 4:15). If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (Share, 2001) Aug 22-27, 6, 8, 10 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2, 4).

21 GRAND 449B Grand, Oakl; (415) 861-3189, www.21grand.org. $7-10. "Ideas in Animation," original live music by Nik Phelps and the Sprocket Ensemble set to historic X-rated animation, new experimental works, and new animation from Europe Sat, 7:30, 9:30.