Schedules are for Wed/3-Tues/9 except where noted. Double features are marked with a •. Director and year are given when available. All times p.m. unless otherwise specified.

ACT I AND II 2128 Center, Berk; (510) 843-FILM. $6. "Midnight Movie Series": The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) Sat, midnight.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, S.F.; (415) 824-3890. $4-8. "Lavender Diamond and the Long Armed Lady Present Birdsongs of the Bauharoque," live performance Thurs, 8. "Super8Man: Michael Smith": "Dreamy Visions, Dreamy Music, Dreaming Live," simultaneously screened films filtered with psychedelic effects Fri, 8.

CASTRO 429 Castro, S.F.; (415) 621-6120. $5-8. Party Monster (Bailey and Barbato, 2003) Sept 3-11, 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. Winged Migration (Perrin, 2001) call for times. The Secret Lives of Dentists (Rudolph, 2003) call for times. Step into Liquid (Brown, 2003) call for times. Bonhoeffer (Doblmeier, 2003) Sept 5-11, call for times.

CLAY 2261 Fillmore, S.F.; (415) 267-4893. $5. "Pen and Ink: Eight Tales in the Comic Book Tradition": The City of Lost Children (Jeunet and Caro, 1995) Fri-Sat, midnight.

'EUROPE WATCHES AMERICA' Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, S.F.; (415) 978-2787. $5-6. Public Enemy (Meurer, 1990) Wed, 7:30. Goethe-Institut Auditorium, 530 Bush, S.F.; www.goethe.de/uk/saf/enindex.htm. Animal Connection (Tadic, 1996) Tues, 7:30. Docs produced by Franco-German TV; series presented by the French Consulate General and the Goethe-Institut San Francisco.

'FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK' Creek Park, 400 block of Sir Francis Drake, San Anselmo; (415) 453-4333, www.filmnight.org. $2-5. Iron Giant (Bird, 1999) Fri, 8. The Secret of Roan Inish (Sayles, 1994) Sat, 8.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Nine Ross Valley, San Rafael; www.mpjc.org. $5-7. Screening of video featuring speeches given by Arundhati Roy and Noam Chomsky at the World Social Forum in Porte Alegre, Brazil, followed by discussion. Sponsored by the Marin Peace and Justice Coalition. Thurs, 7:30.

JAZZ HOUSE 3192 Adeline, Berk; www.verticalpool.com. $10. "Antero Alli's Underground Cinema": Hysteria (2002) Sat, 7:30; Under a Shipwrecked Moon (2003) Sat, 9:30. Filmmaker in person.

'MADCAT WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL' El Rio, 3158 Mission, S.F.; (415) 436-9523, www.madcatfilmfestival.org. $7-20. "Program One: Gotta Get It," short films Tues, 8:30. Festival runs Sept 9-Oct 5 at various venues; check Web site for full schedule.

METREON Action Theatre, second fl, 101 Fourth St, S.F; www.mastamind.com. $6-9.50. Straight outta Hunters Point (Epps, 2001) Wed-Thurs and Mon-Tues, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; Fri-Sun, noon, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.

PARKWAY 1834 Park, Oakl; (510) 814-2400. $5-6. "Parkway Speakeasy Theater's Fifth Annual Film Noir Fest": The Big Sleep (Hawks, 1946) Fri, 6:30; Sat-Sun, 6; Dark Passage (Daves, 1947) Mon, 9:15; Sept 9-10, 6:30.

LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER 3105 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 849-2568. $14. Viva Chile M ... ! A Tribute to the Life and Work of Fernando Alegría (Blesching) Thurs, 7:30.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4-8. "Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Another Look": The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) Wed, 7; Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1973) Wed, 8:50; The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978) Fri, 7; The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Fri, 9:20; Love Is Colder than Death (1969) Sat, 5, 9; Katzelmacher (1969) Sat, 7; Sun, 5:30; Gods of the Plague (1969) Sun, 7:20. "Genetic Screenings": Island of Lost Souls (Kenton, 1932) Thurs, 7:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight, S.F.; (415) 668-3994. $3-6.50. Bowling for Columbine (Moore, 2002) Wed, 2, 7, 9:30. A Mighty Wind (Guest, 2003) Thurs-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2, 4). Down with Love (Reed, 2003) Sun-Mon, 7:15, 9:20 (also Sun, 2, 4). The Big One (Moore, 1998) Tues, 7:15, 9:15.

ROXIE 3117 16th St, S.F.; (415) 863-1087. $4-8. "Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Unforgettable": American Soldier (1970) Wed, 2:40, 6:20, 10; Beware of the Holy Whore (1970) Wed, 4:15, 8; Veronika Voss (1982) Thurs, 7, 9:15; Fox and His Friends (1974) Fri-Sat, 7, 9:30 (also Sat, 2, 4:30); Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1973) Sun, 2, 4:30, 8, 10; The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) Mon, 6, 8, 10; Fear of Fear (1975) Tues, 8; Satan's Brew (1976) Tues, 10:15.

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, S.F.; (415) 557-4461. Free. "Creativity at Any Age: Portraits of Elder Artists": Marc Chagall (1974) Thurs, noon.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, S.F.; (415) 978-ARTS. $3-7. "Looking Is Better than Feeling You," short film program curated by Astria Suparak 11am-5pm (continuous loop). Through Oct 5.