Schedules are for Wed/10-Tues/16 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": Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981) Sat, midnight.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, S.F.; (415) 824-3890. $4-8. Open Up (Niehaus) Thurs, 8. "MadCat Women's International Film Festival": "Program Two: Coming From," Fri, 9. "Other Cinema:" "Center for Tactical Magic," slides, videos, and experimental lectures Sat, 8:30.

AUCTIONS BY THE BAY 2700 Saratoga, Alameda; (510) 740-0220. $5-7. Diner (Levinson, 1982) Fri, 7, 9:30. The Long, Long Trailer (Minnelli, 1954) Sat, 7, 9:30.

CASTRO 429 Castro, S.F.; (415) 621-6120. $5-8. Party Monster (Bailey and Barbato, 2003) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:30 (also Wed, 1:30, 4:15). "The Animation Show," programmed by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt (in person opening night) Sept 12-24, 7, 9:30 (also Sat-Sun, Wed, 2, 4:30).

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) Wed-Thurs, call for times. September 11 (various directors, 2002) Sept 11-18, call for times.

CLAY 2261 Fillmore, S.F.; (415) 267-4893. $5. "Pen and Ink: Eight Tales in the Comic Book Tradition": Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Watanabe, 2001) Fri-Sat, midnight.

COMMUNITY CHURCH 2201 University, Palo Alto; (650) 322-9725, (650) 853-3140, www.epa.net. "East Palo Alto 20th Anniversary Film Festival," Fri, 7:30; Sat-Sun, noon.

'EUROPE WATCHES AMERICA' Goethe-Institut Auditorium, 530 Bush, S.F.; www.goethe.de/uk/saf/enindex.htm. $5-6. The Shooting of Mole Street (Boucault, 1998) Tues, 7:30. Series of 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. Edward Scissorhands (Burton, 1990) Fri, 8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Leone, 1966) Sat, 8.

'JAPAN TOWN ANIME FAIRE' Various locations, Japantown, S.F. $8-12. www.jtaf.com. Festival includes Japanese animation screenings, costume contests, a swap meet, panel discussions, and more Sat-Sun, 9am.

MILLS COLLEGE Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur, Oakl; (510) 464-4640. Free. Under a Shipwrecked Moon (Alli, 2003) Fri, 8. Filmmaker Antero Alli in person.

PARKWAY 1834 Park, Oakl; (510) 814-2400. $5-6. "Parkway Speakeasy Theater's Fifth Annual Film Noir Fest": Dark Passage (Daves, 1947) Wed, 6:30; The Sniper (Dmytryk, 1952) with "The Shadow" (1940) Thurs, 9:15; The Usual Suspects (Singer, 1995) Fri, 6:30; Sat-Sun, 6; Night Moves (Penn, 1975) Mon, 9:15; Sept 16-17, 6:30.

LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER 3105 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 849-2568. $5-10. We Are Salvadoreans (Figueroa) Wed, 7.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4-8. "Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Another Look": The American Soldier (1970) Wed, 5:30, 9:10; Gods of the Plague (1969) Wed, 7:10; Beware of a Holy Whore (1970) Fri, 7:30, 9:30; Effi Briest (1972-74) Sat, 6:30, 9:10. "Genetic Screenings": The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (Borthwick, 1993) Thurs, 7:30. With animated shorts.

RED VIC 1727 Haight, S.F.; (415) 668-3994. $3-6.50. Roger and Me (Moore, 1989) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:30. This Is Spinal Tap (Reiner, 1984) Thurs, 7:15, 9:15. Don't Look Back (Pennebaker, 1965) Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:20 (also Sat, 2, 4:15). Winged Migration (Perrin, 2002) Sun-Tues, 7:15, 9:25 (also Sun, 2, 4:15).

ROXIE 3117 16th St, S.F.; (415) 863-1087. $4-8. "Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Unforgettable": Chinese Roulette (1976) Wed, 2:45, 6:15, 9:15; Love Is Colder than Death (1969) Wed, 4:30, 8; Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975) Thurs, 7, 9:30. "The World According to Shorts": "Program One" Sept 12-17, 6:20, 10 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2); "Program Two" Sept 12-17, 8 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 4).

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, S.F.; (415) 557-4461. Free. "Creativity at Any Age: Portraits of Elder Artists": Philip Johnson: Diary of an Eccentric Artist (1996) Thurs, noon.

21 GRAND 449B 23rd St, Oakl; (510) 444-7263. $5-10. "Best of Artists' Television Access Open Screening," short films and videos Sat, 7:30.

VARIETY PREVIEW ROOM 582 Market; (415) 503-1389, www.bettyslist.com. $25. Prey for Rock and Roll (Steyermark, 2003) Sat, 4. For LGBT community members.