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Schedules are for Wed/4-Tues/10 except where noted. Double features are marked with a •. Director and year are given when available. All times are p.m. unless otherwise specified.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, S.F.; (415) 824-3890. $5. ANSWER Film Series: Lumumba: Death of a Prophet (1992) Thurs, 7:30. "Independent Media and Guerrilla Video: Italian Style!," humorous and serious activist-minded shorts by Italian artists Fri, 8.

AUCTIONS BY THE BAY 2700 Saratoga, Alameda; (510) 835-6187. $5-7. Rififi (Dassin, 1954) Fri, 7, 9:15; Sun, 7:30. Les Girls (Cukor, 1957) Sat, 7, 9:30; Sun, 5.

CASTRO 429 Castro, S.F.; (415) 621-6120. $5-8.50. To Be and to Have (Philibert, 2003) Wed, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:20. San Francisco Independent Film Festival Thurs; see First Runs. My Architect (Kahn, 2003) Feb 6-12, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:30.

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-9. The Same River Twice (Moss, 2003) call for times. Japanese Story (Brooks, 2003) call for times. To Be and to Have (Philibert, 2003) Wed-Thurs, call for times. My Architect (Kahn, 2003) Feb 6-12, call for times. "Global Lens": Wretched Lives (Lamangan, 2002) Wed, 7; Mango Yellow (Assis, 2002) Thurs and Mon, 7; Women's Prison (Hekmat, 2002) Fri, 7; Sun, 4; Khorma (Saadi, 2002) Sat, 2; Sun, 4; Margarette's Feast (Falcao, 2002) Sat, 4; Nothing (Mal-berti, 2001) Sat, 7; Ticket to Jerusalem (Masharawi, 2002) Sun, 2; Tues, 7. "John Cleese's Life and Times," benefit for Esalen Institute Tues, 7. Tickets $30-150; call (415) 392-4400 or go to www.cityboxoffice.com.

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA 425 Washington, S.F.; (415) 788-7142. Free. Io non ho paura (Salvatores, 2003) Tues, 6:30.

NEW COLLEGE CULTURAL CENTER 766 Valencia, S.F.; (415) 864-1278. $5-10. Straight outta Hunters Point (Epps, 2003) Fri, 6:30. Director Kevin Epps in person; sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party and the San Francisco Bay View newspaper.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-1412. $4-8. "Film 50": The General Line (Eisenstein, 1926) with a lecture by Marilyn Fabe Wed, 3. "Video Art: They Might Be Giants": "Gary Hill" Wed, 7:30; The Passing (Viola, 1991) Thurs, 5:30. "The Films of Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched": "Robert Beavers, Program II" Thurs, 7:30; "Workshop with Robert Beavers" Fri, 3; "Robert Beavers, Program III" Sun, 3. "Mann's World: Anthony Mann on the Big Screen": The Great Flamarion (Mann, 1945) Fri, 7:30; Strange Impersonation (1946) Fri, 9:10. "Victor Sjöström: Northern Light in a New Light": His Grace's Will (1919) Sat, 7; The Monastery of Sendomir (1920) Sat, 8:30; Karin, Daughter of Ingmar (1920) Sun, 5:30. "Alternative Visions": "Resist the Present: Yvonne Rainer and Lee Anne Schmidt" Tues, 7:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight, S.F.; (415) 668-3994. $3-6.50. Dopamine (Decena, 2003) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:15. Die Mommie Die! (Rucker, 2003) Thurs, 7:15, 9:15. Scarface (De Palma, 1983) Fri, 8; Sat, 2, 5:15, 8:30. Wings of Desire (Wenders, 1988) Sun-Mon, 7, 9:35 (also Sun, 2, 4:30). The Station Agent (McCarthy, 2003) Feb 10-11, 7:15, 9:15 (also Feb 11, 2).

ROXIE 3117 16th St, S.F.; (415) 863-1087. $4-8. Yves St. Laurent: His Life and Times (Teboul, 2002) Wed-Thurs, 6:15, 9:45 (also Wed, 1, 4:30). Yves St. Laurent: 5, Avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris (Teboul, 2002) Wed-Thurs, 8 (also Wed, 2:45). San Francisco Independent Film Festival Feb 6-15. See First Runs.

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE 800 Chestnut, S.F.; (415) 771-7020, ext 4816, www.sfai.edu/ff. $8 (four-night pass $25). San Francisco Art Institute International Film/Video Festival: "The Wonderful Horrible World: Stories Unleashed" Fri, 8; "The Ever-Drifting Time (Nonfiction and Social Issues)" Sat, 8. Cosponsored by S.F. Cinematheque.

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Ninth Street Center for Independent Film, 145 Ninth St, S.F. Free. (415) 552-1990. "Positively Ninth Street," film, video, installation, and music by local artists; copresented with the Film Arts Foundation. Thurs, 7:30.

SAN FRANCISCO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER 1800 Market, S.F.; (415) 558-8669, ext 222, www.pillsprofitsprotest.org. $10. Pills Profits Protest: Voices of Global AIDS Activists (d'Adesky and Rossetti, 2004) Tues, 7 (reception 6). Sponsored by Project Inform, the Horizons Foundation, and ACTION + LIFE women's film collective; codirector Anne-Christine d'Adesky moderates a postfilm discussion titled "Think Globally, Act Locally: Community Responses to the Challenges of Treatment Access" at 8.

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, S.F.; (415) 557-4461. Free. "Theater on Film": Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (Richardson, 1973) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.

W SILICON VALLEY HOTEL Lounge, 8200 Gateway, Newark; (510) 794-3033. Call for this week's classic film title Wed, 5:30.