Schedules are for Wed/13-Tues/19 except where noted. Double features are marked with a •. Director and year are given when available. All times are p.m. unless otherwise specified.

ACT I AND II 2128 Center, Berk; (510) 848-1196. $10. Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What's It All About (2003) Thurs, 7. A film of a talk by Bob Avakian, chair of the Revolutionary Communist Party.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; (415) 824-3890, www.atasite.org. $5-7. The Gadabout Traveling Film Festival, short, low-budget indie films and videos Wed, 8. "The Visionary State," photo exhibit opening reception Thurs, 6. "Betweens," analog and digital works, copresented by San Francisco Cinematheque Fri, 8. "Other Cinema": "The Naked Feminist" and other sex-positive works, with a performance by the Velvet Hammer Burlesque Sat, 8:30.

BRIDGE 3010 Geary, SF; 751-3213, www.peacheschrist.com. $10. "Midnight Mass: Season of Horror": Dead Alive (Jackson, 1992) Sat, midnight.

CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120. $5-8.50. Children's Classic Film Festival: Cheaper by the Dozen (Lang, 1950) Sun, noon ($10-12.50). A Letter to True (Weber, 2004) Wed, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Mill Valley Film Festival Thurs. See Opening. Tarnation (Caouette, 2004) Oct 15-21, 7, 9:15 (also Sat, Wed, 2, 4:15; Sun, 4:15).

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $5.50-9. Mill Valley Film Festival Wed-Sun. See Opening. The Grateful Dead Movie (Gast, 1977) Oct 18-26, call for times. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Ellis and Mueller, 2004) Oct 18-21, call for times.

CINEMA HEAVEN ENCORE Curry House, 1040 Columbus, SF; belle_diamond@hotmail.com. Free. Cinema Heaven Encore presents classic American films (from 1932 to '62) Fri, 7; e-mail for film title and to RSVP.

DELANCEY STREET SCREENING ROOM 600 Embarcadero, SF; (650) 724-5544, www.unaff.org. $8-12. United Nations Association Film Festival: "The Values of Tolerance": •Afghanistan Unveiled (Brault and AINA Women Filming Group) and Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (Sekler and Perez, 2004) Thurs, 7.

ENDOCRINE COMPANY WAREHOUSE 278 Fourth St, Oakl; www.verticalpool.com/hysteria.html. $5-10. Hysteria (Alli, 2002) Thurs, 9. Filmmaker Antero Alli in person.

GOETHE-INSTITUT Auditorium, 530 Bush, SF; (415) 263-8768. $5. "Heimat: German Heimatfilms of the '50s": High Up on the Mountain (von Bolváry, 1957) Tues, 7:30.

HUMANIST HALL 390 27th St, Oakl; (510) 419-1405, buildingresistance@yahoo.com. $3-5. The Zapatista's Mayan Uprising with "Vanishing Prayer" Wed, 7.

LITTLE ROXIE 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087. The Brown Bunny (Gallo, 2004) Wed-Thurs, 6, 10 (also Wed, 2). Fahrenheit 9/11 (Moore, 2004) Wed-Thurs, 7:45 (also Wed, 3:45). Call for Fri-Tues shows and times.

ODDBALL FILM AND VIDEO 275 Capp, SF; (415) 558-8112, info@oddballfilm.com (RSVP requested). $10. "Smut Shop Cinema: The Subject Is Sex," short films Fri, 8.

PFA 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $4-8. "Fiercely Primitive: The Films of Guy Maddin, plus Director's Choice": Leave Her to Heaven (Stahl, 1945) Wed, 7:30; Archangel (1990) Fri, 7:30; The Road to Glory (Hawks, 1936) Fri, 9:20; Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) Sat, 7; Cowards Bend the Knee (2003) Sat, 8:50; Seventh Heaven (Borzage, 1927) Sun, 5:30. Center for Southeast Asia Studies presents Mùa oi (Minh, 2000) Mon, 7. "Documentary Voices: Anand Patwardhan": •A Narmanda Diary (Patwardhan and Dhuru, 1995) with Fishing: In the Sea of Greed (1998) Thurs, 7:30. "JPEX: Japanese Experimental Film and Video, 1955-Now": "Expanded Visions," shorts program Tues, 7:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994. $4-7. Bukowski: Born into This (Dullaghan, 2004) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:45 (also Wed, 2). Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Ellis and Mueller, 2004) Oct 15-21, 7:15, 9:15; Oct 22-28, 7:15 (also Sat-Sun, 2, 4; Oct 20, 2; Oct 27, 2 and "bring your own baby" screening, 4).

ROXIE 3117 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087. $4-8. •Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties (de la Pena, 2004) and Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (Sekler and Perez, 2004) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:30 (also Wed, 2, 4:30). Bright Leaves (McElwee, 2003) Oct 15-21, 7, 9 (also Wed, Sat-Sun, 2, 4:30). Way Cool: RNC as Not Seen on TV (Huestis, 2004) Sun, noon.

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; (415) 552-1990, www.sfcinematheque.org. $4-7. "Imprints: An Evening with Louise Bourque" Thurs, 7:30; Bourque in person. California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth St, SF. Same phone and price. "Acting Up and Out: The Multiple Personae of Joe Gibbons" Sun, 7:30; Gibbons in person.

UC BERKELEY Wheeler Auditorium, Bancroft and Telegraph, Berk; (510) 843-3699, www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org. $6-17. Berkeley Video and Film Festival, with documentaries, features, and shorts Fri, 7:30; Sat-Sun, 1.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-ARTS, www.ybca.org. $7-8. Latino Film Festival presents Celeste and Estrela (de Paula, 2003) Wed, 7:30. NAATA Fall Asian Film Showcase: Chinese Restaurants: On the Islands (Cheuk, 2003) Tues, 7:30.