Schedules are for Wed/19-Tues/25 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, SF; (415) 824-3890, www.atasite.org. $5. "Auntie Dote: Rare Flicks by the Cockettes and Jack Smith": • Tricia's Wedding (Cockettes, 1971) and No President (Smith, 1968) Thurs, 8. "Death by Tealight II: Video Art from San Francisco 2005" Fri, 8.

BALBOA THEATER 3630 Balboa, SF; (415) 221-8184, www.noircity.com or www.ticketweb.com. $7.50-10 (festival pass, $120). Noir City: Third Annual San Francisco Film Noir Festival: Cry of the City (Siodmak, 1948) Wed, 1, 4:45, 9; Criss Cross (Siodmak, 1949) Wed, 3, 7:10; The Prowler (Losey, 1951) Thurs, 2:50, 7; Where the Sidewalk Ends (Preminger, 1950) Thurs, 1, 4:40, 9; Force of Evil (Polonsky, 1948) Fri, 3, 7:15; 711 Ocean Drive (Newman, 1950) Fri, 1, 4:35, 9; Murder, My Sweet (Dmytryk, 1944) Sat, 2:55, 7; The Dark Corner (Hathaway, 1946) Sat, 1, 4:45, 9:05; Try and Get Me (Endfield, 1950) Sat, 11:30; Kiss of Death (Hathaway, 1947) Sun, 1, 4:25, 9; Crime Wave (de Toth, 1954) Sun, 2:55, 7:15; Pickup on South Street (Fuller, 1953) Mon, 3:05, 7:10; The Crimson Kimono (Fuller, 1959) Mon, 1:30, 4:40, 9; Edge of Doom (Robson, 1950) Tues, 1, 4:40, 9; Pitfall (de Toth, 1948) Tues, 3, 7.

BAY CLUB MARIN 220 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera; (415) 381-4123 or (415) 945-3000. Call for price. Searching for Paradise (Paci) with "Heartstrings" (Avione) Thurs, 7.

CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatresf.com. $5.50-8.50. "Dystopia Series": 1984 (Radford, 1984) Wed, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; THX-1138 (Lucas, 1971) Thurs, 7, 9:15. Shooting Porn: The Movie (Larsen, 1997) Fri-Sun, 7, 9 (also Sat-Sun, 1, 3, 5). On the Waterfront (Kazan, 1954) Jan 24-27, 7:15, 9:35 (also Jan 26, 2:15, 4:45).

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $5.50-9. Kinsey (Condon, 2004) call for times. In the Realms of the Unreal (Yu, 2004) call for times. Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela (Benazzo and Day, 2003) call for times. Travellers and Magicians (Norbu, 2004) call for times. "Global Lens 2005: New Cinema from the Developing World": Whisky (Rebella and Stoll, 2004) with "As Follows" (Veiroj, 2004) Fri/21 and Jan 26, 6:45; Sun/23, 6:30; Jan 28, 9; Jan 30, 4:15; Feb 2, 6:45; Hollow City (Ganga, 2004) Fri/21, 9; Sat/22, 2; Tues/25, 6:45; Jan 29, 4:15; What's a Human Anyway? (Erdem, 2004) Sat/22, 4; Jan 31, 9; Buffalo Boy (Minh, 2004) Sat/22 and Jan 28, 6:45; Tues/25 and Feb 1, 9; Jan 29, 2; Jan 30, 6:30; Fuse (Zalica, 2003) Sat/22 and Feb 2, 9; Jan 27 and Feb 1, 6:45; Uniform (Diao, 2003) Sun/23, 2; Jan 30, 8:45; Kabala (Kouyaté, 2002) Sun/23, 4; Jan 31, 6:45; Lili's Apron (Galperin, 2004) Sun/23, 8:45; Jan 27, 9; Daughter of Keltoum (Charef, 2001) Mon/24, 6:45; Jan 30, 2; Today and Tomorrow (Chomski, 2003) Mon/24, and Jan 26, 9.

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.

HUMANIST HALL 390 27th St, Oakl; (510) 393-5685. Donations accepted. The Doors (Stone, 1991) Wed, 7.

MERIDIAN GALLERY 545 Sutter, SF; (415) 398-7229. $50-250 donation. I Build the Tower (Landler and Byer) Thurs, 7.

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.

LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER 3105 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 849-2568. $8. Until When... (Abourahme, 2004) Fri, 7. A documentary about Palestine with filmmaker Jess Ghannam in person, plus a spoken word performance by Mark Gonzalez. (Film also plays as part of "Televising the Revolution: a Radical Film Series," Tues, 7pm, El Rio, 3158 Mission, S.F. www.elriosf.com. Donations accepted.)

PFA 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $4-8. "Film 50: Introduction to Film Language," lecture by Marilyn Fabe Wed, 3. "Games People Play": The Most Dangerous Game (Schoedsack and Pichel, 1932) with "Chess Fever" (Pudovkin and Shpikovsky, 1925) Wed, 7:30. "David Thomson's History of Hollywood": Greed (von Stroheim, 1924) Thurs, 7; The Crowd (Vidor, 1928) Fri, 7; Sunrise (Murnau, 1927) Fri, 9; Heaven's Gate (Cimino, 1980) Sat, 7; The Shop around the Corner (Lubitsch, 1940) Sun, 5; Shampoo (Ashby, 1975) Sun, 7. "Seeing Through the Screen: Buddhism and Film": "Film" (Schneider, 1965) with lecture by Robert Sharf Mon, 3. "JPEX": Funeral Parade of Roses (Matsumoto, 1969) with "Expansion" (Matsumoto, 1972) and "For My Crushed Right Eye" (Matsumoto, 1968) Tues, 7:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994. $4-7. Tarnation Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:15. The Decline of Western Civilization (Spheeris, 1981) Thurs, 7:15, 9:25. End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (Fields and Gramaglia, 2004) Fri-Sat, 7:15, 9:30 (also Sat, 2, 4:15). What the #$*! Do We Know? (Vincente, Chasse, and Arntz, 2004) Sun-Mon, 7:15, 9:35 (also Sun, 2, 4:20). Incident at Loch Ness (Penn, 2004) Jan 25-26, 7:15, 9:20 (also Jan 26, 2).

RICKSHAW STOP 155 Fell, SF; www.sfindie.com. $10. "San Francisco IndieFest Benefit/Launch Party" Fri, 8. Short films, festival previews, and live music; all proceeds benefit S.F. IndieFest (Feb 3-15).

ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087. $4-8. The Century of the Self (Curtis, 2004) parts one and two, Wed-Thurs, 7 (also Wed, 2); parts three and four, Wed-Thurs, 9:10 (also Wed, 4:10). Alexandra's Project (de Heer, 2003) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:15 (also Wed, 2, 4:30). A Talking Picture (de Oliveira, 2003) Jan 21-27, 6, 8, 9:45 (also Sat-Sun, Wed, 2, 4).

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE 800 Chestnut, SF; 749-4558, www.sfai.edu/ff. $5-20. 12th SFAI International Film and Video Festival, short films from independent international filmmakers Jan 22-23, 29-30, 8.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Koret Center Lecture Room, 151 Third St, SF; (415) 538-2693, www.sfmoma.org. Free with museum admission ($6-10). Roy Lichtenstein (Blackwood, 1976) Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri, 4 (also Thurs, 7:30); Sat-Sun, 3. Through Feb 22.

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 100 Larkin, SF; (415) 557-4461. Free. "Year of the Rooster: Birds of the Silver Screen": Winged Migration (Perrin, 2001) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.

VICTORIA THEATRE 2961 16th St, SF; (415) 863-7576, www.tickets.com or www.victoriatheatre.org. $9. Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation Fri-Sat, 7:30, 9:30, midnight. Through Jan 29; 18 and over only.