Schedules are for Wed/1 through Tues/7 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. ANSWER Film Series: Salt of the Earth (Biberman, 1954), Thurs, 7:30. Living Room: Space and Place in Infoshop Culture (Simmons and Kallas, 2005), Fri, 8. Other Cinema: "Arthur Lipsett Revival," Sat, 8:30.

BALBOA THEATRE 3630 Balboa, SF; (415) 221-8184, www.balboamovies.com. $6-8.50. "Doc Days: Oscar Nominated Documentaries and Short Documentaries," Wed, noon. "Sprocket Ensemble Farewell Shows": "Toones and Tunes," Thurs, 7; "Ideas in Animation," Thurs, 9 (this show, $10). "Pre-Code Barbara Stanwyck Double Feature": •Baby Face (Green, 1933) with "School for Romance" (Gottler, 1934), Fri-Sun, 1:40 (also Fri-Sat, 5:05, 8:30) and Night Nurse (Wellman, 1931) Fri-Sun, 12:10 (also Fri-Sat, 3:35, 7). "Balboa Oscar Party," Sun, 3:30 (this event, $10). "Oscar Nominated Short Documentaries:" •The Mushroom Club (Okazaki, 2005) and A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (Marrinan and Simonson, 2005), March 6-9, 2:55, 5:45, 8:35; •The Death of Kevin Carter: Casuality of the Bang Bang Club (Krauss, 2005) and God Sleeps in Rwanda (Acquaro and Sherman, 2005), 1:40, 4:30, 7:20.

CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $6-9. Wed-Thurs, call for program information. Mahogany (Gordy, 1975), Fri, 7, 9:30. "A Tribute to Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker," Sat, 7. "Castro Loves Oscar," benefit for End Hunger Now, Sun, 5:30 (this event, $20). To Catch a Thief (Hitchcock, 1955), March 6-8, 4:30, 7, 9:30.

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $5.50-9.25. The Boys of Baraka (Ewing and Grady, 2005), call for times. Duma (Ballard, 2005), call for times. The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach, 2005), call for times. The World's Fastest Indian (Donaldson, 2005), call for times. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Winterbottom, 2005), call for times. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (Metzler and Springer, 2005), Wed, 7. Filmmaker Chris Metzler in person. Downpour Resurfacing (Nkara) with Touch (Podeswa), Thurs, 7. Filmmaker Frances Nkara in person. "Oscar Night America," benefit for CFI Outreach, Sun, 3:30 (this event, $100 and up).

CINEMA HEAVEN ENCORE Curry House, 1040 Columbus, SF; belle_diamond@hotmail.com. Free. Cinema Heaven Encore presents classic American and foreign films (from 1932 to '85), Thurs, 7; e-mail for film title and to RSVP.

"CONTRA COSTA INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL" CineArts, 2314 Monument, Pleasant Hill and Contra Costa Jewish Community Center, 2071 Tice Valley, Walnut Creek; (510) 839-2900, ext 256, www.jfed.org/jewishfilmfestival. $5-9. The 11th annual festival features independent and foreign films. March 4-10.

DARK ROOM THEATRE 2263 Mission, SF; www.darkroomsf.com. $5. "Bad Movie Night": Caged Heat (Demme, 1974), Sun, 8.

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA 425 Washington, SF; (415) 788-7142, www.sfiic.org. Free. "Sergio Castellitto Film Series": Caterina in the Big City (Virzi, 2003), Tues, 6:30.

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO 3200 California, SF; (415) 292-1233, www.jccsf.org. $15-22. "Giants of Jazz on Film": "Great Jazz Singers of Note," Sat, 8.

JEWISH COMMUNITY LIBRARY 1835 Ellis, SF; (415) 567-3327, library@bjesf.org. Call for price. "The Jewish Film Class: Freud, the Chameleon, and the Couch": Young Dr. Freud (Corti, 1976), Tues, 7.

LEFEVRE THEATRE Saint Mary's College, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga; (925) 631-4092. Free. Vacationing in Afghanistan (Rockett and Monte, 2006), Tues, 3.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100, rsvp@milibrary.org (reservations required as seating is limited). $7. "CinemaLit: Musicals: Hollywood, Bollywood, and Beyond:" Yankee Doodle Dandy (Curtiz, 1942), Fri, 7. Preceded by Oscar ballot voting (5:30pm) and a book event with David Kipen, author of The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of Film History (6pm).

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.

PARKWAY 1834 Park, Oakl; www.picturepubpizza.com. $5. "Local Filmmakers Showcase": Rehearsal (Hanley), Tues, 9:15.

PFA 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $4-8. "Film 50: History of Cinema: Introduction to Film Language:" The River (Rydell, 1984), Wed, 3. "Video: Recent and Strange": "Hybrid Autos, Part One," Wed, 7:30. "Women of Color Film Festival": "Stepping Out," Thurs, 5:30; "Workshop with Christine Choy," Fri, 1; "Long Story Short," Fri, 7:30; Who Killed Vincent Chin? (Choy and Tajima-Pena, 1987), Sat, 5:30; "Confronting What Was," Sat, 8; "I Have Seen...", Sun, 1; "Teach Our Children: Works by Christine Choy," Sun, 3:30. "Film and Video Makers at Cal": "Real Live -- People," Thurs, 7:30. "Vantage Points: New Docs by Women:" Threads of Belonging (Montgomery), Tues, 7:30.

RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994. $4-7. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (Metzler and Springer, 2005), Wed-Thurs, 7:15, 9:15 (also Wed, 2). Filmmaker Chris Metzler in person at selected evening screenings. Quality of Life (Morgan, 2005), Fri-Sun, 7, 9:30 (also Sat-Sun, 2, 4). Syriana (Gaghan, 2005), Mon-Tues, 7, 9:35.

ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $4-8. CSA: The Confederate States of America (Willmott, 2004), Wed-Thurs, 7, 9 (also Wed, 2, 4:30). Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth! (Taicher, 2002), Wed-Thurs, 6:15, 8, 9:45 (also Wed, 2:30, 4:30). Street Fight (Curry, 2005), March 3-9, call for times.

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-ARTS, www.ybca.org. $5-8. "Making History in Avant-Garde Film": •Chile, Obstinate Memory (Guzman, 1997) and Cooperation of Parts (Eisenberg), Sun, 7:30.

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, SF; www.itvs.org/outreach. Free. Trudell (Rae, 2005), Wed, 6. With speakers and performances by All Nation Singers and Medicine Warrior Dance Troupe.

VICTORIA THEATRE 2961 16th St, SF; (415) 863-7576, www.victoriatheatre.org. $9. "Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation," Thurs-Sat, 7 and 9 (also Sat, 11). Through April 29.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-ARTS, www.ybca.org. $5-8. Greencine presents: "Marlow's Cabinet of Curiosities," Wed, 7:30. *