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

AMC BAY STREET 16 THEATRES Off I-80 at Powell and Shellmound, Emeryville; (510) 655-4002, www.baystreetemeryville.com. "Animation Festival," works by local teen filmmakers, Sat, noon.

"AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL" Embarcadero Center Cinema, One Embarcadero Center, SF and Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon, SF; (415) 554-0525, www.aifisf.com. $5-20. Over 80 feature films, shorts, music videos, documentaries, and more by and about United States American Indian and Canada First Nation communities, Nov 6-14.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia, SF; www.atasite.org. $6-8. "Other Cinema:" "Wobbly's History of Sampling," Sat, 8:30.

CAFÉ OF THE DEAD 3208 Grand, Oakl; (510) 931-7945. Free. "Independent Filmmakers Screening Nite," Wed, 6:30.

CASTRO 429 Castro, SF; (415) 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. $5-10. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Selick, 1993), Wed-Thurs, 7, 8:45 (also Wed, 1:30, 3:25, 5:10). "Midnites for Maniacs: Love Kills in the 1990s:" •True Romance (Scott, 1993), Fri, 7; Natural Born Killers (Stone, 1994), Fri, 9:30; and The Doom Generation (Araki, 1995), Fri, 11:59. "3rd I SF International South Asian Film Festival:" Full Moon (Sadiq, 1960, Sat, noon; Searching for Sandeep (Stockwell, 2007), Sat, 3:25; Children of the Pyre (Jala, 2008), Sat, 5; Bombay Summer (Mathew, 2009), Sat, 7; My Heart Goes Hooray! (Singh, 2009), Sat, 9:30; Iron Eaters (Dill-Riaz, 2008), Sun, noon; Mad Sad and Bad (Luthra, 2008), Sun, 2; Zero Bridge (Tapa, 2008), Sun, 4:15; Yes Madam, Sir (Doneman and Bedi, 2008), Sun, 7. Theater closed Mon-Tues.

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $6.50-10. Antichrist (von Trier, 2009), Wed-Thurs, call for times. The Yes Men Fix the World (Bichlbaum and Bonanno, 2009), Wed-Thurs, call for times. D Tour (Granato, 2009), Thurs, 7. With filmmaker Jim Granato and subject Pat Spurgeon in person. "Behind the Motion Picture Canvas:" The Black Stallion (Ballard, 1979), Fri, 7:30. With director Carol Ballard and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel in person. Skin (Fabian, 2008), Nov 6-12, call for times. Sniff, the Dog Movie (Stone, 2009), Sat, 4:15. With filmmakers Barry Stone and Kim Webster in person. "Film Formats Through the 21st Century:" Manhattan (Allen, 1979), Sun, 7. With a lecture on the history of film formats by Rob Hummel.

"CINE+MAS SF: SAN FRANCISCO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL" Various venues, SF and Berkeley; (415) 826-7057, www.sflatinofilmfestival.com. $8-10. Features, docs, and shorts from Latin America and the US. Nov 5-25.

CLAY 2261 Fillmore, SF; www.sffs.org. $12.50. "French Cinema Now:" Villa Amalia (Jacquot, 2008), Wed, 7; Bellamy (Chabrol, 2009), Wed, 9:15.

MAMA CALIZO'S VOICE FACTORY 1519 Mission, SF; www.freshmeatproductions.org. $12. "Tranny Film Fest 2009," short films and performances by transgender and genderqueer artists, Thurs-Sat, 8.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE 57 Post, SF; (415) 393-0100. $10. "The Altman Cometh: The Films of Robert Altman:" McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Fri, 6:30.

NEW VALENCIA HALL 625 Larkin, SF; (415) 864-1278. $8. "Freedom Socialist Party:" The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, Fri, 7.

OPERA PLAZA CINEMA 601 Van Ness, SF; www.sffs.org. $12.50. "Taiwan Film Days:" Cape No. 7 (Wei, 2008), Fri, 6:30 and 9:30; Beyond the Arctic (Yang, 2008), Sat, 2 and Sun, 4:30; Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Fu, 2009), Sat, 4:15; God Man Dog (Chen, 2007), Sat, 7; Yang Yang (Cheng, 2009), Sat, 9:30 and Sun, 8:30; What on Earth Have I Done Wrong? (Doze, 2007), Sun, 2; No Puedo Vivir sin Ti (Dai, 2009), Sun, 6:15.

PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 642-5249, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. $5.50-9.50. "A Woman's Face: Ingrid Bergman in Europe:" "Ingrid Bergman Rarities," illustrated lecture by Jon Wengström," Wed, 7; Intermezzo (Molander, 1936), Sat, 6:30. "Watching the Unwatchable: Films Confront Torture:" S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (Panh, 2002), Thurs, 8:15. "New Spanish Cinema:" Amateurs (Velázquez, 2008), Thurs, 6:30; "Artist's Talk with Director David Planell," Fri, 4:30; Camino (Fessier, 2009), Fri, 8:30; The Shame (Planell, 2009), Sat, 8:30; The Sound of the Sea (Prado, 2007), Sun, 3. "In Time: The Films of Alain Resnais:" Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Fri, 6:30. "After the Wall:" Silent Country (Dresen, 1992), Sun, 5. "Alternative Visions:" "Altered States: Recent Experimental Cinema (2007-2009)," Tues, 7:30.

PARAMOUNT THEATRE 2025 Broadway, Oakl; 1-800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com. $5. Dial M for Murder (Hitchcock, 1954), Fri, 8.

PIEDMONT 4186 Piedmont, Oakl; (510) 464-5980, www.landmarktheatres.com. $5-8. "Cult Classics Attack 4:" Back to the Future (Zemeckis, 1985), Fri-Sat, midnight.

RED VIC 1727 Haight, SF; (415) 668-3994. $6-10. In the Loop (Iannucci, 2009), Wed-Thurs, 7:15, 9:30 (also Wed, 2). •The American Astronaut (McAbee, 2001) and Stingray Sam (McAbee, 2009), Fri-Sun, 8:40 (also Sat-Sun, 3:30). Moon (Jones, 2008), Nov 9-11, 7:15, 9:25 (also Nov 11, 2).

ROXIE 3117 and 3125 16th St, SF; (415) 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $5-9.75. Heart of Stone (Kruvant, 2009), Wed-Thurs, 7 (also Wed, 8:45). The Yes Men Fix the World (Bichlbaum and Bonanno, 2009), Wed-Thurs, 9 (also Wed, 7). "3rd I SF International South Asian Film Festival:" Supermen of Malegaon (Khan, 2008), Thurs, 7:15; "Focus: Local" (shorts program) Thurs, 8:40; Warrior Boyz (Sangra, 2008), Fri, 7:15; Love in India (Mukherjee, 2009), Fri, 9; Quick Gun Marriage (Ghosh, 2009), Fri, 11:20.

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth St, SF; www.sfcinema.org. $10. "In Present Tense: Films of Tue Aurand," Wed, 7:30. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, SF; www.sfcinema.org. $10. "Running Up That Hill," Fri, 7:30.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 701 Mission, SF; (415) 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $6-8. A City of Sadness (Hou, 1989), Thurs, 7; Sun, 4:30. "Two Videos By DV8 Physical Theatre:" •Enter Achilles (1996) and Dead Dreams of Monochrome (1989), Sun. 2.