October 30, 2002

Rep Clock

Schedules are for Wed/30 through Tues/5 except where noted. Double features are noted with a •. Director and year are given when available.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE SAN FRANCISCO 1345 Bush; 775-7755. $5. The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (Heynemann, 1991) Wed, 7; Sat, 2.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "The Activist World," radical videos presented by Whispered Media and the San Francisco Independent Media Center about corporate globalization in anticipation of the upcoming Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting Fri, 8 ($5-10). "Other Cinema": "Experiments in Terror," short films and more Sat, 8:30.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. "Kurosawa and Mifune": Seven Samurai (1954) Wed-Thurs, 2, 7:30. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (Gibney and Jarecki, 2002) Nov 1-7, 2:50, 7. The Pinochet Case (Guzmán, 2001) Nov 1-7, 12:30, 4:40, 9 (the latter two films: $8 each, $12 for both).

DELANCEY STREET SCREENING ROOM 600 Embarcadero. "Jazz on Sight," rare performance footage of Dave Brubeck, Bud Powell, and Louis Armstrong, followed by a panel discussion with local jazz experts Wed, 7 (415-749-0779, $10). Corner of Your Eye (Spencer, 2002) Sun, 7:30 and 9:30 (RSVP to 415-861-6773, call for price).

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 843-3699, www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org. $10. "Berkeley Video and Film Festival 2002," short and feature films Sat, noon-midnight.

LOCUS 1640 1640 Post; 863-0814, ext 117. $5-7. "Diamonds in the Rough: Sneak Peeks at Works-in-Progress," works by Asian American filmmakers Wed, 7.

MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY 57 Post; 393-0100. $5. My Man Godfrey (La Cava, 1936) Fri, 6.

METREON Action Theater, second flr, Fourth at Mission; 369-6098. Free. "Come See Our Shorts," fest of short, comedic films by local filmmakers and students Sun, 2, 4, 6.

PARKWAY THEATER 1834 Park, Oakl; (510) 301-6822. $8. "NuReel's Cinesurvivor Festival," screening of trailers for six films, followed by audience vote to determine which feature will be shown Sun, 6.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 454-1222. $4.50-7. "Weird America": Demon of the Derby: The Ann Calvello Story (Rutter, 2001) Wed, 7:30. Black Sabbath (Bava, 1963) Thurs, 8. "A Lonely Place: The Films of Ulrich Seidl": Losses to Be Expected (1992) Fri, 7; The Bosom Friend (1997) Fri, 9:30; Dog Days (2001) Sat, 6:30; Animal Love (1995) Sat, 9:30. "Garbage and Kissing: Kazimir Malevich and the Cinema": The Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929) Sun, 5:30; In Spring (Kaufman, 1929) Sun, 7. "Trials and Film": Sergeant Rutledge (Ford, 1960) Mon, 3. With lecture by Prof. Carol Clover. "Ang Lee: The Art of Ambivalence": Sense and Sensibility (1995) Mon, 7. "Alternative Visions": "Living Color: Then ..." Tues, 7:30.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. Secretary (Shainberg, 2002) call for times. Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) call for times. The Last Kiss (Muccino, 2001) call for times. I'm Going Home (Piccoli, 2001) Nov 1-7, call for times.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:15. Evening shows with live music by Jill Tracy and the Malcontent Orchestra. The Powerpuff Girls Movie (McCracken, 2002) Thurs-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2, 4). Catching Out (George, 2002) Sun-Tues, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4).

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Dog Soldiers (Marshall, 2002) Wed-Thurs, 7, 9:15 (also Wed, 2, 4:30). "Cinemayaat Arab Film Festival" Fri-Sun. See First Runs. In Shifting Sands: The Truth About UNSCOM and the Disarming of Iraq (Ritter, 2002) Mon-Tues, 7, 9:15.

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission; 552-1990, www.sfcinematheque.org. $4-7. "Two by Alexander Kluge": The Blind Director Thurs, 7:30.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "In the Land of the Deaf": Sound and Fury: Communication Wars of the Deaf (Aronson, 2000) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.