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Schedules are for Wed/4 through Tues/10 except where noted. Double features are noted with a . Director and year are given when available.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS 992 Valencia; 824-3890. $5. "Other Cinema": Momotaro with "Bad Luck" and other films about Japanese disasters Sat, 8:30. "Motion Graphics Galore," works by the San Francisco Art Institute's motion graphics class Tues, 8.

BLACK BOX 1928 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 238-8080, ext 310, www.jahiphop.com. $8-10. Redefinitions: The Roots and Future of Hip Hop Featuring Jahi and the Mindzeye Collective (2002) Thurs, 9.

CASTRO 429 Castro; 621-6120. $4.50-7. Singin' in the Rain (Kelly and Donen, 1952) Wed, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:20. "They Were Dangerous: Men of Pre-Code Cinema": Scarface (Hawks, 1932) Thurs, 7:10; Public Enemy (Wellman, 1931) Thurs, 9; Grand Hotel (Goulding, 1932) Fri, 7; Dinner at Eight (Cukor, 1933) Fri, call for time; Gabriel over the White House (La Cava, 1933) Sat, 3:30, 7:20; The Criminal Code (Hawks, 1931) Sat, 1:30, 5:20, 9:10; Gold Diggers of 1933 (LeRoy, 1933) Sun, 3:05, 7:10; Footlight Parade (Bacon, 1933) Sun, 1, 5:05, 9; Bedside (Florey, 1934) Mon, 6:30; The Mind Reader (Del Ruth, 1933) Mon, call for time; Employee's Entrance (Del Ruth, 1933) Mon, 9:25; Heroes for Sale (Wellman, 1933) Tues, 6:30; Wild Boys of the Road (Wellman, 1933) Tues, 8:15; I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (LeRoy, 1932) Tues, 9:35.

CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, Rosenberg Library, 50 Phelan; 239-3580. Free. Photos to Send (Lynch) Wed, 7. Filmmaker Dierdre Lynch in person.

FINE ARTS CINEMA 2451 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 848-1143, www.fineartscinema.org. $4-8. "Twisters Vintage Holiday Xtravaganza" Thurs, 7. Pepe Le Moko (Duvivier, 1937) Dec 6-11, 7; and Bay of Angels (Demy, 1963) Dec 6-11, 8:45 (also Sun, 5:25). Hysteria (Alli, 2002) Sat, 10:30.

JEZEBELS JOINT 510 Larkin; www.sfindie.com. Free. "SF IndieFest Microcinema":" Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975) Wed, 8; Owned Thurs, 8; Better Living Through Circuitry (Reiss, 1999) Fri, 8; The General (Bruckman and Keaton, 1927) Mon, 8; Dark Waters Tues, 8.

MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY 57 Post; 393-0100. $5. After the Thin Man (Van Dyke, 1936) Fri, 6.

PFA THEATER 2575 Bancroft, Berk; (510) 454-1222. $4.50-7. "Weird America": Nitwit (Price, 2002) Wed, 7:30. "Kinetica 4": "Contemporary Abstraction" Thurs, 7:30. "Kurosawa and Mifune": Red Beard (1965) Fri, 4:30, 8; Throne of Blood (1975) Sun, 5; The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Sun, 7:10; Rashomon (1950) Mon, 4:30, 6:20, 8:10; I Live in Fear (1955) Tues, 4:30, 6:45, 9. "Malevich and the Cinema": The House on Trubnaya Square (Barnet, 1928) Sat, 7:30. With live music by Filmharmonica. "Family Classics": Robin Hood (Dwan, 1922) Sun, 2.

POTRERO HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE 953 De Haro; 552-1150, www.barewitness.com. $9-15. Bare Witness Productions screening of short digital films created through improvisation Fri, 6.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael; (415) 454-1222. $5.50-8.50. Heaven (Tykwer, 2002) call for times. Rivers and Tides (Riedelsheimer, 2001) call for times. Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Justman, 2002) call for times. "Absolute Zero: A Diminutive Tribute to the Titanic Talents of Zero Mostel": The Front (Ritt, 1976) Wed, call for times. "Carole Lombard": Nothing Sacred (Wellman, 1937) Thurs, 7; True Confession (Ruggles, 1937) Sun, 7. Antwone Fisher (Washington, 2002) Thurs, 7 ($7-10). Actor Derek Luke in person. Daughter from Danang (Dolgin and Franco, 2002) Dec 6-12, call for times. Narc (Carnahan, 2002) Tues, 7 ($7-10). Actor Jason Patric in person.

RED VIC 1727 Haight; 668-3994. $3-6.50. The Kid Stays in the Picture (Morgan and Burstein, 2002) Wed, 2, 7:15, 9:20. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Jones, 2002) Thurs-Sat, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sat, 2). Tadpole (Winick, 2002) Sun-Mon, 7:15, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4). Chinatown (Polanski, 1974) Tues, 7, 9:40.

ROXIE 3117 16th St; 863-1087. $3-7. Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story (Dolezal and Rossacher, 2001) Wed-Sat, 6, 8, 10 (also Wed and Sat, 2, 4). Ayurveda: The Art of Being (Nalin, 2001) Sun-Mon, 7, 9:15 (also Sun, 2, 4:30). The Cockettes (Weber and Weissman, 2002) Dec 10-11, 7, 9:30 (also Wed, 2, 4:30. Filmmakers in person and a "Cockettes Look-Alike Party" Tues/10, 9:30pm.

SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission; 552-1990, www.sfcinematheque.org. $4-7. "New Sounds/New Spaces: Digital Work by Robert Fox and Nisi Jacobs" Thurs, 7:30. San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut. "A Film Tribute to Robert Fulton" Sun, 7:30.

SAN FRANCISCO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER 1800 Market; www.sfcenter.org. Free. No Regret (Riggs, 1992) Wed, 7:30. Part of an event commemorating the late Reggie Williams, an African American AIDS activist.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. Free. "Billy Wilder": Double Indemnity (1944) Thurs, noon. Large-screen video presentation.

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY Cesar Chavez Student Center, Jack Adams Hall, 1600 Holloway; 338-2444. Free. Promises (Bolado, Shapiro, and Goldberg, 2001) Thurs, 1.

21 GRAND GALLERY 449B 23rd St, Oakl; (510) 444-7263. $5-10. "Third Annual T-10 Video Festival," independent, experimental videos of 10 minutes and less Sat, 9; Sun, 8.