ROXIE
3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $8 save as noted. Short-run repertory in one of the most adventurously programmed theaters in the U.S.A.
DAILY: Ancient Indian holistic medicine is practiced in Ayurveda: The Art of Being (Pan Nalin, U.K., 2001). See Opening for review 7, 9:15 p.m.; also Sat, Sun, & Wed 2, 4:30 p.m.
SHATTUCK
2230 Shattuck (at Kittredge), Berkeley, (510) 843-3456, www.landmarktheatres.com. $9. This venerable theater assigns one of its eight screens to repertory programming. For the rest of the Shattuck's schedule, see our Showtimes page.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: William Gazecki's Crop Circles: Quest for Truth (2002); see Ongoing for review. Call for times.
FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (Sept. 13-19): Sam Jones' Wilco rockumentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002). See Opening for review. Call for times.
STANFORD
221 University (at Emerson), Palo Alto, (650) 324-3700, www.swixo.com/stanford. $6. This handsomely restored neighborhood palace usually screens pre-1960 Hollywood fare in the best available prints, with excellent projection and a courteous staff.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: Gene Kelly, and MGM's Arthur Freed-produced musicals, salutes New York in this lively adaption of On the Town (Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1949; 7:30 p.m.), and the romantic ode to Paris, to the music of George Gershwin, An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli, 1951; 5:20, 9:20 p.m.).
SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (Sept. 14-20): The most beloved of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, Top Hat (Mark Sandrich, 1935; 7:30 p.m.; also Sat & Sun 3:45 p.m.), and the slickest, Swing Time (George Stevens, 1937; 5:35, 9:20 p.m.).
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
701 Mission (at Third Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 978-2787, www.YerbaBuenaArts.org. $5 save as noted. This venue's Screening Room is a home for film and video programs of all sorts. Closed Mondays.
DAILY: Isat Batsry's These Are Not My Images (Neither There Nor Here) (2000), a "poetic investigation" of ethnographic images of South India, screens through Oct. 13 at noon.
THURSDAY (Sept. 12): The Latino Film Festival presents Juanma Bajo Ulloa's Alas de Mariposa (1991), about a 6-year-old girl consumed with jealousy over her baby brother. $7 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY (Sept. 13): A monthlong series of the films of Italian thrillmeister Mario Bava continues with a double bill of Lisa and the Devil (1972), with Telly Savalas as the Evil One, followed by Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970), a Eurotrash murder mystery. $6 7 p.m.
SATURDAY (Sept. 14): Thirteen Italians kill each other at a remote lake in the slasher prototype Twitch of the Death Nerve (Bava, 1971), followed by Joseph Cotton as Baron Blood (1972), a 400-year-old sadist with designs on Elke Sommer. $6 7 p.m.
