FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (April 11-17): Molly Parker confronts her Nova Scotia hometown and two older sisters in Wiebke von Carolsfeld's Marion Bridge (Canada, 2002). See Opening for review 6, 8, 10 p.m.; also Wed, Sat, & Sun 2, 4 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE
S.F. Art Institute, 800 Chestnut (at Jones), 822-2885, www.hilofilmfestival.com for this series. The Hi/Lo Film Festival, "celebrating high concept/low budget films," takes over this venue for the weekend. All programs $7.
FRIDAY (April 11): "Shorts Program I" features Ben Coonley's Trick Pony series and a film about Alzheimer's disease comprised of outtakes 8 p.m. "Shorts Program II" includes Craig Gerber's film about a man who likes to jump in moving elevators 10 p.m.
SATURDAY (April 12): "Shorts Program III" has Alec Joler's action film made from LEGOs 5 p.m. Russ Forster's Tributary (2003) is a feature rockumentary about tribute bands 7 p.m. "Shorts Program I" 9 p.m.
SUNDAY (April 13): "Shorts Program II" 5 p.m. "Shorts Program III" 7 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Phyllis Wattis Theater, 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org. "The Seventh Art: New Dimensions in Cinema" continues a monthly series of films with directors in person this week. $15.
THURSDAY (April 10): Filmmaker Atom Egoyan in person with Family Viewing (Canada, 1997), with discussion to follow 7 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: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Shinichirô Watanabe, Japan, 2001). See Ongoing for review. Call for times.
STARTS FRIDAY: No film on calendar until April 18. Call for films and times.
STANFORD
221 University (at Emerson), Palo Alto, (650) 324-3700, www.stanfordtheatre.org. $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 & THURSDAY: Mae Clarke excels in a role made famous a decade later by Vivien Leigh, as a prostitute who loves a soldier on Waterloo Bridge (James Whale, 1931; 7:30 p.m.). A condemned man and a dying woman fall in love in Tay Garnett's One Way Passage (1932; 6:10, 9:05 p.m.).
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: MGM's neutered version of James Cain's steamy The Postman Always Rings Twice (Garnett, 1946; 7:30 p.m.) screens with Abraham Polansky's excellent film about corruption, both material and spiritual, Force of Evil (1949; 6, 9:35 p.m.).
MONDAY & TUESDAY: Theater closed.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
701 Mission (at Third Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 978-2787, www.YerbaBuenaArts.org. $6 save as noted. This venue's Screening Room is a home for film and video programs of all sorts. Closed Mondays.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: Continuous loop screenings by Swedish video artists through April 13 -- On Wednesday, Annika Ström's The Artist Live; on Thursday, Ström's Ten New Love Songs; on Friday, Anneè Olofsson's Ricochet and The Thrill Is Gone; on Saturday, Annika Larsson's Cigar; on Sunday, Larsson's 40-15. Free with gallery admission 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY (April 9): The Latino Film Festival screens a documentary on the popularity of flamenco in Tokyo, Teruo, a Samurai Flamenco (Paco Millan, 2002), along with Marc Beneria's King Returns (2002), about a legendary Spanish flamenco guitarist. $8 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY (April 10): The S.F. Cinematheque presents experimental French narratives by Jean and his sister Marie Epstein, Jean's The Three-Paneled Mirror (1927), three views of a spoiled young man, and La Maternelle (Marie Epstein and Jean Benoît-Lévy, 1933), about children living in poverty in Montmartre. $7 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY (April 11): Crime director Phil Karlson is spotlit with rare 35mm screenings of Kansas City Confidential (1952) and 99 River Street (1953), each with John Payne as a revenge-minded hard-luck case. Both films feature what I always look for in a Karlson movie -- an "agony shot" of someone in emotional and physical extremis 7 p.m.
TUESDAY (April 15): The Arab Film Festival screens Karim Dridi's Bye Bye (France, 1995), about the children of North African immigrants making a home for themselves in Europe. $7 7:30 p.m.
