FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Everyone's got Karaoke Fever (Arthur Borman, Steve Danielson, 2000); see Opening for review 7:15, 9:15 p.m.; also Sat 2, 4 p.m.
SUNDAY & MONDAY: Mikhail Kalazov's delirious ode to Fidel's revolution, I Am Cuba (Cuba/U.S.S.R., 1964) 8 p.m.; also Sun 2, 5 p.m.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY (March 2 & 3): A journalist fabricates in Shattered Glass (2003) 7, 9:15 p.m.; also Wed 2 p.m.
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 USA.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: The Legend of Leigh Bowery (Charles Atlas, 2003); see Ongoing for review 6, 8, 10 p.m.; also Wed 2, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (Feb. 27-March 4): Filmmaker Wayne Ewing offers the Bay Area premiere of Breakfast With Hunter (2004), with Dr. Thompson and his friends. See Opening for more Fri, Mon, Tues, & Thurs 6, 8, 10 p.m.; Sat & Wed 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 p.m.; Sun 2 p.m. only
STANFORD
221 University (at Emerson), Palo Alto, (650) 324-3700, www.stanfordtheatre.org. $6. This handsomely restored neighborhood palace usually (but not always) screens pre-1960 Hollywood fare in the best available prints, with excellent projection. This spring's series emphasizes James Stewart, detective films, and Hollywood 1934-38.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY (Feb. 25-29): Stewart takes a trip through Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958; 7:30 p.m.; also Sat & Sun 3:05 p.m.), screening with After the Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1936; 5:25, 9:50 p.m.), also with Stewart and also set in San Francisco.
VICTORIA THEATRE
2961 16th St. (at Mission), 863-7576. This venerable old house frequently rents itself out for special screenings.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY (Feb. 25 & 26): Big Noise, a "not-for-profit, all-volunteer collective of media-makers ... dedicated to circulating beautiful, passionate, revolutionary images," screens the local premiere of The Fourth World War (2003), "the untold human story of men and women who resist being annihilated in the current global conflict." $10 7, 9 p.m.
WEREPAD
2430 Third St. (between 20th and 22nd streets), 824-7334, www.werepad.com. $7. This shagadelic venue now and again screens very rare and interesting items.
FRIDAY (Feb. 27): Schoolkids kill schoolkids in the violent cult favorite Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, Japan, 2000) 10 p.m.
SATURDAY (Feb. 28): The government forces the kids to go after terrorists in Battle Royale II (Kinji and Kenta Fukasaku, 2003) 10 p.m.
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.
WEDNESDAY (Feb. 25): A Jewish Film Festival screening of My Own Telenovela (Jorge Weller, Argentina, 2002), about a family divided between Israel and Argentina. On Beta video. $7 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY (Feb. 26): "A Picture Rarely Seen" offers selections from the personal film collection of Joseph Cornell, including Méliès' "trickfilms," nickelodeon shorts, and early animations. Curated and presented by Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta. $7 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY (Feb. 27 & 28): A series of Pier Paolo Pasolini's erotic films concludes with the very violent Salo (Italy, 1975), a free adaptation of de Sade set in Mussolini's fascist state. $7 7:30 p.m.
