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FRIDAY: International Buddhist Film Festival -- Beyond the Mountain (Ji-yeong Jeong, Korea, 1991) 7 p.m. Angulimala (Sutape Tunnirut, Thailand, 2003) 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY: International Buddhist Film Festival -- Destroyer of Illusion (Richard Cohn, 1986) 2 p.m. Christina Lundberg's On the Road Home (2003), about women teachers in Buddhism 4 p.m. Gangsters hide out with monks in the comedy Hi! Dharma! (Cheol-kwan Park, Korea, 2001) 6:30 p.m. Johnny Depp learns all is an illusion in Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1996) 8:45 p.m.

SUNDAY: International Buddhist Film Festival -- Chasing Buddha (Amiel Courtin-Wilson, New Zealand, 2000) 2 p.m. A Tibetan master is profiled in The Lion's Roar (Mark Elliott, 1985) 4 p.m. One Particle of Dust (archival footage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder of the San Francisco Zen Center) 6:30 p.m. Words of My Perfect Teacher (Lesley Ann Patten, 2004), about filmmaker and priest Khyentse Norbu, "for those who wish they'd met Yoda or Merlin," screening with an I Heart Huckabees Infomercial by David O. Russell (2004), with Dr. Robert Thurman as himself and Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin, in character from the feature film, as metaphysical detectives 8:45 p.m.

MONDAY: Computer expert Spencer Tracy moves in on librarian Katharine Hepburn's territory in Desk Set (Walter Lang, 1957), screening as a benefit for the San Rafael Public Library. $25 7 p.m.

RED VIC

1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com. $7. There's a spot on the couch for you at this collectively owned rep house.

WEDNESDAY: That well-known metrosexual makes the scene in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Stephen Hillenberg, 2004) 2, 7:15, 9:15 p.m.

THURSDAY: Bruce LaBruce's "Godardian agit-porno" The Raspberry Reich (2004) 7, 9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY: The SLA's fall and demise is documented in Guerrilla (Robert Stone, 2004) 7:15, 9:15 p.m.; also Sat 2, 4 p.m.

SUNDAY & MONDAY: Woody Allen's beloved romance Annie Hall (1977) 7:15, 9:20 p.m.; also Sun 2, 4:15 p.m.

TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (Feb. 15-17): David O. Russell's Buddhist comedy I* Huckabees (2004) 7:15, 9:30 p.m.; also Wed 2 p.m.

ROXIE

3117 and 3125 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087 and www.roxie.com; www.sfindie.com for films at the seventh annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival. $8 for regular programs, $9 with $7 matinees (before 4 p.m.) for IndieFest programs. Short-run repertory on two screens, separated by a bar, in one of the most adventurously programmed theaters in the USA.

WEDNESDAY: The San Francisco Independent Film Festival screens here through Feb. 15. Today, a good boxing drama, Fighting Tommy Riley (O'Flaherty) 12:30 p.m. Lyrical rural romance comprises Dandelion (Milgard) 2:45 p.m. "The Growling Glue" (shorts) 5 p.m. A stockbroker's marriage disintegrates in Joe Maggio's Milk and Honey, to be distinguished from the festival opener In the Land of Milk and Honey 7 p.m. Born in a Barn (Elson) 9:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: IndieFest -- "Ideé Fixe" (shorts) 5 p.m. Antenna (Kazuyoshi, Japan) 7 p.m. The Taste of Tea (Ishii, Japan) 9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: IndieFest -- Until the Night (Hatanaka) 5 p.m. Sons of Provo (Swenson) 7 p.m. White Skin (Roby, Canada) 9:30 p.m. Original series star Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (Japan, 1989), last film in the series about the blind swordsman before Takeshi Kitano's recent revival 11:45 p.m.

SATURDAY: IndieFest -- Other Worlds (Kounen, France) noon. "Interloping Erraticism" (shorts) 2:15 p.m. In the Land of Milk and Honey (Emshwiller) 4:30 p.m. Blueberry (Kounen, France) 7 p.m. Blackball (Smith, U.K.) 9:30 p.m. Dear Pillow (Poyser) 11:45 p.m.

SUNDAY: IndieFest -- "Tripping With Strangers" (shorts) noon. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Feuerzeig) 2:15 p.m. A funny comedy about meter readers, The Delicate Art of Parking (Carlson, Canada) 4:30 p.m. Alex Night's closing night film, Dead Birds, a Civil War horror tale 7 p.m. X, Y (Vitkin) /i>9:30 p.m.

MONDAY & TUESDAY: Popular IndieFest favorites are repeated for two evenings. Call for programs.

SAN FRANCISCO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER

1800 Market (at Octavia), 865-5555, www.frameline.org/events/index.html for this series. "Frameline at the Center," a free monthly screenings program, continues.

THURSDAY (Feb. 10): No Secret Anymore (JEB/Joan E. Biren, 2003) details the 50-year relationship of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon 7:30 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Koret Visitor Education Center, 151 Third St. (between Mission and Howard), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org. Screenings are free with museum admission of $10.

DAILY (closed Wednesday): "Roy Lichtenstein in Context" continues through Feb. 18 Thurs 2:30, 4, 7:30 p.m.; Fri 2:30, 4 p.m.; Sat & Sun 1, 3 p.m.; Mon & Tues 2:30, 4 p.m. A 15-minute film, Artist at Work: Robert Bechtle (Spark, 2005), will begin screening throughout the day on Feb. 12.

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Koret Auditorium, Lower Level, 100 Larkin (at Grove), 557-4400, http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/. Free.

THURSDAY (Feb. 10): A weekly video program on this month's theme of "Facing History" screens the fascinating documentary Lost Boys of Sudan (Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk, 2003), about teenage refugees making a new life in the USA noon.

SPANGENBERG THEATRE

Gunn High School Campus, 780 Arastradero (at Foothill Expressway), Palo Alto, (650) 354-8263, www.spangenbergtheatre.com. This recently refurbished Center for the Arts offers a 35mm film series on a large 30-foot screen. $5.

WEDNESDAY: Marlee Matlin finds the answer to her question What the #$*! Do We Know? (William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente, 2004) 5:45 p.m. Gael García Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna go the Easy Rider route as Che Guevara and friend in The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles, Brazil, 2003) 7:45 p.m. See Ongoing for reviews.

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