Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman (greggr1@mindspring.com). Times compiled from information available Tuesday; it's always advisable to call for confirmation. Price given is standard adult admission; discounts often apply for students, seniors, and members.

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ACT ONE/TWO

2128 Center (at Shattuck), Berkeley, (510) 464-5980, www.landmarktheatres.com. $9.25 save as noted. One of this venue's two screens is a "calendar house" for Landmark Theatres. A midnight series continues. For additional screenings, see our Showtimes page.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: Don Hertzfeldt's latest anthology, "The Animation Show 2005." See Ongoing for review 7, 9:15 p.m.

FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (March 11-17): Schultze Gets the Blues (Michael Schorr, Germany, 2003). See Opening for review. Call for times.

MIDNIGHT SHOW (Friday & Saturday): A 3-D soft-core film about Wildcat Women (Stephen Gibson, 1975) taking on gangsters.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE

345 Bush (at Polk), 775-7755, www.afsf.com. French-language films shown on projected video. $5 donation.

WEDNESDAY (March 9): A teacher's investigation of the fate of French Resistance members shot during World War II stirs up Ancient History (Orso Miret, France, 2000) 6 p.m.

AMC KABUKI

1881 Post (at Fillmore), 931-9800; 865-1588 or www.naatanet.org for the 23rd annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, screening here March 10-17. $10 save as noted. (For the rest of the Kabuki fare, see our Showtimes page. See Night & Day, Page 25, for more on the SFIAAFF.)

FRIDAY: "Dream Dream Revolution" (shorts) 5 p.m. First Person Plural (Liem, U.S./Korea) 5:15 p.m. The Grace Lee Project (Lee) 7 p.m. Pink Ludoos (Seth, Canada) 7:15 p.m. "House of Flying Pancakes" (comedy shorts) 9:15 p.m. Oldboy (Park, Korea) 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY: Manzanar (Nakamura, 1971) and other short films noon. Continuous Journey (Kazimi, Canada) 12:15 p.m. 20:30:40 (Chang, Taiwan/Hong Kong) 1:45 p.m. A.K.A. Don Bonus (Nakasako and Ny, 1995) 2:30 p.m. "Fishbowls and Silent Years" (shorts) 4:30 p.m. Monkey Dance (Mallozzi) 5 p.m. I Was Born, But..., an autobiographical film by Roddy Bogowa, not the Yasujiro Ozu classic 7 p.m. Yasmin (Glenaan, U.K.) 7:15 p.m. "Listening to Love Songs" (shorts) 9:15 p.m. Slow Jam King (Mallorca) 9:30 p.m.

SUNDAY: "A Conversation With Him Mark Lai" includes a documentary on the historian noon. "Three by Okazaki" (shorts by festival honoree Steven Okazaki) 12:15 p.m. Chinese Restaurants: Three Continents (Kwan, Canada) 2 p.m. The People of Angkor (Panh, Cambodia) 2:30 p.m. And Thereafter (Lee, U.S./Korea) 4:30 p.m. "Lost and Found" (shorts) 4:45 p.m. "3rd I South Asian International Shorts" 6:45 p.m. "Brotherhood Best" (shorts) 7 p.m. "Fishbowls and Silent Years" 9:15 p.m. Out of This World (Sakamoto, Japan) 9:30 p.m.

MONDAY: From a Silk Cocoon (Ina and Holsapple) 6:30 p.m. Hana & Alice (Iwai, Japan) 6:45 p.m. What's Wrong With Frank Chin? (Choy) 7 p.m. Schizo (Omarova, Kazakhstan) 7:15 p.m. A program of "Music Video Asia" 8:45 p.m. Yasmin 9:15 p.m. Dream Dream Revolution 9:30 p.m. A just-announced screening of Jet Li's controversial new vehicle, Unleashed (Leterrier) 9:45 p.m.

TUESDAY: Turtles Can Fly (Ghobadi, Iran) 6:30 p.m. "An Evening With Steven Okazaki" includes his new documentary, The Mushroom Club 6:45 p.m. 20:30:40 7 p.m. Cavite (Gamazon and Llana, U.S./Philippines) 7:15 p.m. "Listening to Love Songs" 8:45 p.m. Butterfly (Mak, Hong Kong) 9 p.m. Pink Ludoos 9:30 p.m. Keka (Henares, Philippines) 9:45 p.m.

ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS

992 Valencia (at 21st Street), 824-3890, www.atasite.org. $5 save as noted. This venue offers all manner of strange and unusual video and film.

FRIDAY (March 11): Writer/director/star Colin Sjostedt pays tribute to a Method acting legend in Cooking With Marlon, something for the Food Channel supposedly hosted by the late gourmand. Sjostedt in person. $3 8 p.m.

SATURDAY (March 12): ATA's Other Cinema screens "Jamming Down Under," a program of "Australian culture jamming." See www.othercinema.com for more info 8:30 p.m.

BALBOA

3630 Balboa (at 37th Avenue), 221-8484, www.balboamovies.com. $8.50 save as noted. This great neighborhood house shows films of all sorts.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: On Screen 1, A Very Long Engagement (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France, 2004; noon, 4:35, 9:10 p.m.) and In Good Company (Paul Weitz, 2004; 2:30, 7:05 p.m.). On Screen 2, two from Spain -- The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenábar, 2004; 2:50, 7:15 p.m.) and Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education (2004; 12:45, 5:10, 9:30 p.m.). See Ongoing for reviews.

STARTS FRIDAY: The Balboa's new repertory calendar, previously announced as starting today, has been postponed until March 17. Call for films and times.

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

Timken Hall, 1111 Eighth St. (at Irwin), 703-9500 and www.ccarts.edu for venue, www.sfcinematheque.org for program. $7.

SUNDAY (March 13): The Closing Night presentation of the 10th Women of Color Film Festival screens "(e)motional," a program of short films including Rosario Sotelo's Fabrication, DiHuyen van Ho's The Yellow Heart, and Kawana Bullock's A Letter to You 7:30 p.m.

CASTRO

429 Castro (near Market), 621-6120, www.castrotheatresf.com, $8 for regular screenings; and 865-1588, www.naatanet.org, $10 for the S.F. International Asian American Film Festival (here Thursday through Sunday). Short-run rep in a spectacular 1922 Greco-Roman-themed palace designed by Timothy L. Pflueger. Evening intermissions feature David Hegarty on the Mighty Wurlitzer.

WEDNESDAY: Senior Action Network's 12th annual "Gray Cabaret Show" (live). Doors open 12:30 p.m., performance 1:30 p.m. Fascism meets fashion in a new print of Bernardo Bertolucci's gorgeous The Conformist (Italy, 1970) 7, 9:30 p.m.