STARTS FRIDAY: Call for films and times.
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): In conjunction with "John Szarkowski," John Szarkowski: A Life in Photography (Richard B. Woodward and Sandra McLeod, 1998) Thurs 4 & 7:30 p.m.; Fri 4 p.m.; Sat & Sun 3 p.m.; Mon & Tues 4 p.m. In conjunction with "Belles Lettres," Jack Stauffacher, Printer (Jim Faris, 2002) Thurs & Fri 2:30 p.m.; Sat & Sun 1 p.m.; Mon & Tues 2:30 p.m. A 15-minute film, Artist at Work: Robert Bechtle (Spark, 2005), also screens throughout the day.
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Koret Auditorium, Lower Level, 100 Larkin (at Grove), 557-4400, http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/. A weekly video program screens for free.
THURSDAY (March 17): A Dashiell Hammett series screens the documentary Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer (1999) noon.
SPANGENBERG THEATRE
Gunn High School Campus, 780 Arastradero (at Foothill Expressway), Palo Alto, (650) 354-8263, www.spangenbergtheatre.com. This newly refurbished Center for the Arts offers a 35mm film series on a large 30-foot screen. $5.
FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: The Spangenberg opens its Spring program wide with The Phantom of the Opera (Joel Schumacher, 2004). Call for times.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: Iraq and roll Mission Accomplished (Sean Langan, U.K., 2004). Call for times.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY: John Sayles' political parable Silver City (2004). Call for times.
SUNDAY: A word-of-mouth hit, Gloomy Sunday (Rolf Schübel, Hungary, 1999) returns to the Spangenberg for an ongoing Sunday matinee. Call for time.
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. A winter series pairs Marx Brothers and Preston Sturges comedies.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY (March 25-27): Preston Sturges' home front parable of honor, Hail the Conquering Hero (1945; 7:30 p.m.; also Sat & Sun 4:05 p.m.), screens with the elderly Marx Brothers enjoying a really not-so-bad A Night in Casablanca (Archie Mayo, 1946; 5:55, 9:20 p.m.).
VICTORIA THEATRE
2961 16th St. (at Mission), 863-7576, www.victoriatheatre.org. This venerable old house frequently rents itself out for special screenings. The Fearless Tales Genre Festival screens here March 29-April 3.
TUESDAY: The Fearless Tales series opens with warrior woman Hundra (1983) seeking revenge. Director Matt Cimber (Butterfly) in person 7 p.m. Cimber's The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976) stars Millie Perkins as an abused child on a murder spree 9:15 p.m.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
701 Mission (at Third Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 978-2787, www.YerbaBuenaArts.org. $8 save as noted. This venue's Screening Room is a home for film and video programs of all sorts.
WEDNESDAY (March 23): Visioning Tibet (Isaac Solotaroff, 2005), about a San Francisco doctor who has dedicated his life to ending preventable blindness in Tibet. Solotaroff and Dr. Marc Lieberman in person. $7 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY (March 24): S.F. Cinematheque screens Christopher Harris' still/here (2000), documenting St. Louis' empty lots and abandoned businesses, and Peter Hutton's New York Portrait: Chapter Two (1980-81) 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY (March 25): A Fridays-in-March series of "Ravished: Retro and Recent Kink" continues with a program of Cinekink Shorts, a collection of "kink positive" films including T. Arthur Cottam's Pornographic Apathetic 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY (March 25 & 26): In the YBCA's Theater, DJ Spooky's live performance "Rebirth of a Nation" using D.W. Griffith's
1915 epic as its base. $45 8 p.m.
TUESDAY (March 29): A free screening of Paul Taylor Dance Films with dancers present for discussion. Call for reservations 7:30 p.m.
