Reps Etc.

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

WEDNESDAY (Aug. 10): The eating disorders of gay men are probed in Do I Look Fat? (2005), with filmmaker Travis Mathews in person for discussion 5 p.m.

THURSDAY (Aug. 11): An "Opera on Film" series screens Verdi's La Forza del Destino, a filmed record of a 1958 Naples production with Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, and Boris Christoff noon.

SPANGENBERG THEATRE

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

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: Walk on Water (Eytan Fox, Israel, 2004) 5:15 p.m. Machuca (Andrés Wood, Chile, 2004) 7:20 p.m.

STARTS FRIDAY: Call for program.

STANFORD

221 University (at Emerson), Palo Alto, (650) 324-3700, www.stanfordtheatre.org. $6. This handsomely restored and newly expanded neighborhood palace usually (but not always) screens pre-1960 Hollywood fare in the best available prints, with excellent projection.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: The dark romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940; 5:25, 9:10 p.m.) screens with the darker noir Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944; 7:30 p.m.), which with its waspish star Clifton Webb is still pretty funny.

FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: Two by John Huston, with Humphrey Bogart as a weary, sarcastic adventurer -- the romantic The African Queen (1951; 7:30 p.m.; also Sat & Sun 3:50 p.m.) and the absurdist Beat the Devil (1953; 5:45, 9:25 p.m.).

VICTORIA THEATRE

2961 16th St. (at Mission), 863-7576, www.victoriatheatre.org; www.thisdividedstate.com for this film. This venerable old house frequently rents itself out for special screenings.

THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: This Divided State (Steven Greenstreet, 2005), documenting Michael Moore's appearance at Utah State Valley College amid attendant controversy, plays weekends through Aug. 28. $10 7, 9 p.m.; also Sat & Sun 5 p.m.

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

701 Mission (at Third Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $8 save as noted. This venue's Screening Room is a home for film and video programs of all sorts.

DAILY (Closed Mondays): "4 x 4," commissioned videos by Ellen Bruno, Bill Daniel, Sam Green, and Caveh Zahedi, screens through Sept. 25. Free with gallery admission of $6 3 p.m.