THURSDAY & FRIDAY: David O. Selznick's home-front weepie Since You Went Away (John Cromwell, 1944) with Claudette Colbert, Joseph Cotton, and Shirley Temple sincerely emoting 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Two musicals showcase the brilliant dancing of the Nicholas Brothers, Stormy Weather (Andrew Stone, 1943; 7:30 p.m.; also Sun 4:20 p.m.) and Sun Valley Serenade (H. Bruce Humberstone, 1941; 5:50, 9 p.m.), which actually top-lines skater Sonja Henie, John Payne, and Milton Berle.
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1285 Sutter (at Van Ness), 474-8700 for venue; 554-0525 and www.aifisf.com for this program. For regular screenings at this multiplex, see our Showtimes page. The 30th annual American Indian Film Festival screens here this week. $7 save as noted.
SATURDAY (Nov. 5): The opening-night feature, Trudell (Heather Rae, 2005), portrays "poet-prophet-activist" John Trudell 7 p.m.
SUNDAY (Nov. 6): Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii (McMahon) and Spirit Riders (Kleinart). $5 11 a.m. Indian Country Diaries: A Seat at the Drum (Hurst) and shorts. $5 2:30 p.m. Pulling Together (Fortier) 7 p.m.
MONDAY (Nov. 7): Aboriginal Architecture (Rickard), The Tunguska Project (Gordon), Aleut Story (Williams). $5 noon.The Snowball Effect (Benally) and Homeland (Grossman) 7 p.m.
TUESDAY (Nov. 8): My Father, My Teacher (Allen and Malenstyn), Quest (McKim), When I Hear Thunder (Olson), Lincoln and Black Hawk (Chown), The Lynching of Louie Sam (McIlwraith). $5 noon. Fifth World (Lowe) and shorts 7 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.
WEDNESDAY (Nov. 2): France, where film noir actually came from, is well represented in the genre by Yves Allégret's Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949), with Gerard Philippe. 16mm print. $7 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY (Nov. 3): A three-day series of "CineKink" screens "positive depictions of alternative sexuality." First up is Writer of O (Pola Rapaport, France, 2004), a biography of the Story of O author 7 p.m. "Negotiations & Love Songs" (shorts) 9 p.m.
FRIDAY (Nov. 4): Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Group (Scott Bloom, 2005) looks at a pioneering gay bike gang 7 p.m. Pornology New York (Michele Capozzi, 2005) looks back at underground New York, circa 1970-85 9 p.m.
SATURDAY (Nov. 5): "S/M at the Movies," a clip show narrated by Thor Stockman 7 p.m. "The Best of CineKink" (shorts) 9 p.m.
SUNDAY (Nov. 6): New experimental and political works by Cynthia Madansky include Devotion, filmed in Istanbul, and Still Life, filmed in Palestine. Artist in person 7:30 p.m.
