SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Koret Visitor Education Center (unless otherwise noted), 151 Third St. (between Mission and Howard), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org. Screenings are free with museum admission of $12.50 save as noted.
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DAILY (Closed Wednesday): Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara (Philip Haas, 1988) through March 2 2 p.m. Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress (Marian Cajori, 1997) through Feb. 28 4 p.m.; also Thurs 7:30 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Koret Auditorium, Lower Level, 100 Larkin (at Grove), 557-4400, http://sfpl.lib.ca.us. A weekly video program screens on Thursdays and occasional other days. Free.
THURSDAY (Feb. 23): A "Cupid in Hollywood" series continues with moody Laurence Olivier stalking Wuthering Heights (William Wyler, 1939) noon.
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. Closed Monday through Thursday.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY (Feb. 24-26): Fredric March and Spencer Tracy debate evolution in Inherit the Wind (Stanley Kramer, 1960; 7:30 p.m.; also Sun 3:10 p.m.), while James Dean exorcises his traumas East of Eden (Elia Kazan, 1954; 5:25, 9:45 p.m.).
VICTORIA THEATRE
2961 16th St. (at Mission), 863-7576, www.victoriatheatre.org for venue, www.spikeandmike.com for this program. This venerable old house frequently rents itself out for special screenings. $9.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATUDAY (Feb. 23-25): Spike and Mike's 2006 edition of their Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation takes up residence here through April 29 7, 9 p.m.; also Sat 11 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 (Feb. 22): The S.F. Jewish Film Festival screens 66 Seasons (Peter Kerekes, 2003), a documentary about Slovakia's Kosice swimming pool, where "history came to bathe." $7 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY (Feb. 26): Independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke co-starred with the authors of the musical Hair in Agnès Varda's Warhol-esque experiment Lion's Love (1969) 7:30 p.m.