Repertory Film Listings

Commentary by Gregg Rickman (greggr2006@yahoo.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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ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS
992 Valencia (at 21st Street), 824-3890, www.atasite.org for most programs, www.madcatfilmfestival.org for the MadCat Festival. $5 save as noted.

THURSDAY: ANSWER screens a documentary record of the July '64 racial uprising in Rochester, New York, recalled in a 2006 documentary 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY: ATA's Other Cinema hosts Nate Boyce's "Very Video reVue," a history of video image processing including work dating back to 1960s pioneers Paul Sharits, Stan Vanderbeek, Ed Emshwiller, and more. Reception (with free Nutella!) 8 p.m., films at 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY: Out2 offers the Free Form Film Festival of holiday themed public access video and no-budget filmmaking, including the "unbelievably strange holiday cheer" of Miss Velma's Christmas Special. See www.freeformfilm.org for more. Followed by live music by the Metal-Punk-No-wave-Jazz-Funk-Noise-Junk stylings of Saberteeth 8 p.m.

BALBOA
3630 Balboa (at 38th Avenue), 221-8484, www.balboamovies.com. $8.50 save as noted. This great neighborhood house shows films of all sorts.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: A premiere revival of the World War II re-creation Overlord (Stuart Cooper, U.K., 1975) 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 p.m. In Theater 2, Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Ferris, 2006) Wed 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 p.m.; Thurs 1, 3, 9:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: The Devil Music Ensemble performs the West Coast Premiere of their original score live to Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (John S. Robertson, 1920), with John Barrymore. $12 7:30 p.m.

STARTS FRIDAY: Truman Capote lives again in Infamous (Douglas McGrath, 2006). See Opening for review. Call for times and other films.

CASTRO
429 Castro (near Market), 621-6120 and www.thecastrotheatre.com. $10 save as noted. 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: Jayne Mansfield stars in the live action rock 'n' roll cartoon The Girl Can't Help It (Frank Tashlin, 1956). New print 7, 9:05 p.m.; also Wed 2:30, 4:45 p.m.

THURSDAY: Peter Coyote interviews anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldecott in regards to her new book Nuclear Power is Not the Answer.See www.nuclearpolicy.org for advance tickets and more info. $40 7, 9 p.m.; also Wed 1, 3, 5 p.m.

FRIDAY: A 3-D festival opens with a Midnights for Maniacs triple feature of Star Wars-knockoff Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (Lamont Johnson, 1983), with Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald 7:30 p.m. Sharks go to Sea World in Jaws 3-D (Joe Alves, 1983), 9:45 p.m. Friday the 13th Part 3: 3-D (Steve Miner, 1982) midnight $10 for all three.

SATURDAY: The Castro's 3-D festival of 1950s films screens in the 35 mm "Dual-interlock" system, with both projectors simultaneously running overlapping left- and right-eye versions of the same film. Glasses will be provided. The complete Creature Trilogy offers the original The Creature from the Black Lagoon (Jack Arnold, 1954) with stars Julie Adams and Ben Chapman (the Creature himself) in person noon, 7 p.m. Also, the other films in the series, Revenge Of The Creature (Arnold, 1955) 2, 9 p.m. Creature Walks Among Us (John Sherwood, 1956), a non-3-D film screened in projected DVD form, as no 35 mm prints are available 3:45, 10:35 p.m. $16 for all.

SUNDAY: 3-D Film Festival — A double feature of Vincent Price, terrorizing The House of Wax (Andre deToth, 1953; 2:30, 7 p.m. ) and Karl Malden in Phantom of the Rue Morgue (Roy Del Ruth, 1954; 4:15, 8:45 p.m. ). $12.

MONDAY: Closed.

TUESDAY: 3-D Film Festival — A double feature of Gorilla at Large (Harmon Jones, 1954; 2:30, 7 p.m. ), with Raymond Burr, and Robot Monster (Phil Tucker, 1954; 7, 10 p.m. ). $12.

CLAY
2261 Fillmore (at Clay), 267-4893, www.landmarktheatres.com. A midnight movie series continues this weekend at this single-screen jewel. $9.75.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Edward D. Wood's renowned disaster Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), with the Devil-Ettes live on stage before Friday's show midnight.

DARK ROOM THEATRE
2263 Mission (between 18th and 19th "between the pawn shop and the laundromat"), 401-7987, www.darkroomsf.com. Live cabaret, plus regular film screenings with audience cat-calling encouraged.

SUNDAY (Oct. 15): Dark Room's weekly "Bad Movie," screens Dolemite (D'Urville Martin, 1975), with comic Rudy Ray Moore as a black action superhero. $5 8 p.m.

DE YOUNG MUSUEM
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, 863-3330, www.deyoungmuseum.org. This new city landmark hosts occasional film and video screenings.

FRIDAY (Oct. 13): In Wilsey Court, the Piazzoni Murals Room and the Koret Auditorium, Xicanopalooza features Bay Area spoken word, video, theater and musical artists including videos by Reset/Madmedia. $5 5-8:30 p.m.

EL RIO
3158 Mission (at Precita near Cesar Chavez), 282-3325, www.elriosf.com; www.madcatfilmfestival.org for the MadCat Festival. This neighborhood bar often screens programs on its outdoor patio (or indoors if it rains). 21 and over only.

THURSDAY (Oct. 12): Movie Night offers locally made shorts and "strange and bizarre" features, with "fabulous dj's" Bobby and Jenny Spin to follow. Free "9pmish" FOREIGN CINEMA v 2534 Mission (between 21st and 22nd streets), 648-7600), www.foreigncinema.com. Free with meal. This restaurant screens foreign films, usually in 35 mm, on the back wall of its outdoor patio, with drive-in speakers available for the tables of those who want to watch while they dine.