"Video Valentines": George Kuchar and Anne McGuire

This Valentine's Day screening presented by SF Cinematheque features accomplished video artists George Kuchar and Anne McGuire. Both specialize in the short film, and plumb the depths — and heights — of close, often domestic, awkwardness. The result is witty, wry work perfect for breaking tension during a date. Kuchar, who teaches at the San Francisco Art Institute, serves up love via Vista Visions, a short film that promises dancing and "deep dish delights," then turns to the dark side with The Legend of Creepy Hollow, which visits the "home of a noted author who displays great hospitality to the horrors and kinks of artistic expression." He will also show Centennial, a "weather diary of sorts." McGuire aims for the melodrama of Cupid's holiday with All Smiles and Sadness, a soap opera that floats in noir-lit moodiness, and then goes for the bone with When I Was a Monster, which shows her contemplating the damage to her body after an accident in which she fell off a cliff. Kuchar and McGuire will be in attendance to answer questions or receive love notes.