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Compiled By Michael Leaverton, Hiya Swanhuyser
Published on August 19, 2008 at 1:48pm
Artists' Television Access. Bijou and Bayside: Wakefield Poole's hardcore male erotic classics from the 1970s. Wed., Aug. 20, 8 p.m. Shutdown: Fri., Aug. 22, 8 p.m. $6. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.
Castro Theatre. Valley of the Dolls and The Group: Vintage crazy women double feature. Wed., Aug. 20, 1:45 p.m. Three Coins in the Fountain and The Best of Everything: Double feature of films directed by Jean Negulesco. Thu., Aug. 21, 2:30 p.m. The Little Mermaid singalong: Prizes for costumes. Aug. 22-28. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.
Dark Room Theater. Bad Movie Night: Last Action Hero: Arnold Schwarzenegger fails at playing himself. Sundays, 8 p.m. $5. 2263 Mission (at 18th St.), 401-7987, www.darkroomsf.com.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Remembering Anna Magnani: Peddlin' in Society (Abbasso la ricchezza!), Gennaro Righelli's 1946 feature also starring Vittorio Di Sica. Tue., Aug. 26, 6:30 p.m. free. 425 Washington (at Battery), 788-7142, www.sfiic.org.
McBean Theater. Who Is Bozo Texino?: A screening of Bill Daniel's experimental 2007 documentary that uncovered the world of train-hopping grease-pencil artists. Sat., Aug. 23, 2 p.m. $12. 3601 Lyon (at Marina, in the Exploratorium), 397-5673.
Mechanics' Institute Library. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: The 1939 RKO Astaire-Rogers musical. Fri., Aug. 22, 6 p.m. $10; members free. 57 Post (at Market), 393-0101, www.milibrary.org.
Oddball Film and Video. Buster Keaton: Love, Locomotives & Laughs: 1965 behind-the-scenes documentary Buster Keaton Rides Again screens with Keaton classic The General. RSVP to info@oddballfilm.com. Fri., Aug. 22, 8:30 p.m. $10. 275 Capp (at Mission), 558-8112, www.oddballfilm.com.
Red Vic Movie House. Dead Man: Jim Jarmusch's hallucinogenic Western starring Johnny Depp. Wed., Aug. 20, 2, 7 & 9:25 p.m. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Thu., Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. It Came from Outer Space in 3-D: Glasses provided. Aug. 22-9, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 23, 2, 4, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. Killer of Sheep: This nearly lost classic examines the black Los Angeles ghetto in the mid-1970s. Sun., Aug. 24, 2, 4, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 25, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. Mister Lonely: Harmony Korine's latest is a love story set in a remote commune populated by celebrity impersonators. Tue., Aug. 26, 7 & 9:20 p.m.; Wed., Aug. 27, 2, 7 & 9:20 p.m. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.
Roxie New College Film Center. Encounters at the End of the World: Werner Herzog goes to Antarctica. Through Aug. 28. To the Limit: Pepe Danquart's doc about Thomas and Alexander Huber, climbers and brothers. Through Aug. 20. Crossing The Border Film Festival: Co-presented by the Roxie and the Goethe-Institut of San Francisco. Through Aug. 21. Warchild: See Opening listings. Aug. 22-28. American Teen: Nanette Burstein's doc about teenagers in Indiana. Aug. 22-28. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Room for Thought: Alexander Hahn and Yves Netzhammer": Through Oct. 5. $6.25-$12.50. Lee Miller: Through the Mirror: Screenings in conjunction with the exhibit "The Art of Lee Miller." Through Sept. 28. The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo: In conjunction with her exhibit. Through Sept. 28. 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room. The Stoned Apocalypse: Five films about getting high. Through Aug. 24. 700 Howard (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.
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