Arthouse movie listings for May 27-June 2, 2009

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Artists' Television Access. Free Form Film Series: Culture Crash: Experimental film and video. Thu., May 28, 8 p.m. $6. Animation Shorts from Wholphin: Also, live music by Ash Reiter. Fri., May 29, 8 p.m. $6. "Introduction to Experimental Animation": David Cox and Molly Hankwitz of Archimedia offer workshops on high-tech/low-tech animation. Saturdays. Continues through June 20. $40. "New Experimental Works": Short video and film selections. Sat., May 30, 8:30 p.m. $7. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

Castro Theatre. The Times of Harvey Milk and Milk: A double dose of Harvey. No screenings Tuesday May 26. Through May 28, 7 p.m.; Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Continues through May 28. Up: See Opening listings. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.

Dark Room Theater. Bad Movie Night: Die Another Day: Pierce Brosnan kills the audience. Sun., May 31, 8 p.m. $5. 2263 Mission (at 18th St.), 401-7987, www.darkroomsf.com.

Excelsior Branch Library. Mildred Pierce: First Monday Movies series. Mon., June 1, 6:30 p.m. Free. 4400 Mission (at Cotter), 355-2868, sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/branches/excelsior.htm.

Exploratorium. Magnetic Movie: Through May 31. 3601 Lyon (at Marina), 397-5673, www.exploratorium.edu.

Oddball Films. "Selling That Stuff 'Toon Style: Forty Years of Animated Advertisements": Dennis Nyback presents the screening. RSVP to info@oddballfilm.com. Fri., May 29, 8 p.m. $10. "Naughty to Nasty Sex Cartoon Extravaganza": Dennis Nyback introduces the screening. RSVP to info@oddballfilm.com. Fri., May 29, 10 p.m. $10. 275 Capp (at Mission), 558-8117, www.oddballfilm.com.

Pacific Film Archive. "In the Realm of Oshima": Retrospective of the Japanese master's work. See site for schedule. May 29-July 18. 2575 Bancroft (at Bowditch), Berkeley, 510-642-1124, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.

Red Vic Movie House. Medicine for Melancholy: Minority urbanites in S.F. Wed., May 27, 2, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Thu., May 28, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. $6-$9. A Wink and a Smile: The story of modern burlesque. Starting May 29. Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays, 7 & 9:15 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 2, 4, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Continues through June 2. $6-$9. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.

Roxie Theater. "I Wake Up Dreaming": Two-week series of film noir B-movies. Through May 28. $10. Know Your Mushrooms: Ron Mann's documentary about the many uses of fungi. Through May 27, 6:45 p.m. Medicine for Melancholy: Barry Jenkins' feature about a one-night stand between twentysomething African Americans in San Francisco. Through May 27, 8:10 & 9:50 p.m. "Hopium: Confronting Fascism in the Obama Era": Franklin Lopez talks about subMedia and screens radical films. Thu., May 28, 7 & 9 p.m. $10. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

SFMOMA. Robert Frank Retrospective: A near-complete, two-month survey of the enigmatic artist's avant-garde narrative films. See site for schedule. Through June 27, 3 p.m. free-$5. 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.

The Vortex Room. Death in Small Doses and The Long Goodbye: Hard-boiled films in a bachelor pad environment. Thu., May 28, 8 p.m. $5. 1082 Howard (at Seventh St.), www.myspace.com/thevortexroom.

Varnish Fine Art. "Moving Pictures": Last Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 77 Natoma (at Second St.), 222-6131, www.varnishfineart.com.

Victoria Theatre. Anti-Corporate Film Festival: May 28-30. $5-$10. www.countercorp.org. 2961 16th St. (at Capp), 863-7576, www.victoriatheatre.org.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. "Classic Laurel and Hardy Shorts": Dennis Nyback introduces the screening. Thu., May 28, 7:30 p.m. $8. Inglorious Bastards: Fri., May 29, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., May 31, 2 p.m. $8. Driving Men: Susan Mogul's documentary. Tue., June 2, 7:30 p.m. $6-$8. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.