Arthouse movie listings for July 29-August 4, 2009

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Until the Light Takes Us, a documentary about death metal, plays nightly at the Roxie at 9:10 p.m.
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Until the Light Takes Us, a documentary about death metal, plays nightly at the Roxie at 9:10 p.m.

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Artists' Television Access. The Time of Space/The Space of Time: The Free Form Film Festival presents experimental works. Thu., July 30, 8 p.m. $6. "'60s Free Jazz Revolt!!": Music-based film. Fri., July 31, 8 p.m. $6. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

Asian Art Museum. "Sixties Swordplay Classics": Masahiro Shinoda's Samurai Spy and Kihachi Okamoto's Kill! See more in Night and Day. Sun., Aug. 2, 11 a.m. free. 200 Larkin (at McAllister), 581-3500, www.asianart.org.

Castro Theatre. S.F. Jewish Film Festival: New frontiers in Jewish cinema. Through July 30. $10.50-$12. www.sfjff.org. Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Double feature at "Rolling Thunder: The Films of Quentin Tarantino." Fri., July 31, 7 p.m. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction: Double feature at "Rolling Thunder: The Films of Quentin Tarantino." Sat., Aug. 1, 2 p.m. Jackie Brown and Death Proof: Double feature at "Rolling Thunder: The Films of Quentin Tarantino." Sun., Aug. 2, 1:05 p.m. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.

Hotel Utah. "Cinematheque Avec Brittany Shane": Local independent film and live music. Thu., July 30, 8 p.m. $2-$10. 500 Fourth St. (at Bryant), 546-6300, www.thehotelutahsaloon.com.

Oddball Films. "Strange Sinema: Oddities from the Oddball Archives": Campy, purposeless, funny, and/or really old clips. RSVP to info@oddballfilm.com. Fri., July 31, 8:30 p.m. $10. 275 Capp (at Mission), 558-8117, www.oddballfilm.com.

Red Vic Movie House. Stop Making Sense: Jonathan Demme's concert film of Talking Heads. Wed., July 29, 2, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. Star Trek: J.J. Abrams looks back to the future. Thu., July 30, 7 & 9:35 p.m.; Fri., July 31, 7 & 9:35 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 1, 2, 4:20, 7 & 9:35 p.m. The Great Muppet Caper: Jim Henson's 1981 feature is the definitive Muppet romp. Sun., Aug. 2, 2, 4, 7:15 & 9:20 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 3, 7:15 & 9:20 p.m. The Hippie Temptation: Hippies as seen by CBS News in 1967. Tue., Aug. 4, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.

Roxie Theater. Herb and Dorothy: Megumi Sasaki's documentary on two regular people who collect art. Through Aug. 6, 6:20 p.m.; Through Aug. 2, 2:30 p.m. Julia: Tilda Swinton in Erick Zonca's alcoholic horror/kidnapping flick. Through Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m.; Through Aug. 2, 2 p.m. Guest of Cindy Sherman: A man complains that it's "excruciating" to be "the wife" of the world-famous artist of the title. Through Aug. 6, 8 & 9:50 p.m.; Through Aug. 2, 4:30 p.m. Dead Snow: Nazi zombie horror-comedy. Through July 30, 9:10 p.m. Until the Light Takes Us: Aaron Eites and Audrey Ewell's documentary on the Norwegian black metal scene. July 31-Aug. 6, 9:10 p.m.; Aug. 1-2, 4:40 p.m. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

SFMOMA. Richard Avedon Film Series: Program 5: Jayne Loader's The Atomic Cafe and Edward English's The Family Fallout Shelter. Thu., July 30, 7 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 1, 3 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 8, 3 p.m. 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: Directed by Chantal Akerman, part of "Food , Sex, and Liberation." Sat., Aug. 1, 7 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 2, 2 p.m. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.

 
 

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