Arthouse movie listings for October 7-13, 2009

To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com.

Artists' Television Access. The Land Speaks Arabic: Talk by Richard Becker; film by Marse Gargour. Thu., Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. $6. Optronica!: Live cinema with Nate Boyce, John Davis, Maxwell August Croy, and Embryo. Sat., Oct. 10, 8:30 p.m. $7.77. Saltwater Sunday Salon: The folks behind the Saltwater film host happy hours each Sunday. Sundays, 5:30 p.m. Continues through Oct. 31. $5. "Luminous Triptych": Experimental film. See more in Night and Day. Mon., Oct. 12, 8 p.m. $6. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

Castro Theatre. Toy Story and Toy Story 2: In 3D; fifteen-minute intermission. No 2:30 show Oct. 4. Through Oct. 14, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.

Dark Room Theater. Bad Movie Night: Queen of the Damned: Vampires rock. Sun., Oct. 11, 8 p.m. $5. 2263 Mission (at 18th St.), 401-7987, www.darkroomsf.com.

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. The People v Leo Frank: With discussion moderated by filmmaker Ben Loeterman. Tue., Oct. 13, 6:30 p.m. free. 3200 California (at Presidio), 292-1200, www.jccsf.org.

Main Library, Koret Auditorium. Community Organizing: A Tribute to Saul Alinsky: Screening of The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy, plus discussion. Thu., Oct. 8, 5:30 p.m. 100 Larkin (at Grove), 557-4595, www.sfpl.org.

Mechanics' Institute Library. CinemaLit Film Series Fall 2009: Mitchell Leisen's Easy Living. Fri., Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m. 57 Post (at Market), 393-0101, www.milibrary.org.

Red Vic Movie House. Soul Power: Portrait of the the three-day music festival that accompanied the 1974 Muhammad Ali/George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match in Zaire. Wed., Oct. 7, 2, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Thu., Oct. 8, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. $6-$9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The sixth installment. Sat., Oct. 10, 2, 5 & 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 11, 2, 5 & 8 p.m. Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love: Portrait of the artist. Mon., Oct. 12, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m.; Tue., Oct. 13, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.

Roxie Theater. Food, Inc.: Robert Kenner's documentary about dinner. Through Oct. 8, 6:50 p.m. We Live in Public: Internet artist Josh Harris' strange life putting himself and others online. Through Oct. 8, 7 & 8:50 p.m.; Through Oct. 15, 9 p.m.; Through Oct. 11, 4:55 p.m. Still Walking: Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's film about a family's reunion 15 years after a member's death. Through Oct. 8, 8:30 p.m.; Through Oct. 14, 6:45 p.m.; Through Oct. 11, 2:45 p.m. Eating Out 3: Q. Allan Brocka's superqueer comedy. Oct. 9-15, 7 & 8:40 p.m.; Oct. 10-11, 3 & 5 p.m. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

SFMOMA. SF Cinematheque Presents the Films of Robert Beavers: The first program in the series, which continues at YBCA. Thu., Oct. 8, 7 p.m. $7-$10. 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.

VIZ Cinema. K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces: Shimako Sato's sci-fi action film. Through Oct. 15, 2:40 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 11:50 a.m.; Through Oct. 15, 5:30 & 8:20 p.m. Continues through Oct. 11. $8-$10. 1746 Post St. (at Webster), www.newpeopleworld.com.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Pink Cinema Revolution: The Radical Films of Koji Wakamatsu: Ecstasy of the Angels. See more in Night and Day. Thu., Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 11, 2 p.m. SF Cinematheque Presents the Films of Robert Beavers: Program II: Early Monthly Segments, From the Notebook of..., Efpsychi, Sotiros, and The Stoas. Fri., Oct. 9, 7 p.m. Program III: Palinode, Diminished Frame, The Painting, Winged Dialogue, Plan of Brussels, Still Light, and Wingseed. Sat., Oct. 10, 12:30 p.m. Program IV: Ruskin and The Ground, with Beavers in attendance. Sat., Oct. 10, 3:30 p.m. Pink Cinema Revolution: The Radical Films of Koji Wakamatsu: Secrets Behind the Wall. Sat., Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.

 
 

Find A Film

for free stuff, film info & more!

Find A Coupon

Popular Coupons

  • Thumbnail

    $10 Off Repair

    Citicomm Wireless, Inc.
    821 Folsom St
    San Francisco, CA 94107
  • Thumbnail

    Save up to 10%

    OTM
    2800 Leavenworth St
    San Francisco, CA 94133

Box Office

  1. The Vow, 0.0 mil, 0.0 mil
  2. Safe House, 40.2 mil, 40.2 mil
  3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D, 27.3 mil, 27.3 mil
  4. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D, 0.0 mil, 0.0 mil
  5. Chronicle (2012/ I), 12.1 mil, 40.0 mil
  6. The Woman in Black, 10.1 mil, 35.3 mil
  7. The Grey, 5.0 mil, 42.8 mil
  8. Big Miracle, 3.9 mil, 13.3 mil
  9. The Descendants, 3.4 mil, 70.7 mil
  10. Underworld: Awakening, 2.5 mil, 58.9 mil
Movie Title, Weekly Earnings, Total Earnings

Trailers

Browse Voice Nation
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy