Arthouse movie listings for March 17-23, 2010

4 Star. Monsturd and Retardead: Presented by Thrillville. Thu., March 18, 7:30 p.m. $10. 2200 Clement (at 23rd Ave.), 666-3488, www.hkinsf.com/4star/.

Artists' Television Access. OpenScreening: Open mike for film and video. Thu., March 18, 8 p.m. $5. "Collaborative Dreams": New work by David Finkelstein. Fri., March 19, 8 p.m. $6. "Extreme Animation": See more in Night and Day. Sat., March 20, 8:30 p.m. $6. www.othercinema.com. Taking Root: Lisa Merton and Alan Dater's documentary about Wangari Maathai. Sun., March 21, 6 p.m. $6-$10. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

Castro Theatre. Alice in Wonderland: Tim Burton's 3D fantasy. Through April 1; 1, 4, 7 & 9:45 p.m. $7.50-$10. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.

Goethe-Institut. Parkour: Marc Rensing's feature. Wed., March 17, 6:30 p.m. $7 donation. Children's Matinee: Screening of Die Vorstadtkrokodile. Sun., March 21, 11 a.m. $5. 530 Bush (at Grant), 263-8760, www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/enindex.htm.

Grace Cathedral. "Raves & Faves": Screening of The Visitor, led by blogger Jason LeRoy. Sun., March 21, 7 p.m. free. 1100 California (at Taylor), 749-6300, www.gracecathedral.org.

Mechanics' Institute Library. Star Power: A Month of Meryl Streep: Fred Schepisi's A Cry in the Dark. Fri., March 19, 6 p.m. 57 Post (at Market), 393-0100, www.milibrary.org.

Multiple San Francisco locations. San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival: A new Hong Sang-soo, a documentary on Chinatown movie theaters, and much more. See more in Night and Day. Through March 21. Varies. www.sfiaaff.org. multiple addresses.

Red Vic Movie House. Night of Lust: Smut noir from France. Wed., March 17, 2, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m.; Thu., March 18, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. Fantastic Mr. Fox: Wes Anderson's romp. Fri., March 19, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Sat., March 20, 2, 4, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Sun., March 21, 2, 4, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Mon., March 22, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. $6-$9. The Road: Viggo Mortensen takes a walk. Tue., March 23, 7 & 9:20 p.m.; Wed., March 24, 2, 7 & 9:20 p.m.; Thu., March 25, 7 & 9:20 p.m. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.

Roxie Theater. Children of the Amazon: Denise Zmekhol's documentary. Wed., March 17, 7 & 9 p.m. $5-$9.75. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. AOKI: Wed., March 17, 9:30 p.m. $12. 1881 Post (at Fillmore), 929-4650, www.sundancecinemas.com/kabuki.html.

The Vortex Room. Candy and The Female Bunch: Cult films, burlesque, cocktails, and surprises. Thu., March 18, 9 p.m. $5 donation. 1082 Howard (at Seventh St.), www.myspace.com/thevortexroom.

The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio. Darby O'Gill and the Little People: March's Film of the Month. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 1 & 4 p.m. Continues through March 27. 104 Montgomery (at Lincoln), 345-6800, www.waltdisney.org.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Human Rights and Film 2010: Zhao Liang's Petition. Thu., March 18, 7:30 p.m. British Television Advertising Award Winners: Crazy commercials. See more in Night and Day. March 20-21, 2 & 4 p.m.; Sun., March 21, 6 & 8 p.m. $8. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.