Arthouse movie listings for the week of April 7-13, 2010

Artists' Television Access. "Films by Lukas Lukasik": Experimental film. Fri., April 9, 8 p.m. $6. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

Bayanihan Community Center. "Carrots and Koi Fish and Tattoos, Oh My!": Filipino animated short films. Sun., April 11, 3 p.m. $5-$7. 1010 Mission (at Sixth St.), 348-8042, www.bayanihancc.org/index.html.

Castro Theatre. Legendary Composer: Lalo Schifrin: The President's Analyst, Kelly's Heroes, Enter the Dragon, and more from the composer of the Mission: Impossible theme song. Through April 8. $7.50-$10. Sunrise: F.W. Murnau's 1927 classic with live accompaniment on the Wurlitzer. Fri., April 9, 1:30, 4 & 7:30 p.m. $10-$12. The Gate, Hackers, and Prince of Darkness: A Midnites for Maniacs triple feature. Fri., April 9, 7:30 p.m. $10. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.

Exploratorium. Replay: Inside the Exploratorium Film Collection: Part of the 40th Anniversary Cinema Arts Program. Sat., April 10, 2 p.m.; Sat., April 17, 2 p.m. 3601 Lyon (at Marina), 561-0360, www.exploratorium.edu.

Lumiere Theatre. 2012: Time for Change: Joao Amorim's film about Daniel Pinchbeck. April 9-11, 7 p.m. $10.50. 1572 California (at Polk), 267-4893, www.landmarktheatres.com.

Main Library. Beverly Hills Chihuahua: Part of the "Canines on Camera" series. Thu., April 8, noon. free. 100 Larkin (at Grove), 557-4400, www.sfpl.org.

Mechanics' Institute Library. CinemaLit: Day and Noir: Born to Kill, with special guest: writer Matthew Kennedy. Fri., April 9, 6 p.m. 57 Post (at Market), 393-0100, www.milibrary.org.

Oddball Films. "Weirdsville": Archival humor and experimental short films. RSVP to info@oddballfilm.com. Fri., April 9, 8:30 p.m. $10. 275 Capp (at Mission), 558-8117, www.oddballfilm.com.

Red Vic Movie House. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?: Directed by Werner Herzog and produced by David Lynch, so it's not weird or anything. Wed., April 7, 2, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. Crazy Heart: You really like Jeff Bridges, you really do. Thu., April 8, 7:15 & 9:35 p.m.; Fri., April 9, 7:15 & 9:35 p.m.; Sat., April 10, 4:30, 7:15 & 9:35 p.m. $6-$9. The Most Dangerous Man in America: The story of the Pentagon Papers. Sun., April 11, 2, 4, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Mon., April 12, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Tue., April 13, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.

Roxie Theater. Breath Made Visible: Ruedi Gerber's documentary about Anna Halprin. Through April 8 at 6:45 & 8:30 p.m.; through April 15 at 7 p.m.; through April 11 at 3:20 p.m. $5-$9.75. Out In Israel Film Series: Programmed by the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Thu., April 8, 7 p.m. $8. Sweetgrass: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash's documentary about sheep and shepherds. Through April 15 at 8:45 p.m.; through April 11 at 5 p.m. $5-$9.75. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

San Francisco Women's Film Festival. The next generation of women filmmakers. See more in Night and Day. April 7-11. 754-3456, www.sfwff.com. Multiple Bay Area locations; admission varies.

SFMOMA. "Streets of San Francisco: Filmic Journeys": Vision of the city, hosted by Tanya Zimbardo. Thu., April 8, 7 p.m. 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.

The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio. April Film of the Month: Pinocchio. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays. Continues through April 30. 104 Montgomery (at Lincoln), 345-6800, www.waltdisney.org.

USF Presentation Theater. Speaking in Tongues: Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider's documentary about bilingual students. Thu., April 8, 7 p.m. free. 2350 Turk (at Masonic), 422-2434, www.usfca.edu/presentationtheater/.

VIZ Cinema. Sakuran: Mika Ninagawa's film is based on manga by Moyoko Anno. Through April 8, 4:30 & 7 p.m. $8-$10. "MECHA MANIA: Four Decades of Slam-Bang Sci-Fi Robot Anime": Patrick Macias talks mecha anime. Fri., April 9, 7 p.m. $8. 1746 Post (at Webster), 525-8600, www.newpeopleworld.com.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. "The Word and the Image: Films by Marguerite Duras": Destroy, She Said. Thu., April 8, 7:30 p.m. $8. Independent Inuit Film: The Fast Runner Trilogy: Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu's Before Tomorrow. Fri., April 9, 7:30 p.m. $8. Zacharias Kunuk's Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. Sun., April 11, 2 p.m. $8. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.

 
 

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