Arthouse Movie Listings for May 25-31, 2011

Artists' Television Access. Community College Student Films: New work. Fri., May 27, 7 p.m. $3-$5. "Avant to Live": Other Cinema: New experimental film and video. Sat., May 28, 8:30 p.m. $6. www.othercinema.com. Saicomania: Rockumentary about now-legendary Pervuian garage-rock band Los Saicos. Sun., May 29, 7:30 p.m. $6. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

Castro Theatre. "Remembering Dame Elizabeth Taylor": The movies that matter, plus a gala opening night benefit for Project Inform. May 27-June 1. $7.50-$25. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.

Dark Room Theater. Bad Movie Night: Surrogates: Heckle Bruce Willis. Heckle him hard. Sun., May 29, 8 p.m. $5. 2263 Mission (at 18th St.), 401-7987, www.darkroomsf.com.

Oddball Film and Video. "The Coming of Age Show": Films curated by Neil Van Gorder on the development of love and relationships for young people including The Game (1967), The Last Prom (1981), Skater Dater (1965), The Innocent Party (1959), and Double Talk (1975). Fri., May 27, 8:30 p.m. $10. "Breakin' the Law!": Guest curator Soumyaa Kapil Behrens presents films on "the darker side of the human condition," including The Police Tapes (1977), Sex for Sale: The Urban Battleground (1977), What's Wrong with Vandalism (1986), and Intro to Dissection (1972). Sat., May 28, 8 p.m. $10. 275 Capp (at 18th St.), 558-8112, www.oddballfilm.com.

Red Vic Movie House. Rubber: Quentin Dupieux's feature about a murderous tire. Through May 25, 7:15 & 9:15 p.m.; Wed., May 25, 2 p.m. The Room: Tommy Wiseau's local cult film. It's bad. May 27-28, 7:15, 9:15 p.m. & midnight; Sat., May 28, 2 & 4 p.m. The Fall: Tarsem Singh's second feature. Sun., May 29, 2 & 4:25 p.m.; May 29-30, 7 & 9:25 p.m. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.

Roxie Theater. I Wake Up Dreaming 2011: The Legendary and the Lost: Festival screening rarely seen noir films from Hollywood. Through May 26. Meek's Cutoff: Three families get lost on the Oregon Trail in 1845 and must choose between their hired guide and a Native American strangerThrough June 1. $10. Into Eternity: Reviewed on page 22. May 27-June 2, 7 & 8:45 p.m. $10. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

The Vortex Room. "Beauty Is in the Eye of the Vortex": Features are Dorian Gray (1970) and De Sade (1969), plus shorts and trailers. Thu., May 26, 9 p.m. $5. 1082 Howard (at Seventh St.), www.myspace.com/thevortexroom.

VIZ Cinema. Kamikaze Girls: Screening of Tetsuya Nakashima's feature benefits the Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Funds. Sun., May 29, 6 p.m. $10. 1746 Post (at Webster), 525-8600, www.newpeopleworld.com.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. "Three-Way: A Trilogy of Vintage Erotica": Not quite pornography. Through May 26, 7:30 p.m. $8. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.

 
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