Arthouse Movie Listings April 25-May 1, 2012

Artists' Television Access. Not Free, Not Dead: The Psychedelic End: Nightmare City presents a series of local shorts paying homage to Bay Area counterculture. Thu., April 26, 8 p.m. $6. Not Free, Not Dead: The Psychedelic End: Video program featuring various Bay Area film shorts. Thu., April 26, 8 p.m. $6. Revelcade Applause Night: Team Revelcade showcases their award winning videos, new works, and videos in progress. Fri., April 27, 8 p.m. $6. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

San Francisco International Film Festival: Peter J. Owens Acting Award — An Evening with Judy Davis: An evening celebrating Judy Davis. Wed., April 25, 7:30 p.m. Kenneth Branagh: Kenneth Branagh in person, followed a presentation of Dead Again (1991). Fri., April 27, 7:30 p.m. San Francisco International Film Festival: Twixt in 3D: A novelist attempts to solve the mysterious disappearances happening in a small town. Sat., April 28, 7:30 p.m., $7.50-$10. Quadrophenia: Rock opera from The Who. Sat., April 28, 10:30 p.m., $7.50-$10. The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com. (925) 866-9559. www.sffs.org

The Castro Theatre. Paper Moon and Glengarry Glen Ross.: A double feature. Thu., April 26. $7.50-$10. The Third Man: A look at corruption in postwar Vienna; directed by Orson Welles. Sat., April 28, 1 p.m. $7.50-$10. House by the River: Fritz Lang's 1950 crime drama. Sat., April 28, 4 p.m. $7.50-$10. Koyaanisqatsi and Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America: A double feature. Sun., April 29. $7.50-$10. Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption: Documentary following a theater troupe that challenges anti-gay rhetoric in religion. Sun., April 29. $10-$25. Pina: Story of Pina Bausch and her dance troupe. May 1-2. $7.50-$10. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.castrotheatre.com.

Dark Room Theater. The Last Dragon: Kung-fu film; part of the Bad Movie Night series. Sun., April 29, 8 p.m. $6.99. 2263 Mission (at 18th St.), 401-7987, www.darkroomsf.com.

San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema. The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller : Featuring work from Sam Green. Tue., May 1, 7 p.m. $20-$25. 1746 Post (at Webster), 525-8630, www.sffs.org.

Oddball Films. Road Trip USA: Hannah Airriess presents a series about America and road travel. Featuring films America for Me (1952), Highway Mania (1942), Not So Easy (1973), Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas (1956), A Trip Down Market Street (1906), and a Westworld Production Short (1973). Thu., April 26, 8 p.m. 10; RSVP to programming@oddballfilm.com. 275 Capp (at 18th St.), 558-8112, www.oddballfilms.com.

Roxie Theater. Jeff Who Lives at Home: A man spends a day with his brother tracking the brother's wife, who is suspected of adultery. Through May 3. $6.50-$10. Letters from the Big Man: A government hydrologist surveying streams after a fire meets and befriends sasquatch. Through April 26. $6.50-$10. Hit So Hard: Documentary on Hole drummer Patty Schemel. Appearing on April 27-28 and May 3 are director P. David Ebersole, Patty Schemel, and Eric Erlandson of Hole. April 27-May 3. $6.50-$10. George Harrison: Living in the Material World: Documentary on the late Beatles guitarist. Mon., April 30, 7 p.m. $6.50-$10. Kurt & Courtney: Documentary on the life of Kurt Cobain and his relationship with Courtney Love. May 1-2. $6.50-$10. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

The Vortex Room. Starship Vortex: Turkish Star Wars aka Dunyayi Kutaran Adam (1982) and Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963). Thu., April 26, 9 p.m. $7. 1082 Howard (at Seventh St.), myspace.com/thevortexroom.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The Great Directors Speak! series presents HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Thu., April 26, 7:30 p.m. $8. Notes on an American Film Director at Work: Martin Scorsese. Sat., April 28, 7:30 p.m. $8. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth. Sun., April 29, 2 & 4 p.m. $8. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.

 
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Hello. Thanks for sharing these screenings. I want to make sure the location of Sam Green's "The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller" is correct. Isn't it showing Tuesday, May 1, 7:00 & 9:00 PM at the Phyllis Wattis Theater, SFMOMA, 151 Third Street?http://www.sffs.org/content.as...

 

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