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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. In Case of No Emergency: The Films of Ruben Östlund: This month's highly recommended YBCA retrospective of Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund reveals the career progress through which sad-funny failures of manliness have become an Östlund specialty, with the filmmaker developing a sophisticated internet-age understanding of how social pressure and attention dissipation have combined into some subtle evil superforce that may be driving us all insane. Thu., Feb. 26, 7 p.m. $8-$10. Altmanesque: New Documentary & Rarities: Here's how the late American movie maverick Robert Altman liked to describe his relationship with Hollywood: "I make gloves, and they sell shoes." So we see in "Altmanesque," a selection of features and assorted shorts — including 1982's nostalgic ode to Americana, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Feb. 28) — which is worth trying on. Sat., Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. $8-$10. 701 Mission, San Francisco, 978-2787, ybca.org.
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