Artists' Television Access. BAHAHAHAHA: A Queer Comedy Short Movie Showcase: Periwinkle Cinema presents lighthearted LGBT films by Brian Benson, Kalil Cohen, Hilary Goldberg, Philip Huang, Jerry Lee & Kolmel WithLove, Gentry McShane & Kim Trailz, and Kevin Seaman. Wed., Sept. 17, 8 p.m. $7-$10. facebook.com/PeriwinkleCinema. Sistah Sinema: The queer women of color film series screens the 2011 drama Money Matters. Thu., Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m. $7-$12. sistahsinema.com. Craig Baldwin Double Feature Night: San Francisco Cinematheque joins the ongoing celebration of ATA's 30th anniversary with two programs of films by Artists' Television Access co-founder Craig Baldwin: Program #1 features Baldwin's re-contextualized footage experiments ¡O No Coronado! and Wild Gunman, while Program #2 is dedicated to Sonic Outlaws, his documentary about sample-tweaking musical satirists Negativland. Fri., Sept. 19, 7 & 9 p.m. $7-$10 per program. sfcinematheque.org. 992 Valencia, S.F., 824-3890, atasite.org.
Castro Theatre. Silent Autumn: Not to be confused with Rachel Carson's environmental book Silent Spring, in which the silence is very much a bad thing, this seasonal event from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival lasts only one day but still is plenty festive, with German Expressionism benchmark The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Buster Keaton classic The General, and a bunch of Laurel and Hardy shorts. Sat., Sept. 20, 11 a.m. $15-$20 per program. silentfilm.org. 429 Castro, S.F., 621-6120, castrotheatre.com.
Clay Theatre. My Old Lady: Israel Horovitz adapts his own stage play to make his directorial film debut in this drama about an American (Kevin Kline) who thinks he's inherited a Parisian apartment, only to find that an elderly mother and her daughter (Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas, respectively) are already living in it. Daily. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: Michael Cera battles seven dudes who stand in the way of attaining his girl crush in Edgar Wright's playful and stylized film adaption of the cult comic from Oni Press. Sept. 19-20, 11:59 p.m. $10. 2261 Fillmore, S.F., 267-4893, landmarktheatres.com.
Dark Room Theater. Bad Movie Night: Need for Speed: Hosts Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, and Alexia Staniotes may have a need for something, but it's probably not this car-themed 2014 action, um, vehicle for Aaron Paul. Sun., Sept. 21, 8 p.m. $6.99. 2263 Mission, S.F., 401-7987, darkroomsf.com.
Embarcadero Center Cinema. Boyhood: daily. A Most Wanted Man: daily. Take Me to the River: daily. tmttr.com. Love Is Strange: daily. The Trip to Italy: daily. The Last of Robin Hood: daily. Wetlands: starting Sept. 19. Daily. David Bowie is: A movie about a museum exhibit about a musician may seem twice removed from its subject matter, but fans of Ziggy Stardust (and other Bowie characters) flocked to the sold-out show at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, so apparently the collection of costumes, photographs, and rockstar memorabilia contains a magnetic allure even without the presence of the man himself. Tue., Sept. 23, 7 p.m. omniversevision.com/davidbowieis.html. 1 Embarcadero Center, S.F., 267-4893, landmarktheatres.com.
Exploratorium. Saturday Cinema: Weekly thematic film screenings presented in the Kanbar Forum by the Exploratorium's Cinema Arts program. Saturdays. Free with museum admission. Pier 15, S.F., 528-4444, exploratorium.edu.
Firehouse 8. Future Shorts: Summer Season 2014: Touring pop-up mini-festival featuring eight shorts films from France, Canada, Austria, Spain, and the U.K. Fri., Sept. 19, 8 p.m. $10. futureshorts.com. 1648 Pacific, S.F., firehouse-8.com.
Multiple Bay Area Locations. Sixth Annual San Francisco Latino Film Festival: Cine+Mas presents nearly 50 films — including fiction features, full-length documentaries, and categorized shorts — originating from nations throughout Latin America. Screenings are held at Brava Theater Center (2781 24th St., S.F.); Opera Plaza Cinemas (601 Van Ness, S.F.); Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (2868 Mission, S.F.); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (701 Mission, S.F.); Red Poppy Art House (2698 Folsom, S.F.); EastSide Arts Alliance (2277 International, Oakland); La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck, Berkeley); and Mexican Heritage Plaza (1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose). See website for schedule and ticket information. Sept. 19-27. sflatinofilmfestival.com. Multiple addresses, S.F., N/A.
Ninth Street Independent Film Center. First to Fall: Director Rachel Beth Anderson makes a personal appearance to show her documentary about the Arab Spring uprising, followed by a Q&A session. Thu., Sept. 18, 7 p.m. $10-$30. 145 Ninth St., S.F., 503-1972, ninthstreet.org.
Noisebridge. CiTiZEN KiNO #40: All You Can't Eat: The Berlin-based XLterrestrials land in San Francisco with their experimental, culture-jamming transmedia anti-spectacle (in a Debordian sorta way) that combines curated film screenings, theatrical performance, hacker concepts, and other "strategies for socio-political transformations." Fri., Sept. 19, 7 p.m. $10. xlterrestrials.org. 2169 Mission, S.F., 602-343-0532, noisebridge.net.
Oddball Films. Cinema Soiree Series: San Francisco writer and movie blogger Jim Morton weighs in on East German cinema in the first installment of Oddball Films' new series of thematic presentations. Thu., Sept. 18, 8 p.m. $10. eastgermancinema.com. 275 Capp, S.F., 558-8112, oddballfilms.com.
Opera Plaza Cinemas. A Letter to Momo: A teenage girl befriends goblins and ghosts in this supernatural coming-of-age feature from Japanese anime director Hiroyuki Okiura (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade). Daily. alettertomomo.com. Frank: Michael Fassbender is totally unrecognizable as the title character — not due to his acting, mind you, but because he wears a fake plastic head the whole time he's on the screen — in Lenny Abrahamson's oddball comedy about an absurdist art-rock band. Daily. The Man on Her Mind: A single woman and single man both have imaginary lovers — based on idealized versions of each other — that may conflict with any possible real-life romance in this independent film. Daily. themanonhermind.com. Magic in the Moonlight: daily. The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier): daily. 601 Van Ness, S.F., 777-3456, landmarktheatres.com.
Palace of Fine Arts. Reel Rock 9: The mountain climbing and outdoor adventure film tour premieres Valley Uprising, a feature length documentary about the countercultural underpinnings of climbers in Yosemite. Wed., Sept. 17, 7 p.m. $20. reelrocktour.com. 3301 Lyon, S.F., 567-6642, palaceoffinearts.org.
Roxie Theater. Second Opinion: Laetrile at Sloan-Kettering: Director Eric Merola's self-released documentary does not endorse any particular medical treatment, but its recounting of an alleged 1970s cover-up at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — at which the anticancer benefits of a cheap drug may have been buried at the behest of Big Pharma's bottom line — may make you feel a little sick inside. Through Sept. 18. secondopinionfilm.com. God Help the Girl: Written and directed by Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch and staring Emily Browning as a young Glaswegian with psychiatric problems who can only properly express herself through music. Through Sept. 18. Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story: Frameline Encore hosts a free screening of the CNN documentary about a former Navy SEAL who spent 20 years in the service as Christopher Beck before coming out as transgender last year. Thu., Sept. 18, 7 p.m. free. frameline.org. Memphis: Sept. 19-25. This Ain't No Mouse Music!: Sept. 19-25. 3117 16th St., S.F., 863-1087, roxie.com.
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