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RAFAEL FILM CENTER
1118 Fourth St. (at A), San Rafael, 454-1222, www.cafilm.org. $9 save as noted. This three-screen repertory theater, now officially the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, is operated by the California Film Institute. Programs are complex; check carefully and call for confirmation.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: José Padilha's Bus 174 (Brazil, 2002) 6:30, 9 p.m. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain, 2003) 8:50 p.m. See Ongoing for reviews.
WEDNESDAY: Hidden in Plain Sight (John H. Smihula, 2002) 7, 9 p.m. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (Tom Peosay, 2003) 6:45 p.m. See Ongoing for reviews.
THURSDAY: A Marin premiere of 21 Grams (2003), with director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu in person. $12 7 p.m. A Rita Hayworth series screens a genuine rarity, Angels Over Broadway (Ben Hecht and Lee Garmes, 1940), with Broadway denizens Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Hayworth, and Thomas Mitchell playing God with a would-be suicide (John Qualen) 7 p.m.
STARTS FRIDAY: Gus Van Sant's Elephant (2003); see Ongoing for review. Bus 174, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion continue. Call theater for times.
SUNDAY: A "Beyond Borders" screening for families of the popular children's film Olloe Alexander Tiddly Om Pom Pom (Anne-Marie Nørholm, Norway, 1998) 1 p.m. Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire team in Buenos Aires for You Were Never Lovelier (William A. Seiter, 1942) 7 p.m.
RED VIC
1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com. $6.50 save as noted. There's a spot on the couch for you at this collectively owned rep house.
WEDNESDAY: Dietmar Post's Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping (2002) follows performance artist Billy Talen's invasions of Starbucks, the Disney Store, and other sinful abodes. I'll have a grande mocha 2, 7:15, 9:15 p.m.
THURSDAY: "Ideas in Animation" offers live music by Nik Phelps & the Sprocket Ensemble to a program of new European films, including The Love Nest (Shelly Wain, U.K.), Bird Brained (Caroline Maure, France), and Alternative Worlds Model (Alexander Zhukov, Ukraine). $10 7, 9 p.m.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: A 30th-anniversary reissue of Mel Stuart's concert film Wattstax (1973), featuring Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, and more 7:15, 9:25 p.m.; also Sat 2, 4:15 p.m.
SUNDAY & MONDAY: Creepy animations from master Brits the brothers Quay include the Bruno Schultz-inspired Street of Crocodiles and The Comb, which needs washing. Eighty-six minutes of genius await you 7:15, 9:15 p.m.; also Sun 2, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY (Nov. 18 & 19): The Polish brothers evacuate a dream -- Northfork (2003) 7:15, 9:15 p.m.; also Wed 2 p.m.
ROXIE
3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com. $8 save as noted. Short-run repertory in one of the most adventurously programmed theaters in the USA.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: A double bill of Hidden in Plain Sight (John H. Smihula, 2002; 7 p.m.; also Wed 2 p.m.), about the notorious School of the Americas -- Hogswarts for torturers; and Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure (Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohey, 2003; 9:30 p.m.; also Wed 4:30 p.m.). See Ongoing for reviews.
SATURDAY: The Tranny Fest Film Festival screens here all day. See www.trannyfest.com or call 820-3223 for program and updates. Youth program $5 1 p.m. Other shows $8 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 p.m.
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (Nov. 16-20): The double bill of Hidden in Plain Sight (7 p.m.; also Sun & Wed 2 p.m.) and Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure (9:30 p.m.; also Sun & Wed 4:30 p.m.) continues through Nov. 20.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Phyllis Wattis Theater, 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sffs.org. "The Seventh Art: New Dimensions in Cinema" continues a monthly series of films with directors in person this week. $12.
THURSDAY (Nov. 13): "Process Into Film," a lecture by Kramlich Collection Curator Christopher Eamon on "Post-Minimalist Practices in Film and Video," will include a screening of relevant works by Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, and Yvonne Rainer 7 p.m.
SHATTUCK
2230 Shattuck (at Kittredge), Berkeley, (510) 843-3456, www.landmarktheatres.com. $9.25. This venerable theater assigns one of its eight screens to repertory programming. For the rest of the Shattuck's schedule, see our Showtimes page.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: José Padilha's Bus 174 (Brazil, 2002). See Ongoing for review. Call for times.
FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (Nov. 14-20): Diego Lerman's Suddenly (Argentina/Netherlands, 2002). See Opening for review. Call for times.
SPANGENBERG THEATRE
Gunn High School Campus, 780 Arastradero (at Foothill Expressway), Palo Alto, (650) 354-8263, www.spangenbergtheatre.com. This recently refurbished Center for the Arts offers a 35mm film series on a large 30-foot screen. $5.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY (Nov. 13-15): It's the times of Harvey Pekar in American Splendor (Sheri Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, 2003). See Ongoing for review 7 p.m.
STANFORD
221 University (at Emerson), Palo Alto, (650) 324-3700, www.stanfordtheatre.org. $6. This handsomely restored neighborhood palace usually (but not always) screens pre-1960 Hollywood fare in the best available prints, with excellent projection. The theater has begun to program works by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray with Hollywood classics.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: Two by Satyajit Ray, involving imperial intrigue paralleled with the sport of kings in The Chess Players (1977; 7:30 p.m.), plus Sadgati (Deliverance, 1981; 6:35, 9:35 p.m.), about an Untouchable's efforts to arrange a wedding for his daughter.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Ray's comedy The Big City (1958; 3:30, 7:30 p.m.), about the changes in a woman's life when she gets a job, screens with Leo McCarey's classic screwball comedy The Awful Truth (1937; 5:50, 9:55 p.m.), with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.
MONDAY & TUESDAY: Theater closed.
UA GALAXY
1285 Sutter (at Van Ness), 474-8700 for venue; 554-5525 and www.aifisf.com for this program. For regular screenings at this multiplex, see our Showtimes page. The 28th annual American Indian Film Festival screens here this week.
