Repertory Film Listing

Showcase Theatre, 3501 Civic Center (at Avenue of the Flags), San Rafael, 499-6800 and www.italianfilm.com for this series. The 2007 Italian Film Festival screens at this Frank Lloyd Wright–designed complex for six weeks. $12.

SATURDAY (Sept. 29): The Second Wedding Night (Pupi Avati, 2002), a drama set in postwar Puglia, won acting awards for star Katia Ricciarelli 5:30, 7:45 p.m.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE LIBRARY

57 Post (near Market), 393-0100 and www.milibrary.org for information; phone or email rsvp@milibrary.org for required reservations. This cultural asset of long standing continues a summer film series this week. Shown on projected video, with salon-style discussions to follow. $10 donation.

FRIDAY (Sept. 28): A filmed-in-San-Francisco series concludes with Philip Kaufman's sarcastic take on the oft-filmed Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 6:30 p.m.

PRECITA PARK

Precita & Folsom, 285-2287 and www.sfneighborhoodparks.org for location; 641-0324 and www.bhoutdoorcine.org for event information. BYO blankets, lawn chairs, and picnics. Free.

SATURDAY (Sept. 29): Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema offers screenings of movies by local filmmakers in this area park, including Jay Rosenblatt's I Just Wanted to Be Somebody: Anita Bryant and, from 1971, Yasha Aginsky's Bernal Blues. Live music 5:30 p.m.; "Meet the Filmmakers" reception 6:30 p.m.; screenings 7:30 p.m.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER

1118 Fourth St. (at A St.), San Rafael, 454-1222, www.cafilm.org.WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: Deep Water (Louise Osmond, Jerry0x2028Rothwell, U.K. 2006) 6:30, 8:45 p.m. Strange Culture (Lynn Hershman Leeson, 2007) 6:45 p.m. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, France 2007) 7, 9:15 p.m. John Malkovich is being Gustav Klimt (Raoul Ruiz, France, 2006) 8:30 p.m.

STARTS FRIDAY: Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007) and In Search of Mozart (Phil Grabsky, U.K., 2006). See Opening for0x2028reviews. Call for times and other films.

SATURDAY: A colonial melodrama, The Rains Came (Clarence Brown, 1937) screens in a restored print with commentary by modern SFX experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt on how the film's earthquake and monsoon effects were achieved. 7 p.m.

RED VIC

1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com. There's a spot on the couch for you at this collectively owned rep house. $8.50 except as noted.

WEDNESDAY: "Three Short Films About Cooperatives" include Democracy in the Workplace 2, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY: Mexican border factories are documented in Maquilapolis (Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre, Mexico, 2006), screening as a benefit for IDEX. $15-$50 Reception 6:30 p.m.; film 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: Michael Moore's digressive tour of world health care, Sicko (2007) 7, 9:30 p.m.; also Sat & Sun 2, 4:25 p.m.

MONDAY & TUESDAY: Sara Lamm's entertaining look at the master soap maker and his highly literate product, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox (2006) 7:15, 9:15 p.m.

ROXIE FILM CENTER

3117 and 3125 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com. Short-run repertory on two screens, separated by a bar, in this adventurous affiliate of New College. $9 except as noted.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY:

Strange Culture (Lynn Hershman Leeson, 2007) 6, 8, 9:30 p.m.; also Wed 2, 4 p.m. 12:08 East of Bucharest (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 2006) 8:45 p.m.; also Wed 7 p.m.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY: The San Francisco Blues Festival screens films here this weekend. Tonight, Every Beat of My Heart: The Johnny Otis Story (Bruce Schmiechen, 2007) and the classic The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins (Les Blank, 1970) 9 p.m.

FRIDAY: S. F. DocFest screens here for ten days. Tonight, on Screen 1, Canadian suburbs are ruthlessly exposed in Radiant City (Burns and Brown, Canada) 5 p.m. What Would Jesus Buy? (VanAlkemade) 7 p.m. El Mechanico Loco (Jackson) 9:15 p.m. On Screen 2, U.S. soldiers flee to Canada, Breaking Ranks (Mason) 5 p.m. Orange Winter (Zagdansky, Ukraine) 7 p.m.

SATURDAY: DocFest – On Screen 1, TV horror hosts are American Scary (Hudgens) 12:30 p.m. Orange Winter 2:45 p.m. A 1970 battle in Cambodia at Shakey's Hill (Lloyd) 5 p.m. Damnwells' Golden Days (Suchorsky) 7 p.m. The struggles of gay hustlers in Cuba, Luchando (Stout, U.S.-Cuba) 9:15 p.m. On Screen 2, The true story behind Into the Wild, The Call of the Wild (Lamothe) 12:30 p.m. Dachshund races, Wiener Takes All (MacDougall) 2:45 p.m. wtf: an okaymentary (Thompson and Common) 5 p.m. A couple struggles, If You Succeed (Palmer and Arnold) 7 p.m.

SUNDAY & MONDAY: San Francisco Blues Fest screenings continue with Sacred Steel (Robert Stone), about the use of the steel guitar sound in black churches, and another Les Blank classic, A Well Spent Life (1972), about guitarist-songster Mance Lipscomb, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY: DocFest – On Screen 1, Buddha's Lost Children (Verkerk, Thailand) 12:30 p.m. The Call of the Wild 2:45 p.m. wtf: an okaymentary 5 p.m. Wiener Takes All 7 p.m. Radiant City 9:15 p.m. On Screen 2, Shakey's Hill 12:30 p.m. The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Morgan) 2:45 p.m. Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard (Collier) 5 p.m. What Would Jesus Buy? 7 p.m.

MONDAY: DocFest – On Screen 1, It's the New Pedestrianism with the New Urban Cowboy (no director credited) 5 p.m. The Power of Community 7 p.m. What Would Jesus Buy? 9:15 p.m. On Screen 2, Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa (Stulberg and Stulberg) 7 p.m.