Repertory Film Listings

After ten years, this will be my last "Reps Etc." column. Send information about future screenings to michael.leaverton@sfweekly.com. Thanks to everyone who has helped with the column over the past decade – especially Deborah Lewis, who copy-edited it for its first nine years. I hope many readers found it useful in locating good alternative cinema. Thanks for the use of the hall. – Gregg Rickman

429 Castro (near Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com. Short-run rep in a spectacular 1922 Greco-Roman-themed palace designed by Timothy L. Pflueger. Evening intermissions feature David Hegarty on the Mighty Wurlitzer. $10 save as noted.

WEDNESDAY: Two Hollywood nightmares, Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001; 2, 7 p.m.) and the Lynch-influenced Barton Fink (Joel Coen, 1991; 4:45, 9:45 p.m.). "I'll show you the life of the mind!"

THURSDAY: The Second Annual Good Vibrations Amateur Erotic Film Competition. Hey! Isn't that you up there? Reception and screening $30 6:30 p.m. Screening only $15 8 p.m.

FRIDAY: Connie Francis, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, and other youngsters splash on the suntan lotion in 1960's Where the Boys Are (Henry Levin) 7, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY: Connie Francis: The Legend Continues presents the singer in concert. "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You." 8 p.m.

SUNDAY: A triple bill of "Queen of Technicolor" Maria Montez features: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arthur Lubin, 1944; 2, 7 p.m.), Cobra Woman (Robert Siodmak, 1944; 3:50, 8:50 p.m.) and Arabian Nights (John Rawlins, 1942; 5:15 p.m.).

MONDAY: Closed.

TUESDAY: An Ingmar Bergman tribute screens two of his angstier late-1960s features, The Passion of Anna (Sweden, 1969, 3, 7 p.m.) and Shame (Sweden, 1968; 1, 5, 9 p.m.), the latter a rare grappling with social issues outside of Ingmar's id.

DARK ROOM THEATRE

2263 Mission (between 18th and 19th "between the pawn shop and the Laundromat"), 401-7987, www.darkroomsf.com. Live cabaret, plus regular film screenings with audience cat-calling encouraged. $5.

SUNDAY (Oct. 14): "Bad Movie Night" continues a bad remake series with Jaume Collet-Serra's (who?) 2005 version of House of Wax, a.k.a. "That Movie Where Paris Hilton Gets Killed" 8 p.m.

GEORGE LUCAS THEATER

Kerner Optical, 90 Windward Way, San Rafael, (877) 874-MVFF and www.mvff.com for the event-sponsoring Mill Valley Film Festival. $15.

SATURDAY (Oct. 13): ILM's physical effects department hosts "Filmmaking's Next Dimension: An Insider's Look," a preview of coming 3-D attractions 2 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 (Oct. 12): A spy series screens the still-funny 1960s spoof The President's Analyst (Theodore J. Flicker, 1967), which could be remade today with little change! The phone company is still evil ... 6:30 p.m.

RAFAEL FILM CENTER

1118 Fourth St. (at A Street), San Rafael, 454-1222 and www.cafilm.org for venue, (877) 874-MVFF andwww.mvff.com for the Mill Valley Film Festival, here starting Thursday.

WEDNESDAY: The 30th Mill Valley Film Festival continues with "I'm Your Man" (shorts) 5 p.m. Mr. Dial Has Something to Say (Sean Penn, 2007) 6 p.m. A "Spotlight on Terry George" screens his film Reservation Road. Film and reception $75, film only $25 7 p.m. The Price of Sugar (Haney) 7:15 p.m. Riding Solo to the Top of the World (Jani, India) 8:15 p.m. Drained (Dhalia, Brazil) 9:45 p.m.

THURSDAY: Mill Valley – "Outer and Inner Spaces" (shorts) 4 p.m. "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" (shorts) 5 p.m. Blame It on Fidel (Gavras) 6 p.m. The festival's Centerpiece features Christopher Plummer in Man in the Chair (Michael Schroeder). Film and reception $35, film only $15 6:30 p.m. Kobra's Decision (Sassanpour, Iran) 7:15 p.m. Yella (Petzold, Germany) 8:30 p.m. Presque Isle (Nilsson) 9:15 p.m. Mind the Gap (Bergström, Sweden) 9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: Mill Valley – "Outer and Inner Spaces" 4:30 p.m. My Enemy's Enemy (Macdonald, France/U.K.) 4:45 p.m. "There is a War" (shorts) 5 p.m. Things We Lost in the Fire (Bier) 7 p.m. Elvis and Anabelle (Geiger) 7:15 p.m. The Rind (Ameglio, Uruguay) 9:30 p.m. Frozen Life (shin, Japan) 9:45 p.m. The Orphanage (Bayona, Spain) 10 p.m.

SATURDAY: Mill Valley – Luna (McBrearty, Canada) 10 a.m. "The iGeneration Download " (shorts) 11 a.m. Djanta (Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso) noon. The Rind 12:30 p.m. Postcards from Tora Bora (Osman and Dolak, U.S./Afghanistan) 1:30 p.m. Que Viva la Lucha (Vasquez, U.S./Mexico) 2:30 p.m. Compound Eye (soon) 2:45 p.m. Women of Tibet (Rawcliffe) 3:30 p.m. Autism: The Musical (Regan) 4:30 p.m. Four Sheets to the Wind (Harjo) 5 p.m. A Spotlight on Jennifer Jason Leigh features her in Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding. Film and reception $60, film only $25 6:30 p.m. Clouds Over Conakry (Camara, Guinea) 7 p.m. Used (Nilsson) 7:15 p.m. Go Together (Nilsson) 9:15 p.m. The Secrets (Nesher, Israel/France) 9:30 p.m. London to Brighton (Williams, U.K.) 9:45 p.m.