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Still waters run deep: Jia Zhang-ke's "Still Life" rises at the Roxie. (Photo courtesy SFFS)

May 13 - 19

You don’t need to pass through a metal detector to travel the world this weekend. San Francisco’s moviehouses and exhibition spaces open out to the world—both as it is and as it was. The Johnny Ray Huston-Konrad Steiner-curated Kino21 Warren Sonbert retrospective at SF Camerawork features the travel montage-meditation Carriage Trade. Christian Bruno and Natalija Vekic’s From Saturday to Sunday is described as a "call-and-response between their visions of Mexico City, Paris, New York, Budapest and Northern California." At the Roxie, Jia Zhang-ke’s evocative Still Life delivers us into the personal lives of displaced people around the Three Gorges Dam project. And San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s "Around ’68" series reflects on revolution here and there, then and now, with Rojo Amanecer (Red Dawn), Summer ’68, 79 Springtimes of Ho Chi Minh, and many more upcoming.

"An Evocation of Place:" May 17

The Exploratorium shows a series of shorts on place, featuring works by Marina McDougall, Bruce Baillie, Michael Rudnick—and a new one from Christian Bruno and Natalija Vekic, From Saturday to Sunday, a side-by-side projection of Super-8mm film, described as a "call-and-response between their visions of Mexico City, Paris, New York, Budapest and Northern California."

"Around '68:" through May 31

Forty years ago, Paris, San Francisco and most parts of the world were considering—if not actively involved in—revolutionary acts. SFMOMA’s "Around ’68" series of films takes ’68 as a starting point and connects the moment to others. This week’s screenings are Rojo Amanecer ("Red Dawn," Thurs/15, 6:30 p.m. and Sat/17, 1 p.m.), Summer ’68 and 79 Springtimes of Ho Chi Minh (Sat/17, 3 p.m.). More at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

"James Stewart, American Icon:" May 18 - June 22

A screening of the now 50-year-old Vertigo (Sun/18) opens a series celebrating the 100 years since Jimmy Stewart was born. More at the Smith Rafael Film Center.

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