-- Unspeakable (2007): Documentary about the life of Satanic Priest Steven Johnson Leyba, "ordained by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, is known in the underground art world as the 'Father of Sexpressionism.'" (Chortle) Screens tonight at 7:45 p.m., 9:05 at the Roxie New College Film Center; $6. -- The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Local comedian's show, it seems, is "designed to end racism...in about an hour." Praise Jesus. This night o' comedy will......

-- Cabaret for Humanity: Cabaret isn't just about getting drunk while telling self-centered stories about your life. Sometimes they give back. One of the city's best venues is getting all benefitt-y on our asses. This evening (and tomorrow night) they host an all-star lineup of local talent including, Tony Koester Kim Kuzma, Irene Soderberg, Veronica Klaus, Paul Elia, Basic Black & the Rob Evans Quartet, Joe Collins, Meg Mackay, Ethyl Merman, Mark Miller, Mercedez......

-- Judy Butterfield: Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, and more come to life via seventeen-year-old Judy Butterfield. Wait, she's seventeen and headlining at the Plush Room already? We were robo-tripping at that age. Christ, that's amazing. OK then. She sings at 8 p.m. at The Empire Plush Room, 940 Sutter; $25. -- The Devil Came on Horseback: The U.S. isn't the only country that loves a good rape and murder spree on foreign soils. Take, for......

We really love these guys, and you should love them too! The Del Sol Quartet performs works by 20th and 21st century women composers in Berkeley tonight (and one male composer too) in their "Umbilical Chords: Women Composers and the Creative Process" program. And in interesting modern music trivia, one of the women composers (Ruth Crawford) is folk singer Pete Seeger's mother. Del Sol plays at the Ashby Stage (1901 Ashby, x MLK, right across......

Call it the calm before the storm, or a brief respite from the dudely bravado of the District 6 and other election campaigning, but we are thrilled that we have multiple women's literature events to attend tonight: The Madrone Lounge (500 Divisadero at Fell) presents a joint reading with The May Queen contributors and editor Christina Amini and contributors from Before The Mortgage. The May Queen describes itself as a "fascinating collection of 27......

SF Indie's Another Hole In The Head is the film fest we enjoy the most (that's why we sponsor it), and we couldn't be happier to see it back for its third year of blood, guts, and mayhem. Last year, we saw nearly every film at the fest, and have the post traumatic stress disorder to prove it. This year is no different, with SFist's crack film fest team at the Roxie Film Center nearly......

After a long day of internet shenanigans, sometimes it's nice to see things from a different, more youthful perspective, like that in tomorrow's ALIVE @ 9th Street event. Entitled "The Digital Generation", it's "an examination of blogging, podcasting, streaming video, and other digital media in filmmaking strategy". A panel including New Jewish Filmmaking Project's Sam Ball and Klaira Markenzon, Youth Sounds' Erica Eng, and TILT's Tina Bartolome (TILT) will discuss how "media, culture, and......

Our friends at The Roxie Film Center love SFist readers! They love them sooooo much, that they want to give a few lucky readers passes for themselves and a guest to any of their screenings of The Outsider between Friday, April 7 and Thursday, April 13. No, no one will be saying "Stay gold, Ponyboy" in this documentary about filmmaker James Toback, writer and director of movies like Black and White, Fingers, and Bugsy.......

The name on everybody's lips is gonna be..... The New College Roxie Film Center! Ending years of nail-biting and speculation, the Roxie Theater on 16th and Valencia has been saved from shuttering by its neighbors the New College. The New College received an anonymous $200,000 donation earmarked to pay off the Roxie's debts and to turn the theater into a nonprofit. Bill Banning, who used to own the Roxie, will stay on as a film programmer, but the day-to-day operations have been turned over to new executive director Allyce Bass and the New College Media and Film Studies department chair Mary Ellen Churchill. The Roxie will continue to screen movies, but will also double as a classroom during the day, and they'll have special events there too. The Roxie Film Center will have its grand opening on April 7. Cineaste Gavin Newsom'll be there, and issued the following statement: "As small independent theaters struggle, New College and the Roxie are keeping the spirit of independent film alive." Truly, the language of cinema -- it's universal! ...

The 9th Street Independent Film Center might have the most interesting activities in town. When there's not a http://www.sfist.com/archives/2005/10/18/look_where_your_prom_footage_might_have_ended_up.php">film forum event going on, there's always the Hammer video auditions. It's like a very, very arty Round Table Pizza! Step foot in the place where all the magic happens as the ALIVE @ 9th Street series continues with with “Don’t Ask, Do Tell”, "an examination of taboo cultural secrets that filmmakers both explore and avoid......

Well, the Film Arts Festival may be at its end, but that doesn't mean we're done giving away passes quite yet! Enter by midnight tonight to get passes for you and your guest to see One Bright Shining Moment tomorrow night at 7 p.m., at the Rafael Film Center. That's right, you can be one of the first folks to see this documentary on the George McGovern presidential campaign, which "illustrates how that moment......

We here at SFist are looking forward to the The 21st Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, which runs from Nov 3-9 at the Kanbar Hall and the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco, at the Parkway in Oakland, and at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael. Film Arts and Larsen Associates are offering free passes to several of the Fest screenings to SFist readers, starting with today's giveaway of passes for you and......

Have you ever been in the 9th Street Independent Film Center? We feel arty just walking in there, even before we visit the offices of the many local independent film organizations housed there. You, too, can get that arty feelin' this Wednesay night at 7 p.m. as the center begins its second season of the ALIVE @ 9th Street film forum series with “Home Movie Heroics”. Several home movies will be screened and discussed,......