Because the fest circuit joke is: If you don’t like one, there’s always another
“Short but True”: “575 Castro Street,” by whip- smart director Jenni Olson, is one of eight short- form documentaries bundled into this package. The film trains its gaze on the San Francisco locale that was once Harvey Milk’s camera shop. The soundtrack is archival tapes made by Milk before his 1978 murder.
Playing: Starz FilmCenter, 2:45 p.m.
Because people drag their baggage long distances
“Buick Riviera”: In a heralded debut, Croat writer-director Goran Rusinovic explores how ethnic hatreds expressed in one land play out in another when a Bosnian Serb and a Muslim meet in the barren landscape of North Dakota. Playing: Starz FilmCenter, 4 p.m.
Because it should be talent, not death, that makes a legend
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”: Heath Ledger, right, appears in Terry Gilliam’s plunge into dark fantasy. Because of the actor’s tragic death, his character is also portrayed by Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell, among others. Christopher Plummer is the doc of the title. He made a Faustian bargain and the bill is coming due.
Playing: King Center, 7 p.m.
