FILM & VIDEO Thursday 9/28 FEATURING. . .CARMEN Series continues w/Radley ...
FEATURING. . .CARMEN
Series continues w/Radley Metzger's 1967 Carmen Baby; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-620-0619; 2:30 & 6, free.
HOUSE OF WAX
Last day to see 1953 Vincent Price thriller in 3-D plus Bugs Bunny's only 3-D cartoon; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices.
SNEAK PREVIEW OF GIRLFIGHT
Followed by q&a w/director Karyn Kusama & Michelle Rodriguez; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-623-2770; 6:30, $8.50.
Friday 9/29
TRAVELLING FILM SOUTH ASIA 2000
Three-day documentary festival kicks off w/Three Women & a Camera; www.filmsouthasia.homepage.com for locations & complete schedule; 7:30, $10-$25.
Saturday 9/30
CHINA TOWN
Roman Polanski directs restored edition starring Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 6:30, $8 [repeats Sun].
RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
Series continues w/subtitled Effie Briest, one more about a woman having an affair from the guy known for pushing his actresses out the window; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-755-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
RIDE LONESOME: BUD BOETTICHER RETROSPECTIVE
The Rise & Fall of Legs Diamond (2); Buchanan Rides Alone (4); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; $8.
Sunday 10/01
BLUE VELVET
Lynch classic proves once & for all nothing good ever comes from finding an ear; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492; 8, free.
Monday 10/02
LE DINER DE CONS
Fances Veber directs 1998 feature from writers of La Cage aux Folles about an executive so bored w/life he invents "idiot dinners," hosting guests who embody aspects of human stupidity; La Maison Francaise, 116th St. (B'way), 212-854-4482; 6:30 & 8:45, $8, $5 st. & s.c.
PASSION & DEFIANCE: SILENT DIVAS OF THE ITALIAN CINEMA
Two films from the 20s, La Storia Di Una Donna & Il Quadro Di Osvaldo Mars, w/accompaniment by Donald Sosin; Film Society of Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; 6 & 8:30, $9.
Tuesday 10/03
EMPIRES OF PASSION: THE CINEMA OF OBSESSION
William Wyler's 1965 The Collector (7); Fritz Lang's 1931 M (9:15); Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 212-864-5400; $9, $8 s.c.
FIRST ANNUAL NYC S&M FILM FESTIVAL
Kicks off today w/The Good, The Bad & The Ridiculous: S/M At The Movies; 24 Bond St. (Lafayette St.), 212-388-7022; 8, call for prices.
FROM SWASTIKA TO JIM CROW
Based on book by Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb, panel discussion follows; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9, $15 & $8, respectively.
L'HOMME QUI AIMAIT LES FEMMES
Truffaut's 1977, no doubt semi-autobiographical flick about middle aged skirt chaser in French w/English subtitles; French Institute, 22 E. 60th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6100; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 & 9, $8, $6 st.