FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 10/25 DOCKUMENTARY FILM SERIES Series on ...
DOCK'UMENTARY FILM SERIES
Series on music history feat. Martin Scorsese's 1978 concert film The Last Waltz starring The Band, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Ringo Starr & Eric Clapton. Screenings sponsored by Hudson River Park Trust; Picnic House, Pier 40 (W. Houston St.), 212-791-2530; 7:30, free.
FIVE FILMS BY JAY ROSENBLATT
King of the Jews, The Smell of Burning Ants, Short of Breath, Restricted & Human Remains; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:30, $8.
NY FESTIVAL OF RUSSIAN FILMS
Incl. several new features by up-and-comers; 212-619-3033 or www.NFRFilm.com for locations & complete sched. [through 10/29].
Thursday 10/26
DAIRY OF A CHAMBERMAID
Luis Bunuel's 1964 feature starring Jeanne Moreau ends limited run at Film Forum tonight; 209 W. Houston St. (6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices.
VIEWPOINT...LATIN AMERICA
Continues this afternoon w/Mexico: The Frozen Revolution (1971) & Decision to Win (1981) in Spanish w/English subtitles; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0618; 2:30, free.
Friday 10/27
BORN IN FLAMES
Screening of Lizzie Borden's feminist sci-fi thriller on whether a social/political system under which women can be equal even exists; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
THE BRITISH NEW WAVE
See 30 early 60s classics feat. young Albert Finney, Julie Christie & Richard Harris-types in Look Back in Anger, Tom Jones, This Sporting Life & more at Film Forum; 209 W. Houston St. (6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices [through 11/16].
GAY BERLIN: EAST & WEST OF THE WALL
Series continues w/Frank Ripploh's subtitled Taxi Zum Klo (1981); NYU's Deutsches Haus, 42 Washington Mews (University Pl.), 212-998-8663; 6:30, free.
SITUATING COMEDY
Series highlighting legendary comedians begins today w/the Three Stooges' Order in the Court (1936); Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-360-4321; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 11/22].
Saturday 10/28
RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
Series continues w/subtitled The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972); YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-755-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
WEEKEND CLASSICS
Watch that zany English classic Wonderwall & figure out meaning behind the Oasis song...maybe; Screening Room, 54 Varick (Canal St.), 212-334-2100; 1, call for price [repeats Sun.].
Sunday 10/29
LOU CHANEY: MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES
West of Zanzibar (1928) & Chaney's only talkie, a re-make of The Unholy Three (1930); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 2 & 4, respectively, call for prices.
FANNY OCH ALEXANDER
Directed by Ingmar Bergman (1983) in Swedish w/English subtitles; Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9781; 1, free w/adm.
Monday 10/30
ARTISTS LOOK AT 50 YEARS OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SPOTS
Screening of hour-long video called Political Advertisements, full of propaganda through the ages incl. 2000 election spots like "Rats" (that's a reference to Bush's commercial, not his party); Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-721-6500; 8, call for price.
EUGENE O'NEILL'S THE EMPEROR JONES
Wooster Group benefit screening of film directed by Elizabeth LeCompte feat. Willem DaFoe plus cocktail party at the Drawing Room; The Performing Garage, 33 Wooster St. (betw. Grand & Broome Sts.), 212-966-3651; call for times, $100-$250.
SHAKESPEARE WALLAH
Q&A w/Madhur Jaffrey follows screening; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Bklyn., 212-636-4111; 6:50, call for prices.
Tuesday 10/31
LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG
Catherine Deneuve stars in famous 1964 musical about star crossed lovers; French Institute, 22 E. 60th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6100; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 & 9, $8, $6 st.