FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 11/3 FILM IN VOID Free screenings in cyberlounge. ...
FILM IN VOID
Free screenings in cyberlounge. Today, All the President's Men starring Dustin Hoffman & Robert Redford; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 941-6482; 8:30.
SMOKE
Video screening of film by Tomás Vorel; Czech Center, 1109 Madison Ave., 2nd Fl. (83rd St.), 288-0830 ext.100; 8, free.
TEN YEARS AFTER: THE WALL
Film series in conjunction with German Information Center explores effects of the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ago, feat. Himmel ohne Sterne (Sky without Stars); Goethe Institut, 1014 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 439-8707; 6, free w/adm. [through 11/24].
VIDEODROME
Exhibition of recent video works that feat. a different artist each day. Today, Daniel Pflumm is featured; New Museum of Contemporary Art, 583 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 219-1222; 12-8, free [through 11/11].
Thursday 11/4
BAMCINÉMATEK
Bo Widerberg retrospective. Today, 1965s Love 65 is screened at BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Brooklyn, 718-636-4157; 5:30 & 8:30, $8.50, $5 st./s.c. [through 11/12].
CINE-NOIR FILM SOCIETY
Burt Kennedy's Hannie Caudler starring Raquel Welch & Robert Culp (9); Hikmet Avedis' Scorchy starring Connie Stevens (midnight); Pink Pony, 176 Ludlow St. (betw. E. Houston & Stanton St.), 253-1922; $3 & free, respectively.
NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM
Preview of selected segments & discussion with director, Ric Burns; doc. premieres Nov. 14 on Thirteen/WNET; New School's Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 229-5488, res. req.; 7, $10.
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT: R.E.M. ON TV
Ninety minute screening feat. music video clips, live performances & doc. footage of This Way Up & Uptake (Fri. at 7 & 8) taken from most recent album, Up; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6800; Thurs. at 6, Sat. & Sun. at 4, free w/adm. [through 11/28].
VIDEODROME
Exhibition of recent video works that feat. a different artist each day. Today, Tania Bruguera is featured; New Museum of Contemporary Art, 583 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 219-1222; 12-8, free [through 11/11].
VIDEO LOUNGE
Mix NYC pres. series focusing on animated, experimental & doc. videos by new artists; Knitting Factory Alterknit Theater, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 219-3055; 7, $6.
Friday 11/5
Brooklyn Babylon Cinema
Monthly screenings in D.U.M.B.O. Today, "Survival Screening" feat. three 16 mm shorts incl. "Kalin's Prayer," "Daughter Rite" & "Fly Away Homo;" Brooklyn Babylon Cinema at Dumba, 57 Jay St. (betw. Front & Water Sts.), Brooklyn, 718-726-2686; 9.
PERSONAL CINEMA SERIES
New indie & avant-garde film & video projections by local artists, usually followed by Q&A with filmmaker. Tonight, tribute to Rudy Burckhardt incl. shorts, "Inside Dope" & "The Nude Pond;" Millennium, 66 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & 2nd Ave.), 673-0090; 8, $7.
VIDEODROME
Exhibition of recent video works that feat. a different artist each day. Today, Tracey Rose is featured; New Museum of Contemporary Art, 583 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 219-1222; 12-8, free [through 11/11].
Saturday 11/6
BAMCINÉMATEK
Bo Widerberg retrospective. Today, 1967s Elvira Madigan is screened at BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Brooklyn, 718-636-4157; 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30, $8.50, $5 st./s.c. [through 11/12].
THE COOL WORLD: AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO 1950-2000
Today, shorts by the following West Coast filmmakers are screened, "Bruce Baillie" (12), "In Person: George Kuchar" (2), "In Person: Owen Land" (4) & "Friday, Apple Blossoms: An Intermedia Evening for Dick Higgins" (7); Whitney Museum of American Art, 954 Madison Ave. (75th St.), 570-3676; $6 (free w/ adm.).
FAMILY CLASSICS OF THE SILENT SCREEN
Safety Last starring Harold Lloyd shown on the big screen with piano accompaniment, preceded by Chaplin short; New-York Historical Society, 2 W. 77th St. (Central Pk. W.), 873-3400; 2, $6
THE LIFETIME SERIES
Films of Katherine Hepburn. Screening of A Bill of Divorcement directed by George Cukor (1); The 1935 hit, Alice Adams (2:30); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.
PERSONAL CINEMA SERIES
New indie & avant-guarde film & video projections by local artists, usually followed by Q&A with filmmaker. Tonight, "Duet for Spies" & premiere of "The Incredible Disappearing Book;" Millennium, 66 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & 2nd Ave.), 673-0090; 8, $7.
VIDEODROME
Exhibition of recent video works that feat. a different artist each day. Today, Kristin Lucas is featured; New Museum of Contemporary Art, 583 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 219-1222; 12-8, free [through 11/11].
YMCA CINE-CLUB
Jean-Luc Godard's Tout Va Bien; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 735-9717; 4, $7 [repeats 11/7].
Sunday 11/7
THE COOL WORLD: AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO 1950-2000
More shorts by West Coast filmmakers. Screenings incl. "Spring Equinox 1966: The Magick Lantern Cycle of Kenneth Anger" (12), "Bruce Conner" (2), "Robert Nelson" (4); Whitney Museum of American Art, 954 Madison Ave. (75th St.), 570-3676; $6 (free w/ adm.).
THE LIFETIME SERIES
Films of Katherine Hepburn. Screening of Stage Door starring Ginger Rogers & Adolphe Menjou (2); Howard Hanks' Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant (4); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.
VIDEODROME
Exhibition of recent video works that feat. a different artist each day. Today, Gregor Schneider is featured; New Museum of Contemporary Art, 583 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 219-1222; 12-8, free [through 11/11].
ywca cine-club
Jean-Luc Godard series continues with Tout Va Bien; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 735-9717; 4, $7 [repeats 10/3].
Monday 11/8
MONDAY MOVIES '99
Columbia University's Robert Mitchum Mini-Festival. Tonight, the 1954 River of No Return starring Marilyn Monroe (6) & film that inspired Martin Scorsese's remake, Cape Fear (8); Miller Theatre, Columbia Univ., 2960 Broadway (116th St.), 854-7799; $10.
MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES
Kelly Reichardt & Jim Lyons curate November screening series. Tonight, Jeff Krulik pres. Ernest Borgnine on the Bus & Heavy Metal Parking Lot feat. headbangers Judas Priest; Tonic, 107 Norfolk St. (betw. Delancey & Rivington Sts.), 358-7501; 9, $4.
SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Third annual festival allows moviegoers to screen several movies in a particular category, incl. animation, comedy, doc., drama, experimental & student films. More than 70 films from 15 countries will be screened in three days; Sony Lincoln Sq., 67th St. (B'way), 336-5051 or www.shorts.org; call for schedule, $9.50 [through 11/10].
Tuesday 11/9
FIAF CINÉCLUB
Benoît Jacquot's 1998 flick about sexual power L'Ecole de la chair (The School of Flesh) with English subtitles; French Institute's Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 355-6100; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 & 9, $7, $5.50 st.
LIGHT+SCREEN
New York's weekly DIY film festival, tonight feat. Paul Baker's comedy, Crash My Funeral. Filmmakers are encouraged to share their shorts (under 15 mins.) for public viewing; Siberia Bar, 250 W. 50th St. (B'way), 977-9203; 9, $2 contrib.
MY OWN COUNTRY
Tale of AIDS patients living in the Smoky Mountains, followed by discussion with Mira Nair; Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. (70th St.), 517-ASIA; 6:30, $15.
TEN YEARS AFTER: THE WALL
Film series in conjunction with German Information Center explores the effects of the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ago, feat. Zeitenwende by Bernd Lasdin; Goethe Institut, 1014 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 439-8707; 6, free w/adm. [through 11/24].
VIDEODROME
Exhibition of recent video works that feat. a different artist each day. Today, Momoyo Torimitsu is featured; New Museum of Contemporary Art, 583 B'way (betw. Prince & Houston Sts.), 219-1222; 12-8, free [through 11/11].