FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 2/7 BAD COMPANY Till the day you die, ...
BAD COMPANY
'Till the day you die, right? It's also a new French film about mad love & teenage obsession; Film Forum; 209 W. Houston St. (6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices [through 2/20].
FROM CLASS CLOWN TO SOCIAL CRITIC: THE TELEVISION COMEDY OF GEORGE CARLIN
Ninety minutes of Carlin's best clips, sprinkled w/his commentary, incl. "Seven Words You Can Never Use on Television"; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 3/1].
KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI'S THE DECALOGUE
Ten-part series, w/each episode commenting on one of the Commandments, shown two parts at a time; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4157; call for times & prices [through 2/22].
SUPER BOWL: SUPER SHOWCASE FOR COMMERCIALS
Memorable tv ads since 1984; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 2/11].
JOHNNY TEMPLE & CHINA
Unsinkable Girls Against Boys bassist requests your presence at discussion by Danny Schechter, author of Falun Gong's Challenge to China; a doc. on that country's crisis; The Puffin Room, 435 Broome St. (B'way), 212-343-2881; 7, call for price.
WEDNESDAYS AT VOID
Tonight, Peter Bogdanovich's excellent slice of Americana, The Last Picture Show (1971) screens at Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492; 8.
Thursday 2/8
FILM SERIES ON SHORT STORIES
Today, The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-221-7676; 2:30, free.
Friday 2/9
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989); Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; 12 a.m., $5.50 [repeats Sat.].
A SERIOUS YET ENTICING SERIES OF SENSUAL FILMS BY ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL DIRECTORS
Today, Tatsumi Kumashiro's Love Bites Back (1988); Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155; 6:30, $9, $5 st./s.c.
THIS IS SPINAL TAP
If you haven't seen Rob "meat head" Reiner's classic, you're a communist & deserve everything you get!; Screening Room, 54 Varick St. (Canal St.), 212-334-2100; 12 a.m., call for price [repeats Sat.].
Saturday 2/10
'MO FUNNY: BLACK COMEDY IN AMERICA
Charles Dutton, Dick Gregory & Keenen Ivory Wayans handle narration in doc. on history of African-American comedy; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm.
A TREASURY OF FRENCH FILM
This week, Jean Cocteau's Beauty & the Beast (1946); YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, call for price [repeats Sun.].
Sunday 2/11
CRITICAL PASSIONS: MOVIES SELECTED BY THE NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
The Press' Armond White introduces Brian DePalma's The Fury (1978) at American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 4:30, call for price.
SILENT CLOWNS FILM SERIES
Four films feat. 1920s comedian Charley Chase screen at New-York Historical Society, 2 W. 77th St. (Central Pk. W.), 212-714-3575; call for times & prices.
Tuesday 2/13
NEW DIRECTIONS IN FRENCH FILM
Series continues today with Rosetta (1999), about young woman struggling to support herself; French Institute's Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; call for times, $8, $6 st.