Film & Video Wednesday 4/18 THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORYMeet the Jewish ...

| 16 Feb 2015 | 05:13

    THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY

    Meet the Jewish homosexual behind the Beatles; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 7:30, $8 [through 4/19].

     

    FILM IN VOID Today, Arthur Penn's Bonnie & Clyde, starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway & Gene Wilder (1967); 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492; 8, free.

     

    NICK PARK'S WORLD: THE ECCENTRIC ADVENTURES OF WALLACE & GROMMET Ninety minutes of Wallace & Grommit claymation, incl. British commercials & three films; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 5/13].

     

    POLO RALPH LAUREN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL See film & video by new artists; 212-854-7799 for location, times, prices & complete sched. [through 4/21].

     

    7TH AVIGNON/NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL Feat. a tribute to Jacqueline Bisset incl. screenings of The Grasshopper, Day for Night, Rich & Famous, The Ceremony & more; French Institute's Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160 for times, prices & complete sched. [through 4/22].

     

    TRAFFIK Five-part British television series that inspired the movie; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 4/29].

      Thursday 4/19

    J.W. COOP

    Western circa 1972, about cowboy who loses nine years to the man only to get out of the joint & back on a horse, is resurrected for one night only; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4111; 7:30, $9, $6 st.

     

    BENEFIT SCREENING OF ANIMATED PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS About HIV/AIDS, made by kids & teenagers at risk, sponsored by Women Make Movies; Pegasus, 119 E. 60th St. (Betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 212-888-4702; 7, $15.

     

    Friday 4/20

    GETCREA.TV FESTIVAL

    Shorts & features by Michael Britto, Cortlan McManus, Thomas Gallaghar & more; Millennium, 66 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd Ave. & the Bowery), 212-349-1038; call for times & prices.

     

    THE LAND Peasants & political oppression in 70s Egypt; NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-691-4267; 5:30, $8, $5 st./s.c.

     

    MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Oh no, Wizard of Oz accompanies Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon; Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; 12, $5.50.

     

    SHOKU: JAPANESE GOOD ON SCREEN First in series, The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1954), today at the Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-752-3015; 6:30, $9, $5 st./s.c.

     

    Saturday 4/21

    BAM KIDS' INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    Five feature length films & over 30 shorts; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-777-FILM; call for times & prices [through 4/22].

     

    Sunday 4/22

    OCULARIS

    Screens Woman in the Dunes (Japan, 1964), about dude trapped at bottom of sand pit w/mute, yet very sexually desirable female...generally acknowledged that the sand pit represents the man's need for Cheetos; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30, $6.

     

    CINFUL SUNDAYS Tonight, Sounds of the 70s, collection of BBC clips feat. the Rolling Stones, NY Dolls, Abba, the Faces, Blondie & more; Den of Cin beneath Two Boots, 44 Ave. A (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-254-3300; 8, 1 drink min.

     

    Monday 4/23

    GREAT PERFORMERS

    Pres. two Czech films: The Lion with a White Mane & Antonin Dvorak, A Documentary; Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; 6:30, $15.

     

    WOMAN IN THE MOON Christine Baczewski performs a "live visual soundscape" to Fritz Lang's 1929 silent feature; American Museum of Natural History, 79th St. (Central Park W.), 212-769-5200; 7, free w/mus. adm.

     

    Tuesday 4/24

    DINNER & A MOVIE

    Recommended for Francophones, weekly video screening w/English subtitles is followed by family-style dinner & discussion in French. Tonight, Alice et Martin (1998), a love affair directed by Andre Techine & starring Juliet Binoche; Columbia University's La Maison Francaise, 116th St., 2nd Fl. (B'way), 212-854-4482; 6:30, $5-$10.

     

    OF POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY: INDONESIAN STUDENTS ON THE MOVE Doc. about current political activism & violent death in Jakarta; Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers St. (Greenwich St.), 212-346-8000; 12, free.