Listings - Film & Video Wednesday 1/31 FROM CLASS ...

| 16 Feb 2015 | 05:07

    FROM CLASS CLOWN TO SOCIAL CRITIC: THE TELEVISION COMEDY OF GEORGE CARLIN

    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].

     

    WEDNESDAYS AT VOID Tonight, Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1959); Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492; 8.

     

    Thursday 2/1

    AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY: I'VE FALLEN & I CAN'T GET UP

    In honor of Black History Month, a screening of PBS's documentary on the life of an interracial family; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm.

     

    BROOKLYN YOUNG FILMMAKERS CENTER FILM SALON SERIES Evening of screenings & panel discussions on "Cultural Ignorance: Black & White, Foreigner & Immigrant"; 718-852-9342 for location; 5:30, $5.

     

    EXCLUSIONS & AWAKENINGS: THE LIFE OF MAXINE GREENE Big ego trip for philosopher?a doc. will be shown about her & then she'll show up for panel discussion; New School's Tishman Aud., 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-5488; 7, call for price.

     

    MOMENTO MORI: THE FILMS OF JIM HUBBARD Documentaries by co-founder of the NY Lesbian/Gay Experimental Film & Video Festival; Dumba, 57 Jay St. (betw. Front & Water Sts.), Bklyn., 718-670-3719; 9, call for price [through Fri.].

     

    THE TELL-TALE HEART & THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER A short interpretation of Poe's classic & a Roger Corman feature starring Vincent Price; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-221-7676; 2:30, free.

     

    Friday 2/2

    THE PATH OF RESISTANCE

    Series on political themes continues today with Hiroshima-Nagasaki, August 1945, Guadalcanal Requiem & more; Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9750; call for complete sched., free w/adm.

     

    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 2/3

    CRITICAL PASSIONS: MOVIES SELECTED BY THE NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

    Today, the Times' A.O. Scott pres. Robert Altman's The Player (1992); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 2, call for price.

     

    A TREASURY OF FRENCH FILM This week, Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Raven (1943); YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, call for price [repeats Sun.].

     

    Sunday 2/4

    THE SACRIFICE

    Today, Andrei Tarkovsky examines the greater good, nuclear war & witches (1986); Ocularis at Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 6:30 & 9:30, $5.

     

    Tuesday 2/6

    NEW DIRECTIONS IN FRENCH FILM

    Series continues today with Fin aout debut septembre (1998), Olivier Assayas' feature about one writing couple's love & rivalry; French Institute's Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; call for times, $8.