FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 11/1 FEATURING...BRAZIL: INSIDE & OUT ...
Wednesday 11/1
FEATURING...BRAZIL: INSIDE & OUT
Our Indians (1996), The Yanomamo: A Multidiscinplinary Study (1968) & Contact: The Yanomami Indians of Brazil (1990); Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-0618; 1:30, free.
INNOVATIVE ICELANDIC FILMS
Film series starts w/NYC premiere of Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's (boy, things sure must be different over there) latest feature Angels of the Universe; Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. (37th St.), 212-779-3587; 6:30, call for price.
PASOLINI RETROSPECTIVE
Continues today w/The Decameron plus additional sequence (7) & The Canterbury Tales (9:30); Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5110; call for prices & complete sched. [through 11/8].
Thursday 11/2
GERMANY 2000: NEW FILMS
Festival begins today w/Viet Helmer's 1999 feature, Tuvalu, shot entirely in a pool; Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9400 for complete sched.; 2:30 & 8:15, free w/adm. [through 11/19].
NOVEMBER VIDEO THURSDAYS
New series kicks off w/Karel Capek adaptation of Man Against Destruction (1989); Czech Center, 1109 Madison Ave., 2nd fl. (83rd St.), 212-288-0830; 7, free.
Friday 11/3
ANNUAL MARGARET MEAD FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
Begins w/Mira Nair retrospective; American Museum of Natural History, 79th St. (Central Pk. W.), 212-769-5100; call for times, prices & complete sched. [through 11/11].
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/Heiner Carow's Coming Out (1989); NYU's Deutsches Haus, 42 Washington Mews (University Pl.), 212-998-8663; 6:30, free.
SITUATING COMEDY
Series highlighting legendary comedians continues at the Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-360-4321; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 11/22].
Saturday 11/4
L'ARCHE DU DESERT
Mohamed Chouikh directs Algerian film?in Arabic w/English subtitles (1997); NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-807-9420; 5:30, $8, $5 st. & s.c.
RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
Series continues w/subtitled The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972); YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-755-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Sunday 11/5
ASBURY SHORT FILM SHOW
Sopranos star Edie Falco hosts screening of winning shorts from festivals across USA; Sony Studios, 460 W. 53rd St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 718-832-7848; 7, $20.
VISIONS OF NEW YORK: FILMS FROM THE 1960S UNDERGROUND
Today, view shorts by Alfred Leslie, Kenneth Anger & Andy Warhol; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520 or www.ammi.org; call for times, prices & complete sched.
Monday 11/6
FREE FROM THE VAULT
Agnes Varda's Black Panthers (1968) plus Ladies & Gentlemen Mr. Leonard Cohen (1969); Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, free.
Tuesday 11/7
ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL
Thirty-ninth annual traveling show showcases animation & documentaries plus narrative & short films; Roone Arledge Cinema, Columbia Univ., W. 115th St. (B'way), 212-853-8689; 4, $5.
EMPIRES OF PASSION: THE CINEMA OF OBSESSION
David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) w/William Holden & Alec Guinness; Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 212-864-5400; 7, $9, $8 s.c.