FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 10/04 ORSON WELLES: ON STAGE/ON FILM Screening ...
ORSON WELLES: ON STAGE/ON FILM
Screening of The Magnificent Ambersons followed by Cinemachat session w/Elliott Stein; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-623-2770; 6:50, $8.50.
TWO TREVORS GOT TO WASHINGTON
Film about grassroots movement to stop globalization as seen through eyes of two politically opposed South African men; New School's Tishman Aud., 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-5488; call for times, $5.
Thursday 10/05
AN DER MAUER, AUF DER LAUER (LYING IN WAIT BY THE WALL)
Video series which compiles works of 13 artists about the Berlin Wall begins today; Goethe Institut, 1014 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-439-8700; 7, call for price [through 10/12].
FEATURING. . .LATIN AMERICA: VOICES OF REVOLUTION
Leacock & Albert Maysles' Yanki No! & Obie Benz's Americas in Transition; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-620-0619; 2:30, free.
THE LOST CHILDHOOD
Series focused on this theme begins today with The Night of the Hunter, which aside from explaining origin of "love & hate" tattoos, is in same league as The 400 Blows on subject of tragic childhood; Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9781; call for times & prices.
Friday 10/06
50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING OF ALL ABOUT EVE
"Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" Re-release of classic Bette Davis begins today; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices [through 10/12].
FIRST ANNUAL NYC S&M FILM FESTIVAL
Today: Bloodsisters, a doc. chronicling San Francisco S&M scene among women; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5110; 7, call for price.
TEN O'CLOCK MOCK
This week: Marlon Brando in the original biker movie, The Wild Bunch (and if you can read this, the bitch fell off); Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), RSVP 212-677-1027; 8 & 10:30. $5.50.
Saturday 10/07
LOU CHANEY: MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES
Kevin Brownlow's doc. on legendary 20s star of The Phantom of the Opera, The Unknown & The Wicked Darling premieres today; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 4, $8.
NY FILM FESTIVAL'S VIEWS FROM THE AVANT-GARDE
Shorts by Peter Hutton, Nathaniel Dorsky, Sharon Lockhart & many more?special open captioned screenings available; Film Society of Lincoln Center, W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; call for times & prices [repeats Sun. & Mon.].
RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
Series continues w/subtitled Gotter des Pest about two petty thieves; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-755-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Sunday 10/08
FEATURE FILM SUNDAYS AT VOID
This week: Hitchcock's Vertigo starring little Jimmy Stewart & Kim Novak; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492; 8, free.
Monday 10/09
EARLY FILMS BY GREAT DIRECTORS AT OCULARIS
Shorts by Welles, DePalma, Ken Russell, Scorsese & Paul Bartel; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $5.
Tuesday 10/10
AFTER THE TRUTH
Feature film about fictional reemergence & trial of Josef Mengele, the man responsible for medical experiments on & subsequent death of over 400,000 Auschwitz inmates?in German w/English subtitles; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 7:30, $8.
DINNER & A MOVIE
Feature film followed by meal & discussion in French. This week: Claude Zidi's Les Ripoux (1987); Columbia University's La Maison Francaise, 116th St., 2nd Fl. (B'way), RSVP 212-854-4482; 6:30, $5-$10.
EMPIRES OF PASSION: THE CINEMA OF OBSESSION
King Vidor's 1949 The Fountainhead (7); Michael Powell's 1948 The Red Shoes (9:15); Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 212-864-5400; $9, $8 s.c.
LA PEAU DOUCE (THE SOFT SKIN)
Truffaut's 1964 flick about a pop singer awaiting medical diagnosis?in French w/English subtitles; French Institute, 22 E. 60th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6100; 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 & 9, $8, $6 st.