FILM IN VOID
Today, Delbert Mann's Marty, starring Ernest Borgnine & Betsy Blair (1972); 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].
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 4/12
BREAKING THE RULES: THE CINEMA OF LARS VON TRIER
Today, an uncensored version of The Idiots (1998), about a group of people who live communally & amuse themselves by acting like idiots, letting their aggressions & sexuality run wild?in this version there are no black boxes over the penises, in Danish w/English subtitles; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4111; call for times & prices [repeats Fri.].
Friday 4/13
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN SHADOWS & LIGHT: ITALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Today, Carlo Di Palma paints Antonioni's Il Deserto Rosso (1964); Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500; 7, call for prices [through 7/28].
THE DEN OF CIN
Weekly cult classic series screens Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras; Den of Cin beneath Two Boots, 44 Ave. A (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-254-3300; 10, call for price [repeats Sat.].
Saturday 4/14
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
For all the wrong-headed, soulless film students, Peter Greenaway's stab at The Tempest?Prospero's Books (1991); Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; 7, $5.50.
PURE KORNGOLD
MOMA screens nine films scored by Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, continuing today w/The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9400; call for complete sched., free w/adm. [through 4/17].
Monday 4/16
OCULARIS
Screens Jim Shedden's 1999 doc. Brakhage; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $5.
7TH AVIGNON/NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
Begins today w/Kevin Saunders' new score to "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923) & 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].
Tuesday 4/17
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].
DINNER & A MOVIE
Recommended for Francophones, weekly video screening w/English subtitles is followed by family-style dinner & discussion in French. Tonight, Lola Montes (1955), about the scandalous groupie who counted Wagner & Liszt among her 42 conquests; Columbia University's La Maison Francaise, 116th St., 2nd Fl. (B'way), 212-854-4482; 6:30, $5-$10.
FILM & DISCUSSION IV: TRIUMPH OF EVIL
Here's one for Dubya, I mean President Dick "I'll have the heart attack special" Cheney?Frontline doc. examines role of Britain, France, Belgium, U.S. & the UN in the murder of 800,000 Tutsis by a Hutu majority in 1994; New-York Historical Society, 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400; 7, free.