FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 4/5 FASSBINDER: THE LATE SEVENTIES Fassbinder retrospective feat. ...
FASSBINDER: THE LATE SEVENTIES
Fassbinder retrospective feat. 1976 twisted tale of fate & buying love, I Only Want You to Love Me; Goethe Institut, 1014 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 439-8700; 7, $3 contrib. [through 5/24].
FEATURING...LET'S GET LOST
Series focuses on extraordinary & risky cinematic expeditions. Today, Werner Herzog's German Aguirre, the Wrath of God with English subtitles; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619; 2:30, free.
The fountain of youth
First authorized public screening in 40 years of Orson Welles' television pilot; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 5/7].
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: SONDHEIM TONIGHT
Retrospective celebrates composer's 70th birthday; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 4/9].
Thursday 4/6
NOW & AGAIN
Part of CBS series, followed by seminar with producers & actors from show; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 7, $10.
JEAN ROUCH: CHRONICLES OF AFRICAN MODERNITY
NYU's three-day retrospective for French anthropologist & filmmaker, in collaboration with Jean Rouch: Photographer exhibition at La Masion Française; 998-3759 for locations & times [through 4/8].
VIEWPOINT...BALLET: DANCES & THE DANCE
Series explores documented performances on film incl. short, "In a Rehearsal Room" & Frederick Wiseman's Ballet, starring The American Ballet Theater; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619 or 621-0629; 2:30, free.
Friday 4/7
BROOKLYN BABYLON CINEMA
Monthly film series feat. experimental shorts on "Anti-religious! Sacreligious! Blasphemous! Impious, too!"; Dumba, 57 Jay St. (betw. Front & Water Sts.), 718-670-3719; 9, contrib.
TIME CODE
Filmmaker Mike Figgis (Leaving Los Vegas) pres. film for preview screening at American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-4520; 7, $16.
Saturday 4/8
FILM IN VOID
Film screenings in the cyberlounge; this week: Hal Ashby's Harold & Maude; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 941-6492; 8, free.
4 WOMEN + FILM = RAYNAL/ROMAND/SONTAG/VARDA
Series focuses on women filmmakers?call for schedule; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 755-9717; 4, $7 [repeats Sun. at 4, through 4/16].
VIsion & modernity
Series revisits Fritz Lang's 1931 doc. M about Berlin serial killer, preceded by lecture (2); Tom Gunning introduces Paramount's 1938 You & Me feat. the music of Kurt Weill (4:30); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5 st./s.c. [through 4/30].
Sunday 4/9
ocularis
Madness breaks out when small German town loses their ability to produce Ruby glass, Heart of Glass, Werner Herzog directs; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30, $5.
VIsion & modernity
Series revisits Fritz Lang's silent film Destiny starring Lil Dagover & Walter Janssen (2); Lang's last film in German, banned by the Nazis, The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (4); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5 st./s.c. [through 4/30].
Monday 4/10
MONDAY NIGHTS AT TONIC
Weekly screenings at 9, call for info.; Tonic, 107 Norfolk St. (betw. Delancey & Rivington Sts.), 358-7501; 8:15, $4.
ocularis
Luther Price's Super8 film about psychosexual adventures entitled A; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $5.
Tuesday 4/11
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL 2000
Today kicks off week-long festival of films, digital efforts & screenplays by upcoming filmmakers. Opening night is Screenwriters Night at Lighthouse, 111 E. 59th St. (betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 854-1547 or www.newworksfestival.com for schedule; $8-$12 [through 4/18].
LIGHT+SCREEN
New York's weekly DIY film festival feat. British cult favorite "The Wicker Man" about investigating pagan rituals. Filmmakers are encouraged to share their shorts (under 15 mins.) for public viewing; Siberia Bar, 250 W. 50th St. (B'way), 333-4141; 9, free.
Pink Flamingos on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Pedro Almodgos on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdownnder 15 mins.) for public viewing; Live Flesh (7) & Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (9); Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 864-1414; $8, $7 s.c., price incl. both films [through 4/25].