FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 12/15 FEATURING...A TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY TEMPLE John Ford’s 1937 ...

FEATURING...A TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY TEMPLE

John Ford's 1937 Wee Willie Winkie, b&w 16 mm; Donnell Library Ctr. Auditorium, NY Public Library, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-0609; 2:30, free.

 

FILM IN VOID

Film screenings in the cyberlounge; this week, Last Tango in Paris starring Marlon Brando & Jean-Pierre Leaud; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 941-6492; 8:30, free.

 

INSTITUTO CERVANTES SPANISH CINEMA NOW

A festival of 19 independent Spanish films feat. six from Ventura Pons. Other filmmakers incl. Carlos Saura, Antonio Hernández, Iván Zulueta, Manuel Gómez Pereira & Benito Zambrano. All films are screened with English subtitles; Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 875-5600; call for schedule, $8.50, $4.50 s.c. [continues Thurs.-Tues., through 12/24].

 

PETER PAN

One of three existing color versions of this 1960 classic starring Mary Martin screens at Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 1 & 3, free w/mus. adm. [repeats Thurs.-Sun. & Tues. at 1 & 3, through 1/9].

 

Thursday 12/16

CINE NOIR FILM SOCIETY

The Pink Pony's B-movie series feat. Stakeout On Dope Street & Girls in the Night; Pink Pony, 176 Ludlow St. (betw. Houston & Stanton Sts.), 253-1922; 9 & 10:30, respectively, $3.

GOETHE INSTITUTE

Mein Krieg (My War) documentation made by a few Germans & their home video camera about a campaign in Russia during WWII, English subtitles; Goethe Institut, 1014 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 439-8707; 6, free w/adm.

VIEWPOINT...VIEWS FROM THE HORIZON

Recent short, doc. & experimental productions from third world newsreel incl. "Claiming Open Spaces" (2:30); "The #7 Train: An Immigrant Journey" & "Yari Yari...Black Women Writers & the Future" (6); Donnell Library Ctr. Auditorium, NY Public Library, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-0609; free.

 

Friday 12/17

AFTER A FEW DRINKS

Eight hipster bars in Manhattan in Brooklyn show shorts/video art by 17 local artists every Friday & Saturday night through Jan. 31. Video compilations address the bar scene, dating tactics & social interaction at the bar?60s & 70s commercials strewed between clips. Participating bars incl. The Abbey, Bar 4, The Knitting Factory, Korova Milk Bar, Max Fish, Parkside Lounge, The Village Idiot & Yogi's; 760-4971 for info. [repeats Sat., through 1/31].

 

CYBERNOIA

"Frames of Reference: Reflections on Media by Rockefeller & MacArthur Film/Video/Multimedia Fellows" film series looks at telecommunications, surveillance video & broadcast propaganda in day-to-day life. Today's screening incl. 13 minute "Suicide Box" & Fresh Kill about the effects of mass marketing; Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (88th St.), 423-3587; 7, free w/mus. adm.

 

MICHAEL CAINE RETROSPECTIVE

American Cinematheque pres. "Raising Caine: The Films of Michael Caine." Today, Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill (3:50, 8, 12:10) & Sidney Lumet's Deathtrap (5:50 & 10); Screening Room, 54 Varick (Canal St.), 334-2100; $9, $6 s.c./child. [through 12/23].

 

PERSONAL CINEMA SERIES

New indie & avant-garde film & video projections by local artists, usually followed by Q&A with filmmaker. Open screening tonight?bring S8 mm, 16 mm & video projections; Millennium, 66 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & 2nd Ave.), 673-0090; 8, $5, free with film or video contrib.

 

SUPER BOWL: SUPER SHOWCASE FOR COMMERCIALS

Screening documents advertising throughout Super Bowl history incl. the memorable Victoria Secret & Budweiser commercials; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 1 & 4, free w/mus. adm. [repeats Sat. & Sun. at 1 & 4, through 2/13].

 

Saturday 12/18

CYBERNOIA

"Frames of Reference: Reflections on Media by Rockefeller & MacArthur Film/Video/Multimedia Fellows" film series looks at telecommunications, surveillance video & broadcast propaganda in day-to-day life. Today, witness confessions of killers during Elizabeth Barret's "Stranger with a Camera" & her hour-long "Licensed to Kill;" Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (88th St.), 423-3587; 7, free w/mus. adm. [repeats 12/22 at 6].

 

the FUTURE IS NOW

Month-long series feat. the director's cut of Blade Runner with Harrison Ford & Daryl Hanna (1:30) & Alphaville starring Eddie Constantine & Anna Karina, preceded by La Jetée (3:30); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c. [through 1/2].

MARATHON SCREENING

Film, video & performance to benefit Millennium artists, schedule tba; Millennium, 66 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & 2nd Ave.), 673-0090; 7, $12.

 

SUSAN SONTAG AT THE YWCA

Screening of her 1971 film Brother Carl which was filmed in & around Stockholm; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.) 735-9717; 4, $7 [repeats 12/19 at 4].

 

Sunday 12/19

the FUTURE IS NOW

Month-long series feat. 1966 adaptation of a Ray Bradbury novel starring Oskar Werner & Julie Christie, Fahrenheit 451 (1:30) & Alphaville starring Eddie Constantine & Anna Karina, preceded by La Jetée (3:30); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c. [through 1/2].

 

ocularis

Sweden's The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman, preceded by short entitled "Silver Cup;" 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30 [repeats 12/20 at 8:30].

 

Sunday night Free movie series

Doris Day stars in The Pajama Game as a butch leader in a pajama factory; A Different Light Bookstore, 151 West 19th St., (7th Ave.), 989-4850; 7, free.

 

Monday 12/20

MICHAEL CAINE RETROSPECTIVE

American Cinematheque pres. "Raising Caine: The Films of Michael Caine." Today, 60s British spy movies incl. The Ipcress File (2, 6:10, 10:20) & Ken Russell's Billion Dollar Brain (4:05, 8:15); Screening Room, 54 Varick (Canal St.), 334-2100; $9, $6 s.c./child. [through 12/23].

 

MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES

Kelly Reichardt & Jim Lyons curate December screening series. Tonight feat. Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 mod adaptation of Romeo & Juliet; Tonic, 107 Norfolk St. (betw. Delancey & Rivington Sts.), 358-7501; 9, $4.

 

Tuesday 12/21

ROBERT BECK MEMORIAL CINEMA

Brian Frye & Bradley Eros curate weekly film forum focusing on indie & local films; Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 254-5277; 9, $5.

 

LIGHT+SCREEN

New York's weekly DIY film festival & "pot luck" cinema curated by Michael Williams. Tonight, a doc. on the John Coltrane, The Church of St. Coltrane?filmmakers are encouraged to share their shorts (under 15 mins.) for public viewing; Siberia Bar, 250 W. 50th St. (B'way), 977-9203; 9, $2 contrib.