FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 11/22 THE BRITISH NEW WAVE See 30 early ...
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 [11/30].
LONG LOST PUERTO RICAN FILMS PREMIERE IN THE BRONX
Film series feat. four features (Sour Yesterday, Between God & Men, Story of a Gangster & The Town's Quack) ends today, as part of Puerto Rican Heritage Month; Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (E. 149th St.), 718-590-5280; call for times & complete sched., free.
SITUATING COMEDY
Series highlighting legendary comedians ends today at the Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-360-4321; call for times, free w/mus. adm.
VIDEOKONK! 004
Experimental music videos & animation by Suzie Silver, Paul Chan & more; Knitting Factory Video Lounge at the Alterknit Theater, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3005; 10 p.m., call for prices.
Friday 11/24
GOLDEN SILENTS
Avoid festivities w/Eric von Stroheim's Foolish Wives; Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; 8, call for prices.
GUYS & DOLLS
Celebrate 50th anniversary of B'way hit w/feature starring Marlon Brando & Frank Sinatra; Museum of the City of NY, 1220 5th Ave. (103rd St.), 212-534-1672; 2, free w/mus. adm. [through Sun.].
Saturday 11/25
JULES & JIM
You couldn't invent a better excuse for ditching the fam Thanksgiving weekend & trekking to Astoria than this magical love triangle directed by Fancois Truffaut & starring Jeanne Moreau; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; call for times & prices.
Sunday 11/26
FEMININE DILEMMA: WOMEN'S CIRCUMCISION
US premiere of Zara Yacoub's 22 min. doc. incl. shots of actual surgery on two young African girls, q&a follows screening, as part of 8th Annual African Diaspora Festival; 212-864-1760 or www.africanfilm.com/festival for complete schedule, locations, times & prices.
GUNS OF THE TREES
Director Jonas Mekas appears in person for screening of 1962 feature about black couple & white couple living in NYC and fears of nuclear warfare, set to an Allen Ginsburg soundtrack; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; 2, call for prices.
OCULARIS THANKSGIVING DOUBLE BILL
Arthur Penn's Alice's Restaurant (1969) & Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet (1990); Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; call for times & prices [repeats Mon.].
Monday 11/27
CLASSIFIED X
Melvin Van Peebles, first black director of a Hollywood picture, wrote & starred in this doc. about being black in the biz; NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (University Pl.), 212-998-8816; 6:30, call for price.
DOWN BY LAW
Jim Jarmusch feature that introduced Roberto Benigni to world plays at Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; 8 & 10:00, $5.50 [through 11/29].
GOD, MAN & DEVIL
Last Yiddish talkie (1949) produced in North America based on Jacob Gordon's play screens at Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 917-606-8200; 7:30, $7, $3.50 st. & s.c.
Tuesday 11/28
GIMME SHELTER
If you missed this doc. on the Rolling Stones' fatal Altamont Speedway concert during its run at Film Forum, here's one more chance to study Mick's fab hair; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 9:30, call for prices.