FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 2/9 FEATURING...GREEK AT THE MILLENNIUM Celebration of Hellenic Greek ...
FEATURING...GREEK AT THE MILLENNIUM
Celebration of Hellenic Greek documentary films. Today, What's Your Name? (1) & Nightflowers (3:30); Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619; free.
FROM THE COLLECTION: BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Museum celebrates Black History Month with screenings from the 60s-90s about African-American heritage. Today, Of Black America: The Black Soldier & Shelly Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends: John Henry starring Danny Glover; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 2, free w/mus. adm. [through 2/29].
SUPER BOWL: SUPER SHOWCASE FOR COMMERCIALS
Last week to see memorable Super Bowl commercials such as Victoria Secret & Budweiser; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 1 & 4, free w/mus. adm. [repeats Thurs.-Sun. at 1 & 4, through 2/13].
the UNSEEN LUCY & DESI: TREASURES FROM the VAULT
Rare footage of America's favorite redhead incl. The Ed Wynn Show, Stars in the Eye & the first episode of I Love Lucy, "The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub" with original commercials; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [continues Thurs.-Sun. & Tues., through 3/5].
Thursday 2/10
the EAR
Karel Kachyna's film about the Communist era in Czechoslovakia; Czech Center, 1109 Madison Ave., 2nd Fl. (83rd St.), 288-0830 x100; 6 & 8, free.
FROM THE COLLECTION: BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Museum celebrates Black History Month with screenings from the 60s-90s about African-American heritage. Today, "Mammy Dearest" from comedy series A Different World screens at the Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 2, free w/mus. adm. [repeats Fri.-Sun. at 2].
LESLIE-LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION VIDEO FESTIVAL
International, low-budget festival for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transsexual people. All shorts under 15-minutes, genres incl. doc., narrative & animation with an emphasis on subject matter: erotic, romantic, social & political. Audience votes for "Best of Festival" video, winner receives $200 cash; Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, 127-B Prince St. (Wooster St.), 673-7007; 7, $5 [repeats Fri. & Sat. at 7].
VIEWPOINT...ANOTHER LOOK
Emerging & established filmmakers of color, incl. "Stretchmark" short, 4-minute "Rain" video, "One Night" film & "Who's Gonna Take the Weight" 60-minute video directed by Alonzo R. Speight (2:30), followed by "Meet the Makers" discussion of "Who's Gonna Take the Weight" at 6; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619 or 621-0629; free.
Friday 2/11
LA CUCARACHA
New York Independent Film & Video Festival screening at Clearview Cinema, 239 E. 59th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Ave.); rsvp 777-7100; 8, $10.
VISIONS OF THE NEW BLACK FILMMAKERS
Opening night of two-day festival. Tonight's program, "Women Behind the Camera: Identifying Ourselves" screens Alison Swan's Mixing Nia starring Karyn Parsons (Fresh Prince of Bel Air) & LaTrice A. Dixon's graduate thesis "The Book of Ezekiel;" Aaron Davis Hall, City College, W. 135th St. (Convent Ave.), 650-7158 or 307-7171; 7:30, $8, $5 st.
Saturday 2/12
EXPRESSIONISM: THE ART OF FRITZ LANG
Retrospective examines ten films by Austrian-born German Expressionism director, Fritz Lang. Today, Lang's 1922 silent, b&w Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime screens at the YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.) 735-9717; 4, $7 [repeats Sun. at 4, through 3/19].
New York Film Critics Circle
Look at the 1990s?screenings, discussions & introductions. Today, The Rapture (2) & New York Press' Matt Zoller Seitz introduces the great 1992 love story Flirting (4:15); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c. [through 2/20].
VISIONS OF THE NEW BLACK FILMMAKERS
Second night of two-day festival. Tonight's "It's All About Hair" program explores the significance of hairstyles with Andrew Dosunmu's "Hot Irons" & Lydia A. Douglas' "Nappy" short (2-4); "Women Of a Certain Age" program screens "Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis at 100" & "Older Women & Love" (5-7); Closing the festival is the NY premiere "A Day in Black & White" starring Lonette McKee (Jungle Fever) & Harold Perrineau (Oz) at 8; Aaron Davis Hall, City College, W. 135th St. (Convent Ave.), 650-7158 or 307-7171; $8, $5 st.
Sunday 2/13
New York Film Critics Circle
Look at the 1990s?screenings, discussions & introductions. Today, New York Press' Armond White introduces Walter Hill's Geronimo: An American Legend (2); The Miracle directed by Neil Jordan starring Beverly D'Angelo (4:30); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c. [through 2/20].
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Screening of And God Created Women, preceded by "Naguer;" Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30, $5.
Monday 2/14
MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES
Musician Brian Dewan accompanies Buster Keaton's silent 1924 Sherlock, Jr. at Tonic, 107 Norfolk St. (betw. Delancey & Rivington Sts.), 358-7501; 9, $8.
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"Sultry Spark: An Erotic Cinema Valentine" program feat. avant-garde shorts that celebrate lust, love, romance & sensuality. See "Valentine's Day" for more info; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, $5.