FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 5/3 ACTIVIST WOMEN IN FILMS Screen ...
anxiety disorders screening day
Screen video & test w/professionals to see if you have disorders; Cabrini Medical Center, 227 E. 19th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 995-7017; 10 a.m., free.
Mr. death
Holocaust film chronicles life of Fred Leuchter, engineer of execution devices & Holocaust denier; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 601-1000; 7:30 & 9:30, call for price.
reservoir dogs
Screen flick directed by Quentin Tarantina starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi & Christopher Penn; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 941-6492; 8, free.
Thursday 5/4
MICHAEL ALMEREYDA RETROSPECTIVE
Celebrate release of Hamlet & revisit six films by Almereyda starting tonight; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 505-5181; call for schedule & times [through 5/7].
DANCERS & THE DANCE
Series continues w/Galina Ulanova & Romeo & Juliet; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619; 2:30, free.
QUEBEC FILM FESTIVAL
Century of subtitled films from Quebec; The Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 817-8215; 6, free.
VOICES FROM THE HOLOCAUST
Doc. deals w/testimonies from Holocaust survivors, discussion led by David Engel & Sidra D Cohen Ezrahi follows; NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 998-8660; 6, free.
Friday 5/5
Chicks with flicks
Festival promotes flicks by indie women filmmakers; Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 638-8148; 8, $5.
salt of the earth
Screen blacklisted film from the McCarthy era about Mexican American zinc miners' strike accompanied by Tex-Mex dinner; Freedom Socialist Party, 32 Union Sq. #907 (16th St.), 677-7002; 7, $10.
watt stax
Doc. of post riot Watts neighborhood in L.A. w/musical performances; Screening Room, 54 Varick St. (Canal St.), 334-2100; call for schedule, $9 [through 5/11].
Saturday 5/6
the surreal world of luis bunuel
Francisco Rabal, Marga Lopez & Rita Macedo star in Bunuel's subtitled Nazarin flick, part of on-going series at YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 755-9717; 4, $7.
women Film pioneers
Series celebrates women filmmakers from silent era. Kicks off tonight w/Mabel Normand shorts accompanied by live music from Donal Sosin; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; 2, $8, $5 st./s.c.
Sunday 5/7
ocularis
Series feat. Ingmar Bergman's Swedish film Wild Strawberries; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30, $5.
peace of mind
Screen & discuss doc. compiled by Palestinian & Israeli youth seeking peaceful coexistence; NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 998-8816; 5, free.
Monday 5/8
FILM FORUM MONDAY
Tribute to Hollywood's first sex symbol Clara Bow feat. Kid Boots & The Saturday Night Kid; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (Varick St.), 727-8110; call for info.
TURKISH FILM FESTIVAL
Series kicks off tonight w/subtitled films Uyku Hali & Ucuncu Sayfa; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 505-5181; call for schedule & times [through 5/12].
Tuesday 5/9
LIGHT+SCREEN
New York's weekly DIY film festival feat. Inoshiro Honda's Destroy All Monsters. 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.