FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 6/14 VISIONS OF LIGHT Screen film made ...
VISIONS OF LIGHT
Screen film made in 1993 at Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; 8 &10, $7.
Thursday 6/15
MEET MARY HARTMAN
Screen first 4 episodes of offbeat soap opera about dimwitted housewife who suffers outrageous experiences; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 6, $6.
ulrike ottinger
Series celebrates five films that subvert conventional narrative in favor of surprising imagery by independent German filmmaker. Today, Freak Oralando; Titus Theater, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9400; 2:30, $10.
SAPPH-O-RAMA
Three-week festival of lesbian cult films. Today, Susan Muska's The Brandon Teena Story, Hide & Seek & Lesbian Shorts; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (6th Ave.), 212-727-8110; call for schedule & prices.
VIEWPOINT...FRAMELINE DISTRIBUTION
Series devoted to serving gay & lesbian community continues w/No No Nookie T.V., Two Bad Daughters, History of the World, Hot Flash & Nitrate Kisses; Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-620-0619; 2:30 & 6, free.
Friday 6/16
animated short films from switzerland
Diverse program of 15 films organized by Fantoche International Animation Festival; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5110; 9, $5-$8.
warzone
Screen film then hear director Maggie Hadley-West discuss film afterwards; at Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; 8, $7.
Saturday 6/17
Georges schwizgebel
Retrospective of Swiss animator organized by Fantoche & presented by Schwizgebel; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5110; 7, $5-$8.
the sopranos
Revisit episodes of David Chase's tv series. Today, "Commendatori" & "Big Girls Don't Cry"; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-4520; 2, $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.
Sunday 6/18
ocularis
Samira Makhmalba's docu-drama The Apple about 12 year old Iranian sisters kept prisoner by their parents; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30, free.
the sopranos
Revisit episodes of David Chase's tv series. Today, "Full Leather Jacket" & "From Where To Eternity"; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-4520; 2, $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.
Monday 6/19
film at tonic
Gabe Walsh's tragicomedy in Bunuel tradition, Follies Brood at Tonic, 107 Norfolk (betw. Delancey & Rivington Sts.), 212-358-7501; 9, $4.
ocularis
Series continues screening of recent works by Bill Morrison incl. Ghost Trip; Galapagos, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-388-8713; 8:30, free.
Tuesday 6/20
Cinema & the new spectator
Series examines rapid shifts in development of cinema at turn of the century & construction of spectators. Today A Nigger In the Woodpile: Black Invisibility in Early Cinema; Guggenheim, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-360-4321; 7, $10.
LIGHT+SCREEN
New York's weekly DIY film festival feat. John Waters' Multiple Maniacs. Filmmakers are encouraged to share their shorts (under 15 mins.) for public viewing; Siberia Bar, 250 W. 50th St. (B'way), 212-714-3575; 9, free.
meet the makers
Filmmaker Mark Rappaport presents & discusses From the Journals of Jean Seberg at Donnell Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-620-0619; 6, free.