FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 7/18 ADANGGAMAN Controversial tale of African ...
ADANGGAMAN
Controversial tale of African slavery feat. black on black crime continues today at Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (Varick St.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices [through 7/24].
BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY
Like Real World/Road Rules Challenge? Thirteen films by Kinji Fukasaku about the Yakuza continue screening today; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4111; call for times & prices [through 7/31].
THE BLUE ANGEL
Get ready boys, Marlene's back in the von Sternberg classic that made her famous, plus Dietrich's never before seen Blue Angel screen test; 209 W. Houston St. (Varick St.), 212-727-8110; call for times & prices [through 7/26].
DOWNTOWN 81
Story of artist on the street, starring Jean-Michel Basquiat w/appearances by Debbie Harry, the Plastics & more circa 1981; Screening Room, 54 Varick (Canal St.), 212-334-2100; call for times, $9, $6 s.c./child. [through 7/26].
GREENFINGERS
Clive Owen & the enchanting Helen Mirren join producer Trudie "Mrs. Sting" Styler for benefit screening of their new film at Sony Lincoln Square Theater, B'way (68th St.), 212-757-0915; 8:15, $50.
KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT
Documentarians David & Laurie Shapiro field off-color remarks after screening of this "modern cannibal tale" at BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4157; 6:30, call for prices.
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
Free outdoor screenings in Hoboken continue w/Best in Show, on the waterfront overlooking Hudson River; Erie Lackawana Plaza, Hoboken PATH Station, 201-420-2207; 9.
SOUND & VISION DOUBLE FEATURE
Films-on-music series continues today w/Rock n' Roll High School (even better than you remembered) at 7 & Decline of Western Civilization (starring Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Fear, the Germs & more) at 9; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181; call for prices.
Thursday 7/19
FREEDOM CINEMA
Weekly series devoted to "radical" films from local activists; Walkerstage, 56 Walker St. (betw. Church St. & B'way), 718-768-7853; 8, $5.
24TH ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Seventy films & videos begin screening tonight, starting w/Korea's top grossing movie of 2000: J.S.A. (Joint Security Area); the French Institute's Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; call for times, prices & complete sched. [through 7/28].
Friday 7/20
BEN-HUR
Silent from 1926 screens w/live accompaniment one night only at Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600 or www.filmlinc.com; 7:30, $15.
Saturday 7/21
HOLLYWOOD ON THE HOMEFRONT: AMERICAN FILM IN THE 1940S
Festival highlighting this "turbulent & productive" decade kicks off with, as Paul Harvey might say, "the story of a boy & his sled. It's a little movie you may have heard of called...er...Citzen Kane"; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; call for times, prices & complete sched. [through 9/9].
A TREASURY OF FRENCH FILM
This week, Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932); YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, $7 [repeats Sun.].
Monday 7/23
HAROLD PINTER ON SCREEN
Ten films, starring Anne Bancroft, Maggie Smith, James Mason, George Segal, Alex "anyone w/this surname is a nutter" Guinness, Julie Christie, Ben Kingsley, Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Patricia Hodge, Michael York & Jeremy Irons, begin screening today; Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; call for times, prices & complete sched. [through 7/29].
HBO BRYANT PARK FILM FESTIVAL
Outdoor summer film festival continues today w/Rear Window (1954); Bryant Park, 42nd St. (6th Ave.), 212-512-5700 or www.hbobryantparkfilm.com; sunset, call for price.
YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL & TOTALLY F***ED UP: THE FILMS OF GREGG ARAKI
His "teen apocalypse trilogy" screens, followed this week by Q&A w/director; BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), 718-636-4157; call for times, prices & complete sched [through 8/27].
Tuesday 7/24
WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA
Series celebrates French women as filmmakers. Today, Aswgnes Jaoui's The Taste of Others (1999) & no dumb-ass comments from the listings staff; French Institute, 22 E. 60th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; call for times, $8, $6.