FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 7/25 BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR OR ...
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].
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].
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
Free outdoor screenings in Hoboken continue w/the story of Kate Hudson's life, Almost Famous, on the waterfront overlooking Hudson River; Erie Lackawana Plaza, Hoboken PATH Station, 201-420-2207; 9.
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].
WEDNESDAYS AT VOID
Tonight, Harold & Maude, starring Bud Cort & Ruth Gordon, screens at Void, 16 Mercer St. (Howard St.), 212-941-6492; 8, free.
Thursday 7/26
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK SUMMER FILM SERIES
Screens Moonstruck today; Water St. (Dock St.), 718-802-0603 for rain date; 8:45, free.
EROTIC TALES
German television series which incl. films by Hal Hartley, Melvin Van Peebles, Ken Russell & more screens at The Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9781 or www.moma.org; call for times & prices [through 8/2].
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.
Friday 7/27
GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES
The Films of Abel Ferrara screen, incl. premiere of 1997 feature?The Blackout; Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. (2nd St.), 212-505-5181; call for times & prices [through 8/16].
Saturday 7/28
HOLLYWOOD ON THE HOMEFRONT: AMERICAN FILM IN THE 1940S
Festival highlighting this "turbulent & productive" decade continues w/To Be or Not to Be (2) & Hail the Conquering Hero (4); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-4520; call for prices & complete sched. [through 9/9].
Monday 7/30
THE DEN OF MUSICAL MADNESS
Screens Head, the Monkees only feature film (co-written by Jack Nicholson) in which Terri Garr, Frank Zappa & Sonny Liston plus Peter, Davy, Mike & Micky make fun of the band in right-on, psychedelic fashion; Den of Cin beneath Two Boots, 44 Ave. A (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-714-3575; 8, $5 (incl. one drink).
HBO BRYANT PARK FILM FESTIVAL
Outdoor summer film festival continues today w/Stalag 17 (1953); Bryant Park, 42nd St. (6th Ave.), 212-512-5700 or www.hbobryantparkfilm.com; sunset, call for price.
Tuesday 7/31
WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA
Series celebrates French women as filmmakers. Today, Rien a faire (1999) & Place Vendome (1998) w/Catherine Deneuve; French Institute, 22 E. 60th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6160; call for times, $8, $6.