FILM & VIDEO AFRICAN FILM FESTIVALContinues today w/Chikin Biznis, Senegalese Shorts ...

| 16 Feb 2015 | 05:35

    Continues today w/Chikin Biznis, Senegalese Shorts & more; Magic Johnson Theaters, Frederick Douglass Blvd. (betw. 124th & 125th Sts.), 212-665-6923 for times, prices & complete sched. [through Sat.].

     

    CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN SHADOWS & LIGHT: ITALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY Otello Martelli paints Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960); Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500; 7, call for prices.

     

    NICK PARK'S WORLD: THE ECCENTRIC ADVENTURES OF WALLACE & GROMMET Ninety minutes of Wallace & Grommit claymation, incl. British commercials & three films; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 5/13].

     

    A RETROSPECTIVE OF LOCUTION @LOCATION ONE Meredith Monk screening feat. Facing North, Ellis Island, Book of Days, Turtle Dreams & more; 26 Greene St. (betw. Grand & Canal Sts.), 212-334-3347; call for times, prices & complete sched. [through 4/28].

     

    TRAFFIK Five-part British television series that inspired the movie; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; call for times, free w/mus. adm. [through 4/29].

     

    Thursday 4/26

    THE CHINATOWN FILES

    Amy Chen's doc. about Chinese Americans persecuted during cold war; Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9400; call for times & prices [repeats Fri.].

     

    A GREAT DAY IN HIPHOP Nelson George's film recalls summer of '98, w/appearances by Rakim, Slick Rick, De La Sul, Q-Tip, Russell Simmons, Kool Herc, Wycleaf Jean, Mos Def & more; Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry St., 718-670-3616; 7:15, $10.

     

    THE LIFE OF THE JEWS IN PALESTINE Silent film depicting everyday life?planting, sowing, building schools?in 1913, shot by Russian documentarian & Zionist, Noah Sokolovsky; 305 W. 79th St. (betw, 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-721-SHUL; 8:30, $15.

     

    Friday 4/27

    NASHVILLE

    Robert Altman classic about love, hate & the music industry; Cinema Classics, 332 E. 11th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-971-1015; call for times, $5.50 [through 5/1].

     

    SHOKU: JAPANESE GOOD ON SCREEN Series continues with Tampopo (1986), today at the Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-752-3015; 6:30, $9, $5 st./s.c.

     

    THROUGH THE LENS CLEARLY: A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JOHAN VAN DER KEUKEN Today, De beeldenstorm (1982), about a '60s-style counterculture center set up in an old milk factory; Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9400; call for times & prices [repeats Sun.].

     

    Saturday 4/28

    A TREASURY OF FRENCH FILM

    Jean Renoir's The Human Beast (1937); YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. (53rd St.), 212-735-9717; 4:30, call for price [repeats Sun.].

     

    Sunday 4/29

    THE BARD'S BIRTHDAY BASH

    Lincoln Center hosts day of film adaptations in Bill's honor, like various versions of Henry V, Hamlet & Romeo & Juliet; Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600; call for times, prices & complete sched.

     

    Tuesday 5/1

    BITTERSWEET MOTEL (2000)

    Film about Phish, jam band in tradition of the great Allman Brothers, who by the way, are the reason Spencer Ackerman hates marijuana; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:30, $8 [through 5/3].

     

    SOVIET YIDDISH FILMS FROM THE '20S Today, Jewish Luck, in the spirit of Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush; Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3337; 6:30, $9, $7 st./s.c.