Pressed for Time: The G.I. Joe Stop Motion Film Festival

May 8, 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St. (at Canal St.), 212-601- 1000; 7 & 9, $12.

On the heels of an overwhelming film festival celebrating its ninth year comes a new fest devoted to the curious niche of filmmakers using G.I. Joe dolls as stop-motion protagonists. The line up includes a Taiwanese WWII drama, a prom night movie featuring Cobra Commander and a dirty Vietnam flick, Rick’s Battle Shock.

Bottom Line: Time and film turn boys’ play into art-house fare.