Film/Video
fri. 18 .A Night at Grindhouse - For one night only go see the 1950s classic thriller "The Crawling Eye," starring Forrest Tucker and Laurence Payne, directed by Quentin Lawrence, 7:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, and stay for "The House of Exorcism," featur ing Telly Savalas, Elkie Sommer and Robert Alda, directed by Mario Bava, 9:15 p.m., plus classic Grindhouse trailers, Screening Room, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Northtown Business Center, Amherst; $. 837-0376, www.screeningroom.net sat. 19 .'A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman' - Peter Raymont's exploration of exile, memory, longing and democracy as seen through the experiences of the world-renowned writer and recent Babel artist Ariel Dorfman as he returns to Chile in 2006, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $. 854-1694, www.hallwalls.org tues. 22 .'Cat People' - The 1942 Jacques Tourner film starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith and Tom Conway. Irena Dubrovna, a beautiful and mysterious Serbian-bor n fashion artist living in New York City, falls in love with and marries average-Joe American Oliver Reed. Their marriage suffers though, as Irena believes that she suffers from an ancient curse - whenever emotionally aroused, she will turn into a panther and kill. Film shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, Market Arcade Theatre, 639 Main St. (use Washington Street entrance and parking lot), Buffalo; $. www. buffalofilmseminars. com