Film/Video

thurs. 21
.Amu - Shonali Bose's story of Kaju,
a 21-year-old Indian-American woman
who returns to India to visit her family.
The film takes a dark turn as Kaju
stumbles upon secrets and lies from her
past - a horrifying genocide that took
place 20 years ago turns out to hold the
key to her mysterious origins. The
feature will be shown as part of the 12th
Annual International Women's Film
Festival, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21,
Market Arcade Film and Arts Center,
639 Main St., Buffalo; $. 829-3451,
www.gender buffalo.org
fri. 22
.Pamela Enz - An evening of
work from the New York-based
filmmaker, writer and performance artist,
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, Squeaky
Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources, 712
Main St., Buffalo; $. 884-7172,
www. squeaky. org
.John Brahm's Hangover Square
- Laird Cregar stars as a musician with
a Jeckyll-Hyde personality in this
haunting turn-of-the-century thriller
from 1945. Also stars Linda Darnell and
George Sanders, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb.
22, The Screening Room, 3131 Sheridan
Drive, Northtown Business Center,
Amherst; $. 837-0376,
www. screeningroom. net
.Dario Argento's 1969 debut thriller
The Bird with the Crystal
Plumage - Concerns an American
writer living in Rome who is the only
witness to an attempted murder. Stars
Tony Musante, Suuzy Kendall and Eva
Renzi, 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, The
Screening Room, 3131 Sheridan Drive,
Northtown Business Center, Amherst; $.
837-0376, www.screeningroom.net
sat. 23
.We Do Not Remember, We
Rewrite History - An evening with
writer, curator and media artist Brett
Kashmere. He will screen "Valery's
Ankle" (2006), an essay film that
databases examples from a history of
Canadian hockey to critique personal
violence as international aggression; and
"Unfinished Passages" (2005), a poetic
landscape film, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23,
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center,
341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $.
854-1694, www.hallwalls.org
.Water Horse - "Legend of the
Deep," rated G, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 23, the Riviera Theatre,
67 Webster St., North Tonawanda; $.
692-2413
sun. 24
.To Kill A Mockingbird - The
Academy Award-winning film from 1962
starring Gregory Peck is based on
Harper Lee's classic novel, which
addresses racial and legal themes, as well
as presenting a narrator's coming of age
to reckon with her society's injustices, 1
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, Mason O. Damon
Auditorium of the Central Library, 1
Lafayette Square, Buffalo. 858-7182
mon. 25
.Chocolat - Part of the Daemen
College film series, "Films from Six
Decades," 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25,
Alumni Lounge of the Wick Center,
Daemen Campus, 4380 Main St.,
Amherst; free. 839-8253
tues. 26
.Hara Kiri - This 1962 film by
Masaki Kobayashi is part of the Buffalo
Film Seminars, presented in conjunction
with the University at Buffalo's Film
Directors (Eng. 413), 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 26, the Market Arcade Film and
Arts Center, 639 Main St., Buffalo; $.
855-3022