Film/Video

thurs. 17
.'Note by Note: The Making of
Steinway L1037' - The screening of
2007 Ben Niles' documentary explores
the relationship between musician and
instrument, chronicles the manufacturing
process and illustrates what makes each
Steinway concert grand piano unique in
this age of mass production. The
screening will take place at 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 17, Hallwalls
Contemporary Arts Center, 341
Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $. 854-1694
thurs. 1-sun. 27
.Hot Doc Canadian
International Documentary
Festival - More than 170
cutting-edge documentaries from Canada
and 35 countries around the globe will
be screened at several downtown venues
near the University of Toronto. The cost
varies from $5 to $12 per viewing with
discount and festival pass options. For
more information, visit www.hotdocs.ca
fri. 18
.'Things to Come' - Stunning
visualization of HG Wells depiction of
the future by William Cameron.
Raymond Massey portrays the
leader of the new world with
Ralph Richardson as the
despotic wartime ruler.
The score is by Arthur
Bliss. Screening begins
at 7:15 p.m. Friday,
April 18 at the
Screening Room,
3131 Sheridan
D r ive,
Nor thtown
Business Center,
Amherst; $.
837-0376,
www. screeningroom. net
fri. 18 & sat. 19
.'A Clockwork
Orange' - Stanley Kubrick's
controversial and harrowing journey
through a near-future world of decaying
cities, murderous adolescents and
nightmarish technologies of punishment
and crime. The film remains one of the
most surreal and disturbing viewing
experiences of all time. See Malcolm
McDowell, Patrick Magee and Adrienne

Corri star in this R rated film starting at
9 p.m. Friday, April 18 and Saturday,
April 19 at the Screening Room, 3131
Sheridan Drive, Northtown Business
Center, Amherst; $. 837-0376,
www. screeningroom. net
fri. 18-sun. 20
.The Harold Lloyd Comedy
Film Festival - Presented by the
Historic Riviera Threatre, The Buffalo
Film Festival, The Buffalo Film Society,
George Eastman House, Off-Beat
Cinema, WKBW Channel 7 and SONY
Classics. Ten Harold Lloyd side-splitting
hits: six programs beginning with
opening night at 8 p.m. Friday, April 18.
Robert Israel, threatre organist, one of
the finest practitioners of the art of silent
film will accompany several of the films.
The films will run through Sunday, April
20 at The Historic Riviera
Theatre, 67 Webster St.,
North Tonawanda; $.
692-2413,
www.buffalofilmf estival.org
sun. 20
.'The Wizard of Oz' -
A young girl named Dorothy
is bored of her gray life on a
Kansas farm. Her uncle's
house is whisked away by
a tornado and lands
somewhere over the
rainbow in a Technicolor
world. Dorothy knows she's
not in Kansas anymore. The
beloved, incomparable classic
based on L. Frank Baum's
1900 book will start at 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 20 at Shea's
Performing Arts Center, 646 Main
St., Buffalo; free. 847-0850,
www. sheas. org
tues. 22
.The Seventh Seal - The 1957
Ingmar Bergman film classic about the
journey of medieval knight Antonius
Block (Max von Sydow) across a
plague-ridden landscape. The black and
white Swedish film which stars Gunnar
Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe,
Sydow and Bibi Andersson will begin at
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, Market Arcade
Theater, 639 Main St., Buffalo; $.
855-3022