Prior to the end of the Writers Guild strike last week, many film lovers were lamenting not only the loss of a televised Academy Awards ceremony this weekend, but also the Oscar viewing parties and bet-taking that typically accompany the big night. With the writers and producers having settled their differences, the show goes on. Now that the Oscars are back on track, New Yorkers can spend this weekend catching up on any nominated films still playing at the cineplex. Dinner & A Movie heads to Brooklyn for a screening of “There Will Be Blood,” which features the odds-on favorite for Best Actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, before settling in for a viewing party at a Williamsburg eatery.

MOVIE

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” is one of three Oscar-nominated films playing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Rose Cinemas (the balance of the screening program at BAM is dominated by selections from the African Diaspora Film Festival). The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a failed silver miner who, with his adopted son, H. W. (Dillon Freasier), happens upon an untapped oil field on the property of the Sunday family. The ambitious Plainview quickly moves to convince brothers Paul (Paul Dano) and Eli Sunday (also played by Mr. Dano), and their father Abel (David Willis), to sell the family property, with the promise that a portion of the proceeds will be donated to help Eli build a church. Eli soon styles himself as a faith healer while Plainview becomes rich. In one particularly memorable scene, Eli subjects Plainview to an embarrassing initiation into the church. As oil becomes the focus of the California town, the two men clash, heading for an ultimate showdown. The film has also garnered Mr. Anderson a Best Director nomination. (Friday, 5:40 and 9 p.m., BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., between St. Felix Street and Ashland Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $11 general, $7.50 seniors and students, $7 children)

DINNER

Brooklyn’s Monkey Town has gone through a number of incarnations. The restaurant was first conceived as a traveling dining party featuring meals by chef Coleman Lee Foster, and artistic contributions by various participants. In 2005, the founders of Monkey Town — Montgomery Knott, with Meghan Czerwinski, Josh Cross, and Mr. Foster — finally established a permanent space on North 3rd Street. In addition to the main dining area, it features a back room that serves as a space for performances, film screenings, and informal eating on wall-to-wall white couches. After Mr. Foster left the restaurant last year, chef Ryan Jaronik (formerly of Masa Restaurant in Boston) took over the menu. He mans a $50, five-course tasting menu during the restaurant’s awards bash on Sunday. Patrons feast on oysters scabiche (with champagne, mint, and yellow pepper broth); crab risotto or wild mushroom risotto; a grilled filet mignon with asparagus and truffled mashed potatoes, and a rose-mango crème brulée with pistachio gelée. With two choices for each course, the menu can be made into a vegetarian one. (7:30 p.m., 58 N. 3rd St., between Kent and Wyeth streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-384-1369)