OPERATIC ART

“The Colors of Music”(2004) follows artist David Hockney’s work in stage design and costumes for 11 operas. Director Maryte Kavaliauskas and opera director Max Charruyer discuss the film at tonight’s screening. Tonight, 8 p.m., Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street, 212-727-8110, $10 general, $5 members and children under 12.

LOVE AND BASEBALL

The Gen Art Film Festival, a series of independent movies from North America, opens with a soldout screening of “Loverboy,” in which Kevin Bacon directs his wife, Kyra Sedgwick (tonight, 7:30 p.m.). Upcoming highlights: “On the Outs,” about three teenage girls growing up in Jersey City (Friday, 7:30 p.m., Clearview Chelsea West, 333 W. 23rd St., between Eighth 915 341 993 351and Ninth avenues), and “Up for Grabs,” a documentary about the legal battle over the baseball hit by Barry Bonds to set the home-run record in 2001 (Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Clearview Chelsea West).A party follows each screening. Festival: Tonight through Tuesday, times and locations vary, 212-255-7300, $25 includes party, $125 full festival. Please go to www.genart.org for full schedule and ticket information.

STRING SCREENS

The nine-part film series “Pulling Strings: Violinists on Film” continues with a screening of a program highlighting “The Three Great Masters.” Director Henri-Georges Clouzot captures Yehudi Menuhin in rehearsal and performing Mozart’s “Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219,” with conductor Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Bernard Lion filmed Jascha Heifetz performing Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46,” in 1970.The third short from Germany has violinist David Oistrakh, conductor Heinz Fricke, and Staatskapelle Berlin performing Shostakovich’s “Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77,” in 1967. Saturday, 2 p.m. Series: Through Tuesday, April 19, days and times vary, Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-721-6500, $15.

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