Film
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INDIAN EVENING
Salman Rushdie introduces a screening of Satyajit Ray’s “Ghare Baire” at opening night of “Masters of Indian Cinema.” A dinner follows at Shaan Restaurant (57 W. 48th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues). Friday, 6 p.m., ImaginAsian theater, 239 E. 59th St., between Second and Third avenues, 212-529-2347, $50 without dinner, $100 includes dinner. Note: The film is in Bengali with English subtitles.
RETURN TO QUEENS
The early Marx Brothers’ movie “The Cocoanuts” (1929) was filmed in Astoria, and this weekend is screened there (Saturday, 2 p.m.). Other Marx Brothers’ films to be screened in Queens this weekend are “Duck Soup” (1933) (Saturday, 4 p.m.), “Monkey Business” (1931) (Sunday, 2 p.m.), and “Horse Feathers” (1932) (Sunday, 4 p.m.). All screenings: Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 seniors and students, free for members.
TROUBLE WITH BASEBALL
The Gen Art Film Festival screens “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 and 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 in the festival. Festival: Through Tuesday, locations and times vary, 212-255-7300, $25 includes party. 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 program highlighting “The Three Great Masters,” Yehudi Menuhin, Jascha Heifetz, and David Oistrakh. 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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