Film
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DEPP REP The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents “In Deppth,” a Johnny Depp retrospective. This weekend’s screenings are “The Ninth Gate” (Friday, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9 p.m.), “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (Saturday, 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:50 p.m., and 9:15 p.m.), and “Sleepy Hollow” (Sunday, 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:50 p.m., and 9:15 p.m.). All screenings: BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $10 general, $7 seniors, students, and children under 12, $6 members.
FLASHBULB FOCUS Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Blow-Up” (1966) follows a jaded photographer who may have unwittingly captured a crime on film. Saturday and Sunday, 6:30 p.m., 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.
PRINCESS DIARIES The first television version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” (1957), starring Julie Andrews, is screened as part of the Cabaret Cinema series, which offers movies served with cocktails. Bert Fink of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, who has written about the making of the film, introduces the screening. Saturday, 7-10 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000 ext. 344, free admission, $12 food and drink minimum.
REINCARNATED The Pioneer Theater presents two classic horror movies, “Night of the Living Dead,” directed by George Romero, and “Carnival of Souls” by director Herk Harvey. Saturday, 9 p.m., Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St., between avenues A and B, 212-591-0434, $9 double bill.
WHEREFORE ART THOU, TROMEO? The Coney Island Saturday Night Film Series presents “Tromeo & Juliet” (1997), a modern adaptation of the Bard’s classic romantic tragedy. Director Lloyd Kaufman lays the scene in fair Manhattan, not Verona, and the film includes body piercings, car crashes, and an alternative soundtrack. Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave., between Stillwell Avenue and West 12th Street, Brooklyn, 718-372-5159, $5, includes free popcorn.
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