Film
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WHEN FELIX MET OSCAR Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau star in the mismatch movie “The Odd Couple” (1968), which predates Tony Randall and Jack Klugman and “Grumpy Old Men.” It’s screened outdoors as part of the Bryant Park Summer Film Festival. Tonight, lawn opens at 5 p.m., film begins at dusk, Bryant Park, Sixth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets, 212-512-5700, free.
CROSSING THE BORDER The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Independent Feature Projects present “Romántico,” a documentary that had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Carmelo Muñiz plays mariachi music in San Francisco but travels back home to Mexico after his mother becomes ill. Director Mark Becker hosts a question-and-answer session after the screening. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-875-5600, $10 general, $7 students, $6 members.
SUBWAY SCREENS “On Location,” an exhibit opening today at the New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex, explores the history of New York’s public transportation on screen. Drawing on movie clips, photographs, production stills, lobby cards, posters, costumes, and set designs, the exhibit spans from Auguste and Louis Lumière’s groundbreaking short film “Arrival of a Train” (1895) to the present. Through Sunday, October 30, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, near the main concourse in the Shuttle Passage by the Station Master’s Office, 212-878-0106, free.
