TRUE KUNG FU BAMcinematek continues its film series “Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting” with movies from the Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong. “The Empress Dowager” is a his torical epic based on the life of Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi (Friday). “Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan” follows a young woman who is kidnapped and sold to a brothel (Saturday). In “Golden Swallow,” a kung fu master attempts to leave behind her life of violence (Sunday). All films: 6:50 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., BAM Rose Cinemas, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Ave., between St. Felix Street and Ashland Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $10 general, $7 students, seniors, children, and members. Note: All films are in Mandarin or Cantonese with English subtitles.

OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD The Rubin Museum of Art screens “The Wizard of Oz,” as part of its Cabaret Cinema series. The viewing of the 1939 classic includes an introduction by the daughter of Burt “Cowardly Lion” Lahr, Jane Lahr. Saturday, 7 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000, free, $12 cafe minimum.

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