SILENT LOVE Greta Garbo plays Anna Karenina in the silent film “Love” (1927), based on the Tolstoy novel named for her character. The movie was filmed with two endings – one happy, one sad. The screening is part of the series “Forever Garbo,” celebrating of the 100th anniversary of the film star’s birth. Saturday, 3 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212-879-9779, $8 general, $6 members.

‘METROPOLIS’ IN THE CITY Fritz Lang’s silent film “Metropolis” (1927) is presented accompanied by its original score. The new film critic for “Tricycle: The Buddhist Review,” Dean Slyter, introduces the screening. Saturday, 7 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000, free admission, $12 food and drink minimum.

CHILDREN ON SCREEN “Children in the 20th Century,” a new double feature series, features international directors that address issues facing children, such as abuse, homelessness, poverty, and abandonment. Up next: “Pixote,” about homeless orphans in Rio de Janeiro, is screened with John Cassavetes’s “Gloria,” a thriller about a former chorus girl on the lam with a young boy whose family has been murdered by mobsters (Sunday, 4 p.m.). Series: Through Tuesday, November 22, Sunday, 4 p.m., Tuesday, 6 p.m., Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Broadway and 95th Street, 212-864-5400, $10, $8 students and seniors, $6 members. For a complete movie schedule, go to www.symphonyspace.org.

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