Film
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BOYS OF ST. VINCENT “Children in the 20th Century,” a new double feature series, includes international directors that address issues facing children, such as abuse, homelessness, poverty, and abandonment. Up next: “The Boys of St. Vincent” (1992-93), John Smith’s two-part drama about a Catholic orphanage in Newfoundland. The first installment follows the troubling relationship between a young brother and his unwilling favorite student (tonight, 6 p.m.). In the second part, an investigation into the sexual abuse is reopened 15 years later (tonight, 7:45 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 towww.symphonyspace.org.
SUBWAY SCREENS “On Location,” an exhibit closing this weekend 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 Lumiere’s groundbreaking short film “Arrival of a Train” (1895) to the present.
Through Sunday, today-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.
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