Film
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BIG ANIMALS, BIG SCREEN An afternoon screening offers a sampling of dinosaurs on film, from classic animation to science fiction blockbusters. The screening is part of the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival. Saturday, noon, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street and Central Park West, 212-769-5200, free with museum admission, $14 general, $10.50 seniors and students, $8 children under 12, free for members.
GARBO THE GREAT Up next in the film series Forever Garbo: Greta Garbo stars in parts one and two of the Swedish silent film “Gosta Berlings Saga” (1924). Her performance and Mauritz Stiller’s direction so impressed Louis B. Mayer that he invited both of them to Hollywood, launching Garbo’s American career. Saturday, 3 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212-879-9779, $8 general, $6 members.
SECRET SCREENING Wolfgang Hamm’s documentary “Secrets of Khoomei: Voices of Tuva,” about Siberia’s cultural revival after the collapse of the Soviet Union, is screened for the first time in America. Sunday, 4 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000, 212-620-5000 ext. 344, $7.
VIOLENT REACTIONS New Line Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present a special screening of “A History ofViolence.” Director David Cronenberg, composer Howard Shore,and stars Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, and William Hurt are on hand to answer questions. Wednesday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-875-5600, $30 general, $25 members.
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