Film
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BEFORE ‘BROKEBACK’ Martin Ritt’s 1963 film “Hud,” an adaptation of Larry Mc-Murtry’s first novel, “Horseman, Pass By,” is screened as part of a series focusing on Mr. McMurtry’s depiction of the American West. Paul Newman stars as a rebellious young man living on a remote Texas farm (tonight, 6:15 p.m.). Peter Bogdanovich’s “The Last Picture Show” (1971), adapted from Mr. McMurtry’s third novel, is also screening (tonight, 8:30 p.m.). Both screenings: Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-496-3809, $10 general, $7 students, $6 members, $5 children ages 6 to 12.
WESTERN ADVENTURE The Laurel and Hardy comedy “Way Out West” (1937) follows the bumbling duo as they head to Brushwood Gulch to deliver a deed to a gold mine. A highlight is a softshoe routine performed in front of a saloon. Today and tomorrow, 2 p.m., Sunday, 4 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 seniors and students, free for members.
WHATEVER LOLA WANTS A series of screenings of films by the prolific German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder continues with “Lola” (1981), an update of Josef von Sternberg’s classic 1930 Marlene Dietrich vehicle “The Blue Angel.” Tomorrow, noon, IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd Street, 212-924-7771, $10.75 general, $7 seniors.
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