Film
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ONLINE ADVENTURE Michael Ferris Gibson’s new film, “24 Hours on Craigs list,” follows a day in the life of the sprawling online bulletin boardCraigslist.com. He discovers people looking for roommates and spouses, a couple selling all their possessions in order to travel the world, and an Ethel Merman impersonator looking for a backup band. Mr. Gibson also found the entire crew for his film on the Web site. Tonight, 9 p.m., other times vary, Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. at Avenue A, 212-591-0434, $9 general, $6.50 members.
LIFE UNDER FRANCO A retrospective of Catalan films continues with a screening of “Lejos de los Arboles” “(Far From the Trees,” 1963-70), Jacinto Esteva Grewe’s exploration of poverty and superstitious beliefs in Spain during Franco’s regime. Tonight, 9:15 p.m., tomorrow, 3 p.m., Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-496-3809, $10 general, $7 students, $6 members, $5 seniors on Monday-Friday before 6 p.m. and children ages 6 to 12.
AMERICAN STORY On Fridays in February, the Brooklyn Public Library screens a four-part PBS documentary, “Africans in America.” The series kicks off with part one, “The Terrible Transformation (1607-1750).” Friday, 6 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.
WORK? NO, THANKS The French ode to unemployment “The Comedy of Work” (1987) is screened as part of a series of films by New Wave director Luc Moullet (Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.). Other highlights: Mr. Moullet’s most recent film, “Shipwrecked on Route D 17” (2003), a Gulf War comedy that throws together a race car driver, a couple of astrophysicians, a shepherd, a film crew shooting a Western, and a lost military patrol hoping to capture Saddam Hussein in the Alps (Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.). All screenings: Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. at 2nd Street, 212-505-5181, $8 general, $6 seniors and students, $5 members. Note: The films are in French with English subtitles.
FASSBINDER’S FASHION An ongoing series of screenings of films by the prolific German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder continues with “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” (1972), about a successful, cruel fashion designer who has an affair with an aspiring model. Saturday and Sunday, noon, IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at West 3rd Street, 212 924-7771, $10.75 general, $7 seniors.
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