Film
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LOVING THE BOMB Stanley Kubrick’s classic Cold War satire “Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1964), starring Peter Sellers several times over, is screened in the East Village. Friday, 11 p.m., Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St. at Avenue A, 212-591-0434, $9 general, $6.50 members.
WONG’S WORLD An extensive retrospective of the work of actress Anna May Wong (1905-61) continues this weekend. “Daughter of Shanghai” (1937) is a thriller about a woman trying to avenge her murdered father and destroy a gang of immigrant smugglers. It was unusual for its time in that two Asian actors – Wong and Philip Ahn – share top billing. The screening is preceded by the short “Hollywood Party (1937), which includes Technicolor footage of Wong modeling fashions acquired during her recent trip to China. Saturday and Sunday, 2 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.
