Film
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TRAVELING MUSIC The Socrates Sculpture Park and the Museum of the Moving Image present Outdoor Cinema, a summerlong film festival celebrating the cultural diversity of Queens. Tony Gatlif’s Romanian documentary “Latcho Dom” (1993) follows Gypsy bands throughout Asia and Europe. Films are screened every Wednesday through the end of August. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard at Broadway, Long Island City, Queens, 718-956-1819, free.
SCANNER DARKLY The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents “Scanners: the 2006 New York Video Festival,” featuring new works in new media. The festival opens with a discussion of the work of movie and music video director Hype Williams. Writer Armond White is host of the event. Tomorrow, 8:30 p.m., Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, W. 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-496-3809, $10 general, $7 students, $6 members, $5 seniors and children. For complete information, go to filmlinc.com.
FAMILY INTRIGUE The Philoctetes Center at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute kicks off its summer chamber film series with a screening of Jacques Demy’s “Peau d’âne” (“Donkey Skin”) (1970), featuring Catherine Denueve, about a king who attempts to marry his daughter after vowing to only wed a woman more beautiful than his dead wife. The head of Koch Lorber Films, Richard Lorber, moderates the screening. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., the Philoctetes Center, 247 E. 82nd St., between Second and Third avenues, 3rd floor, 646-422-0645, free.
GLASS AND DRACULA The Celebrate Brooklyn! festival and Carnegie Hall present a screening of “Dracula” (1931) with an accompanying score by Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet, who perform the piece live with the film. The Slavic Soul Party performs its combination of Gypsy, Balkan, and funk rhythms after the screening. Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and 9th Street, Brooklyn, 718-855-7882, $3.