Film
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‘TONIGHT I WRITE THE SADDEST LINES’ The French Institute’s Alliance Française presents a screening of Michael Radford’s “Il Postino” (1994), about an Italian postman who learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famed Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who guides him in wooing a local beauty. The showing is a posthumous tribute to featured actor Philippe Noiret’s contribution to French cinema. Tonight, 9 p.m., French Institute. 55 E. 59th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-355-6160, $9 general, $7 students, free for members of the FIAF.
MAN OF STEEL As part of its “Next Generation of Film” series, the Film Society of Lincoln Center presents a conversation with actor Ben Affleck and film critic Kent Jones. The talk follows a screening of Allen Coulter’s “Hollywoodland” (2006), about the mysterious death of a fading actor who became best known for his television portrayal of Superman, George Reeves. Mr. Affleck depicts Reeves in the film. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-875-5600, $10.
