Film
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ITALIAN NEWSREELS Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo presents two screenings of vintage newsreels from Italy’s Istituto Luce. The first evening features reels from between 1940 and 1945, with a presentation by NYU’s Ruth Ben-Ghiat (tonight, 6 p.m.). The next evening features reels from between 1945 and 1968, with remarks by Istituto Luce’s Claudio Siniscalchi (tomorrow, 6 p.m.). The screenings are presented in conjunction with the ongoing exhibit “Now Playing: Italian Film Posters From the Lawrence Auriana Collection” (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.). Both screenings: New York University, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo, 24 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-998-8730, free.
GRETA AS ANNA In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Greta Garbo’s birth, Scandinavia House presents the film series Forever Garbo. Up next: Garbo plays the title role in Clarence Brown’s “Anna Karenina” (1935). The performance was Garbo’s second as Tolstoy’s tortured heroine. It earned her the New York Film Critics Circle Award for the “best feminine performance” of 1935. The screening is preceded by documentary footage from the Swedish Film Institute. One short features Garbo aboard a ship traveling to New York from Stockholm in 1929. A 1948 film test shot by Joseph Valentine for a production that was never made will also be shown. Tonight, 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday, 3 p.m., Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th streets, 212-879-9779, $8 general, $6 members.
POLISH STORY Slawomir Grunberg’s documentary “The Legacy of Jedwabne” tells the story of Jews in a small Polish town in 1941 who were massacred by the town’s Polish Christians, not by the Nazis. The story was uncovered by journalist Jan Gross in his book “Neighbors.” After two screenings this week, the director participates in a question-and-answer session with the audience. Tonight and tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Makor, Steinhardt Building, 35 W. 67th St., between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, 212-415-5500, $15.
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