Film
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FAMILY FILMS The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a series of holiday screenings, featuring the films “Linnea in Monet’s Garden,” an animated journey through Monet’s garden in Giverny, France; and “Metropolitan Cats,” which explores the various ways felines are depicted throughout the museum’s collections. Additional films include “Great Frost,”an animated film based on Virginia Woolf’s story “Orlando,” about festivities that arise when the Thames River in London freezes over; and Dylan Thomas’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” a filmed reading of the author’s story. Through Thursday, times vary, the Met Museum, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-570-3961, $20 donation suggested, $10 students and seniors, free for members and children.
FROM THE STREETS Carol Reed’s “Oliver!” (1968) is a musical based on Charles Dickens’s classic tale about an orphan and his adventures with his rogue gang of friends. The Museum of the Moving Image screens the film with a new 35 mm print. Through Monday, 1:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 3601 35th Ave. at 36th Street, Long Island City, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 students and seniors, $5 children.
INDEPENDENT PICTURES Jack Garfein’s “Something Wild” (1961) follows a young woman as she struggles to recover after a violent attack walking home in the Bronx. Featured actors include Carroll Baker. The film is remarkable for its examples of method acting. Friday through Thursday, times vary, IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at 3rd Street, 212-924-7771, $10.50 general.