..Opening Weekend

Closing Weekend

A Conversation with Mickey Rooney. There's no debating that the veteran of 80 years in the biz has more than the scheduled hour of commentary and anecdotes on career, wives, co-stars, the studios and independents. The event promises to be a highlight regardless of how that's defined. (Hammer Museum)

Harry and Tonto. Perhaps the most unusual road movie of all-time. The title characters are a septuagenarian and his cat and the vehicles are courtesy of Roadways. Filmmaker Paul Mazursky finds an apt cipher in Art Carney and covers a lot of ground about family, lonliness, spirit and the American soul in this rarely revived gem. (Billy Wilder)

Lady Chatterley. The Gallic spin on D.H. Lawrence's bygone shocker of an illicit affair between a noblewoman and the estate gameskeeper won France's top film award earlier this year. It's a first class adaptation with fine central performances from a cast of relative newcomers. Its crowning achievement is an earthiness that binds the characters to their environment and conveys the impulsiveness of animal instincts. (Billy Wilder Theater)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. John Ford's classic 1962 western about "printing the legend" rather than the banal truth is worth revisiting. It's a great story of the civilization of the American frontier that's effectively bittersweet. John Wayne and James Stewart are clearly 20 years too old for their roles and one can only fondly imagine the actors doing it on the heels of Stagecoach and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. (Billy Wilder Theater)

Moliere. The inspiration in this imagined tale of the great French playwright is the creation of history as if presented in one of his plays. Its fleeting indulgences are melodramatic touches one wouldn't find in his canon. The rest is sublime with Romain Duris in the title role and the country's top talents giving life, humanity and rigor to this sprightly saga. (Landmark Pavilion)

How to Cook Your Life. More profile than primer, Zen chef Edward Espe Brown is an affable guide when it comes to literally baking bread, what kitchen behavior says about the individual and cooking as therapy. However, he's more closeted about revealing personal detail and the film emerges as an interesting duel between filmmaker and subject with a surprise conclusion. (Festival)