Monday Happenings

Movies

Even casual film buffs know Harold and Maude, but how many have seen Hal Ashby's first feature, The Landlord (1970)? It's a film about a rich white guy who buys a building in Park Slope, Brooklyn and becomes embroiled in racial tensions. Sound familiar? Not in 1970. Cinematography from Gordon Willis, a rare, fantastic performance by Beau Bridges and a hilarious script make this overlooked film worth the trek out to Quincy Street. Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, 7 p.m. $8/$6.

Beats

Every now and then, Beat Research, Cambridge's "experimental dance party," will bring things back to the basics. Tonight's program, featuring DJ Pace and hip hop journalist Brian Coleman behind the wheels of steel, is a case in point. Pace and Coleman will dig through their crates to find the hottest beats from the history of Boston hip hop, and they should know. Pace just wrote the chapter on the subject for the monster compendium Hip-hop in America: A Regional Guide. The Enormous Room, 567 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 9 p.m. Free.

New Music

NEC's Borromeo String Quartet continues its march through Gunther Schuller's string quartets, tackling his String Quartet No. 4 along with work by Mohamed Fairouz and Bela Bartok. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., 8 p.m. Free.