Arthur Penn, American Auteur Harvard Film Archive (HFA) Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge Friday-Monday More details Filmmaker Arthur Penn's reputation rests so firmly on Bonnie and Clyde (1967), that you could be excused if you thought he only made one good movie. You'd be wrong, of course. It's a point that will be reiterated throughout the weekend as the Harvard Film Archive presents a retrospective of his work. Penn doesn't get the press that......

The Long Goodbye, The Lady in the Lake, Murder My Sweet, and Strangers on a Train will screen this weekend at the Brattle. Check the Brattle Theatre website for showtimes. The Chandler festivities start today, Friday, August 3. The Brattle takes their noir fixation to the next level with a whole weekend of movies dedicated to the work of Raymond Chandler. The theater is showcasing a new print of 1973's The Long Goodbye, in which......

Death at a Funeral will screen at Coolidge Corner on Thursday, August 2, at 7:30. Passes are available the day of the screening on a first-come, first-served basis. Frank Oz is swell because of the Muppet connection. Then again, he gave us that dreadful Stepford Wives remake. Frank, how could you? Oz is now redeeming his directing career by taking the Robert Altman path and looking to the UK for help. Altman turned to British......

Garrison Keillor will be at Symphony Hall tomorrow at 3pm. Tickets are available through the celebrityseries.org website. Garrison Keillor, the man behind Prairie Home Companion and the inspiration behind Robert Altman's last movie will be speaking in Boston tomorrow. Why does Bostonist like Keillor so much? He's the literary equivalent of Yo La Tengo, sounding for all the world like gentle souls yet proclaiming in an album title, "I am not afraid of you, and......

The late, great director Robert Altman made some brilliant movies (Nashville, anyone?). He also made some unbelievably crappy ones (Pret-a-Porter). But the Brattle is here to sort the wheat from the chaff and to bring you the best of Robert Altman - at least the '70s Altman, anyway - all week long. Movie buffs, fill out your calendars! Tonight M*A*S*H (1970), 4:30, 7:00 People are so used to Alan Alda as Hawkeye that it's a......

The Times has called The Da Vinci Code "one of the few screen versions of a book that may take longer to watch than to read," but Bostonist had trouble getting past the first page. Boycotting? Your best alternatives (aside from renting Hudson Hawk) are adultery, witchcraft, and noir: Friday 5/19 through Sunday 5/21 SoWa Film Festival Watch new films for free in a South End loft. We're hoping to figure out what "independent cabaret......