Fests and events, 11/7.

Andy Horbal notes that the Three Rivers Film Festival opens tonight and runs through November 22.

Jonas Mekas has helped curate an exhibition of his work at Cologne's Museum Ludwig, opening tomorrow and on view through March 1.

Ingmar Bergman's Monika screens Sunday and Monday at the Red Vic in San Francisco. Dennis Harvey at SF360: "[Harriet] Andersson, who would erratically work with Bergman over the next three decades, was this movie's breakout sexpot star. But [Lars] Ekborg, dead from cancer just 15 years later at age 43, provides its soul."

This will be Nanni Moretti's second year as director of the Turin Film Festival (November 21 through 29) and, as Nick Vivarelli reports for Variety, the program he's unveiled includes a complete retrospective of the work of Roman Polanski (including his advertising spots). Polanski, who recently appeared with Moretti in Quiet Chaos, personally supervised the retro. Among the jury members is Jonathan Lethem, whose review of Roberto Bolaño's 2666 for the New York Times Book Review is a recommended read.

"Unlike most celebrations of Israeli filmmaking, [the Other Israel Film Festival] seeks to focus specifically on stories of the multiple non-Jewish Arab ethnic groups living in Israel, who make up 20 percent of that country's population." An overview from Holly Herrick at Hammer to Nail.

At PopMatters, Michael Buening looks back on this year's New York Film Festival.

Posted by dwhudson at November 7, 2008 2:57 PM