To-do: Week starting 25/2

Colin Firth and Julianne Moore in "A Single Man"

THURSDAY

A Single Man, the debut film of designer Tom Ford, opens.

Ricky, François Ozon’s baby horror film (described as Cronenberg meets the Dardenne Brothers) opens at ACMI exclusively and plays until March 10.

Triple R presents Sympathy for the Devil (Jean-luc Godard, 1968) at Rooftop.

The Blind Side, the Oscar-nominated(wtf!) film starring Sandra Bullock, opens.

The Leopard (1963), Visconti’s epic period drama, plays at ACMI tonight and Sunday.

Francois Ozon's "Ricky"

Grindhouse (Tarantino and Rodriguez, 2007) at Astor.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975) at Moonlight.

FRIDAY

8 1/2 (Fellini, 1963), recently remade as Nine, plays at ACMI.

Freaky Fridays presents Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders) at ACMI.

Pulling a steamer through the Peruvian hills in "Fitzarraldo"

Girl with a Suitcase (Valerio Zurlini, 1961), starring Claudia Cardinale, at ACMI.

Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008) at Rooftop.

Sandra (Visconti, 1965) at ACMI.

Fitzcarraldo (Herzog, 1982) at ACMI.

SUNDAY

Adventureland (Greg Mottola), Screen Machine’s #1 film of 2009, at Rooftop.

The Wizard of Oz (1939) at ACMI.

A Fistful of Dynamite (Sergio Leone, 1972) at Astor.

Fellini's "La Strada" at Cinematheque

Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968) at ACMI.

MONDAY

The Godfather II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) at Astor.

TUESDAY

Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990) at Moonlight

WEDNESDAY

Opening Night Gala Screening of The Men Who Stare at Goats at Nova.

DIY art in "Beautiful Losers"

Cinematheque presents a Fellini double-feature: Amacord (1973) a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story and La Strada (1954) the story of a circus strongman and his naive companion.

Beautiful Losers, the documentary on a collective of influential DIY artists (including Harmony Korine and Mike Mills) at Rooftop,

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