Robert Breer, Kinetic Poet of the Avant-Garde Harvard Film Archive Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge Today, 7:00pm, $10 More information Robert Breer brought pop art to abstract animation. He’s an artist whose work could fit equally well alongside the European “cubist” film of the early twentieth century and American Saturday morning cartoons. (Breer worked as an animator on the PBS series Electric Company in the early 70s.) Billed by HFA as a “founding member......

Some super-snazzy stuff is going on around Boston this week in the film world. The African Film Festival at the MFA is going strong, and Harvard Film Archive brings us José Luis Guerín's In the City of Sylvia (En la ciudad de Sylvia) with the director live and in person. (Sometimes we wonder what the point of saying "live and in person" is--would we really go to an event with someone dead and in person?......

Who wants to be inside a theater in weather like this? This evening, Bostonist won't have to choose between staying outdoors, seeing a band, and enjoying some of our favorite movies: Friday 8/11 Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) ArtsUnion brings a revolt and a sinking Russian warship to Union Square. The KNOWmovement Orchestra provides ambient lighting and a live soundtrack for Eisentein's groundbreaking silent classic. Union Square, Somerville 7:30-9:30 pm, free (rain date Saturday 8/12) Battleship......

Bostonist's going to see the movies about four-letter words and zombies, but we urge you to check out the rest of Boston International Film Festival, which offers samurai, crossword puzzles, giant Buddhas, and Pixies. Wednesday 4/19 Lost in Translation The Harvard Film Archive follows up Maggie Chung & Tony Leung's gorgeous, heartbreaking non-affair in Hong Kong with Scarlett Johansen & Bill Murray's equally beautiful, equally heartbreaking non-affair in Tokyo. But we might just stay home......

Bostonist is itching to get out of work today and go see this year's The Animation Show. We caught it last year and it renewed our faith in all things cartoon. Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead) and Don Hertzfeldt (Billy's Balloon) created the project to showcase the best of animation world. This year will feature, among others, a new short by Mr. Hertzfeldt (The Meaning of Life), an Academy Award nominee (Guard Dog) and......

Who wants the Super Bowl when you can have "Riot Porn" instead? Fresh from Sundance, the Lost Film Festival is hitting up three local colleges starting Sunday. This year's line up consists of short films, anti-corporation antics and protest footage. The Yes Men are onboard once again and Bostonist has high hopes for "Nafta dance". Bostonist got hooked on short film extravaganzas when we saw The Animation Show, which will be back in April.......