First Night 2011 film highlights

Published Dec 30 2010, 11:30 AM by Ashley Rigazio

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WFNX Presents: Rock & Roll Films | at the Stuart Street Playhouse, 200 Stuart St, Boston | "Back at You! . . . Punk Vids from the KINODV Archive" (classic punk and new wave footage) | 2 + 6:30 + 8:40 pm | Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam | 3:30 pm | Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields | 5 pm | Do It Again: One Man's Quest to Reunite the Kinks | 7:15 pm | Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everyone Talkin' About Him?) | 9:15 pm

First Night Film Program at the Museum of Fine Arts | at 465 Huntington Ave, Boston | Hour-long program of cutting-edge shorts: Stefan Eling's Cyber, Tomek Ducki's Lifeline, Priit Tender's Miriam's Broken Picture, Ruben Ostlund's Incident at a Bank, Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor | 10:45 am + noon + 1:15 + 2:30 + 3:45 pm

"Magic Lantern Picture Show" | at Hynes Convention Center, Room 200, 900 Boylston St, Boston | Whimsical shorts and photoplays, including Phil Mucci's The Listening Dead, Nathan Palmer's Monkey Vs. Robot, Suzanne Twining's Terminator Tomatoes, and Tate Hausman's Store Wars: The Organic Rebellion | 1-6 pm

"Color of Film" Series | at Hynes Convention Center, Room 200, 900 Boylston St, Boston | Fresh Peas (documentary short) | 7:30 pm | Paperboy (narrative short) | 7:40 pm | The Cycle (narrative short) | 8:15 pm | Me and the Devil Blues (documentary short) | 8:40 pm | American Faust: From Condi to Neo Condi (documentary feature) | 9:10 pm