See these films: Week of 9/21-9/27

FRIDAY | For Ellen 
Drama about a musician on the brink of success, and divorce. Check out this week's review.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | Friday, September 21-Sunday, September 23; Friday @ 8 pm | $9.75; $7.75 students; $6.75 seniors | 617.876.6837 or brattlefilm.org

FRIDAY | The Passions of Werner Schroeter
Little known outside Germany, the late, great auteur is celebrated in a series of his films.
Harvard Film Archive in the Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge |  Friday, September 21- Monday, October  1 | $9; $7 students, seniors | 617.495.4700 or hcl.harvard.edu/hfa

FRIDAY | The Ambassador
A freewheeling doc about political corruption in the Central African Republic. Check out this week's review.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | Friday, September 21-Sunday, September 23; Friday @ 10 pm | $9.75; $7.75 students; $6.75 seniors | 617.876.6837 or brattlefilm.org

SUNDAY | The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
The doomed ancient Roman city goes quietly but spectacularly in this silent directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi.
Harvard Film Archive in the Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge | Sunday, September 23 @ 4 pm | FREE |  617.495.4700 or hcl.harvard.edu/hfa

TUESDAY | Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
In it's second year, this celebration of local and worldwide indie talent  screens three days of outstanding shorts.
Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square and the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | Tuesday, September 25 + Wednesday, September 26 + Friday, September 28 | $9; $20 day pass; $45 festival pass | massachusettsindependentfilmfestival.com