FLICK PICKS

Wim Wenders’ “The American

Friend”

Film Independent at LACMA | Leo S. Bing

Theater Thursday | 7:30 p.m.

| $5-$10 The German director’s 1977 film noir with

Dennis Hopper

Leo Mccarey’s “Duck Soup”

American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre | Hollywood Saturday | 7:30 p.m.

|$11 Groucho plays Rufus T. Firefly in this out-ofcontrol 1933 satire

Terence Davies’ “The Long Day

Closes”

American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre

| Santa Monica Sunday | 7:30 p.m. | $11 The British director appears in person at screening of film of 1992

memory play

George Cukor’s “Keeper of the

Flame”

UCLA Film & Television Archive | Billy Wilder Theater | Westwood Sunday | 7 p.m. | $9 Tracy and Hepburn star in this rarely seen

topical 1942 drama

Howard Hawks’ “Gentlemen Prefer

Blondes”

Million Dollar Theatre | downtown Los Angeles Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.

|$9 Marilyn Monroe discovers that diamonds are a girl’s best friend in this

1953 comedy

Steve Mcqueen’s “Shame,” “Hunger”

New Beverly Cinema | Los Angeles Wednesday | 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

|$8 Michael Fassbender stars in the director’s two controversial films from

2011and 2008