Events & Revivals

Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 206-8013. Silent/Sync/

Sound The final installment of this series exploring Hollywood’s transition to talkies in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when studios often distributed their films in both silent and sound formats, features two versions of Walter Lang’s 1930 potboiler

“Brothers,” starring Bert Lytell and Dorothy Sebastian. Today, 7 p.m.

Bing Theater at LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LACMA, Los Angeles. (323) 857-6000. Tuesday Matinees Josef von Sternberg’s 1932 drama

“Shanghai Express,” starring Marlene Dietrich as a beautiful courtesan who rekindles an old romance while trying to escape her past on a fateful train journey. Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland also star. Tue. Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Thea

tre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 655-2510. Science on Screen Director Shane Carruth will introduce this screening of his mind-bending sci-fi thriller “Primer” (2004), about two engineers who stumble on the secret of time travel in one of their garage experiments. Carruth will also participate in a discussion with USC professor and physicist Clifford V. Johnson after the film. Wed., 7:30 p.m.

Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica. (323) 466-3456. ‘Break

fast With Curtis’ Paul Thomas Anderson will join director Laura Colella to present her new film “Breakfast

With Curtis,” which tells the story of an eccentric Rhode Island bookseller (Theo Green) who enlists his reluctant teenage neighbor (Jonah Parker) to help with his latest creative project. Anderson will moderate a discussion with Colella after the film. Thu., 7:30 p.m.

Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 281-8223.

Round Midnight An unbalanced rock star (Bob Geldof ) experiences a major mental breakdown — vividly realized with bizarre animation sequences — in “Pink Floyd: The Wall,” Alan Parker’s 1982 film adaptation of the best-selling rock opera (Fri.). And the 1975 horror classic “The Rocky

Horror Picture Show” screens(Sat.).

Fri.-Sat., midnight.

Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 466-3456. Oscar-Nominated Editors and Art

Directors Seminars The American Cinematheque hosts a pair of panel discussions with this year’s Academy Award nominees for editing and art direction. The editors panel will take place in the morning, with the art directors panel following in the afternoon. Sat., 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m.