Film festivities
Not everyone can Cannes, but cinema lovers in the States can get plenty of festival action here at home.
MOVIES IN MOTION. (May 12-August 31, moviesinmotiontour.com). This free traveling series shows old and new blockbusters (pretheater) on an inflatable screen.
ASIAN FILMS ARE GO!!! (May 15-26, subwaycinema.com). New York's Asian film festival includes $8 flicks from Hong Kong, India, South Korea, and more.
MAUI FILM FESTIVAL AT WAILEA. (June 11-15, mauifilmfestival.com). Double features will play each night at the open-air Celestial Cinema. Tickets $20.
AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL. (June 18-22, abff.com). Miami's South Beach hosts screenings, celebrity panels, and parties. -Vicky Hallett
Collector's item
You won't find a sweeter 34 minutes on TV this year than The Collector of Bedford Street (Cinemax, May 14, 7 p.m. ET). The subject of this Oscar-nominated documentary is Larry Selman (below, with filmmaker Alice Elliott and his dog, Happy). The mentally retarded man lives alone in Greenwich Village and fears that his crabby, 81-year-old uncle will no longer be able to watch out for him--until neighbors come to the rescue. Along the way, Selman collects money for charity (hence the title), earns his co-op board's wrath for inviting homeless people to sleep over, and falls in love. -Marc Silver
This story appears in the May 12, 2003 print edition of U.S. News & World Report.
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