Nov. 20: “Beyond the Sea” (Jacob Goldwasser, 1992). A man concerned about his family’s future in war-torn Israel considers emigrating to Canada. Hebrew, subtitles.

Michigan Theater Foundation. Unless there is a live show in the main theater, 2 or 3 different films are shown, usually twice or more, almost every night. For complete, updated schedules, see michtheater.org or call 668-TIME. Tickets (unless otherwise noted): $9 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $7; MTF members, $6.50). Michigan Theater, times TBA unless otherwise noted.

Nov. 1: “March of the Penguins” (Luc Jacquet, 2005). Mesmerizing documentary about the life cycle of the Antarctic emperor penguin. Kids age 12 & under, FREE.

Nov. 1-5: “Amreeka” (Cherien Dabis, 2009). Drama about a single mom and her teenage son who leave the West Bank for a small Illinois town. English & Arabic, subtitles. “A Serious Man” (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009). Dark comedy set in 1967 about a midwestern professor whose life unravels when his schlemiel of a brother won’t move out of his house.

Nov. 2: “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (Stanley Donen, 1954) Rollicking musical, best remembered for its dance numbers, about 7 outdoorsmen who kidnap women from town when they decide they want wives.

Nov. 6-12: “Coco Before Chanel” (Anne Fontaine, 2009). Biopic that stars Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel. French, subtitles.

Nov. 8, 9, & 12: “It Might Get Loud” (Davis Guggenheim, 2008). Documentary about the electric guitar from the point of view of 3 guitar virtuosos: The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White.

Nov. 9: “It’s Always Fair Weather” (Stanley Donen, 1955) Melancholy musical (with a happy ending) about 3 former war buddies who meet, compare notes, and find that they haven’t realized their dreams. Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse.

Nov. 11 & 12: “The Good Soldier” (Lexy Lovell & Michael Uys, 2009). Documentary that stars combat veterans from different American wars who discuss what it means kill in war.

Nov. 14: 16th Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival. First of 2 days of Polish shorts and feature films shown in Polish, with subtitles. $10 (students with ID & seniors, $6) per film. Today’s program begins at 1 p.m. with a FREE screening of 3 short documentaries: Gun for Hire (Piotr Zarebski, 1997) is about a Polish man who becomes a mercenary for western armies after witnessing Red Army brutality, Po-Lin (Jolanta Dylewska, 2008) shows archival footage of prewar Poland, and an animated short TBA by Tomek Baginski. Today’s features: General Nil (Ryszard Bugajski, 2009). Historical drama about the final days before Polish general August Emil Fieldorf’s execution in 1953. 6 p.m. How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? (Juliusz Machulski, 2008). Comedy about a woman who wishes she could turn back the clock 13 years and wakes up to find her wish has come true. 9 p.m.

Nov. 15: 16th Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival. See above. Today’s program begins at 1 p.m. with a FREE screening of 2 short documentaries: Coming Out in Poland (Slawomir Grunberg, 2008) is about Polish gays and lesbians who try to assert themselves in the fairly conservative Polish society, and Woman Triumphant (Basia Myszynski, 2009) is about the American journey of the iconic Polish actress Helena Modjeska. Followed by a talk with Myszynski. Today’s features: Scratch (Michal Rosa, 2008). Bergman-esque drama about a happily married woman who learns that her husband may have committed a horrible deed in the past. 5 p.m. Little Moscow (Waldemar Krzystek, 2008). Drama set in 1968 about an extramarital affair that is complicated by the volatile relationship between Poland and Czechoslovakia. 7 p.m.

Nov. 15-17 & 19: “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (Uli Edel, 2008). Drama set in 1970s Germany about the Baader-Meinhof gang of young communist-inspired terrorists. German, subtitles.

Nov. 16: “Gigi” (Vincente Minnelli, 1958). Oscar-winning Lerner & Loewe musical set in turn-of-the-century Paris. Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse.

Nov. 18: “Dynasty” (Warren Miller, 2009). Recognized as the world’s premier ski filmmaker, Miller has been making family-oriented ski adventure films for 60 years. He’s a major star on the West Coast, where his films draw packed houses for weeklong runs, and the annual Michigan Theater showing usually draws 800 to 1,000 viewers. Tickets $15 (kids age 12 & under, $12) in advance at Sun & Snow Sports (2471 W. Stadium), the Michigan Union Ticket Office, & all other Ticketmaster outlets, and at the door. To charge by phone, call (800) 745-3000. 7 p.m.

Nov. 20-30: “An Education” (Lone Scherfig, 2009). Coming-of-age drama set in the 60s about an ambitious teen girl who gets involved with a much older man.

Nov. 21: “In Search of Beethoven” (Phil Grabsky, 2009). Beethoven documentary, with footage of 60 performances.

Nov. 23: “West Side Story” (Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, 1961). Film version of Leonard Bernstein’s Romeo-and-Juliet musical story set in 1950s New York City. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno.

Nov. 25-30: “Still Walking” (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008). Drama about a family reunion 15 years after the eldest son’s death. Japanese, subtitles.

Nov. 27: Warner Bros. cartons. Kids age 12 & under, FREE.

Nov. 29: “Christmas in Connecticut” (Peter Godfrey, 1945). Romantic comedy about a journalist who writes a housekeeping column then has to pretend she’s actually good at housekeeping when her publication decides to let a heroic soldier stay at her farm for the holidays.

Nov. 30: “Cabaret” (Bob Fosse, 1972). Stylish, Oscar-hogging film adaptation of the Broadway musical about an American showgirl dangerously dazzled by the sinister sparkle of pre-Nazi Berlin. Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York.

Projectorhead/U-M Screen Arts & Cultures. FREE. 615-0445. U-M Museum of Art Helmut Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State, 7 p.m.

Nov. 5: “Lightworks Redux.” Screening of several student films from past U-M Lightworks festivals.

Nov. 12: “Memories of Agano” (Sato Makoto, 2004). Documentary about the impact of pollution-caused Minamata Disease on a rural Japanese community. Followed by a talk on “Abusive Subtitling” by U-M screen arts and cultures chair Markus Nornes.

Nov. 19: “24 City” (Jia Zhangke, 2008). Docufiction about a state-owned factory that becomes a modern apartment complex. Mandarin, subtitles.

Temple Beth Emeth. Free. 665-4744. 2309 Packard, 1 p.m.

Nov. 10: “Ushpizin” (Giddi Dar, 2004). An ultra-Orthodox couple in Jerusalem interpret their house guests’ increasingly boorish behavior as a divine test. Hebrew, subtitles.

U-M Center for Chinese Studies. Chinese Documentary Film Series. Free. 764-6308. Angell Hall Auditorium A (entrance at the Fishbowl on the east side of the bldg.), 7 p.m. Mandarin, subtitles.

Nov. 14: “Please Vote for Me” (Weijun Chen, 2007). In an experiment in democracy, 3rd graders are asked to elect a class monitor, a powerful position traditionally appointed by the teacher. Mandarin & English, subtitles.

U-M Center for Faith and Scholarship. FREE. 668-7421. U-M Campus Chapel, 1236 Washtenaw Ct., 8 p.m.

Nov. 21: “Lars and the Real Girl” (Craig Gillespie, 2007). Touching absurdist comedy about a shy man whose friends and family humor him when he introduces a life-size doll as his companion. Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer.

U-M Center for International & Comparative Studies. Free. 764-2268. 1636 SSWB (1080 South University), various times.

Nov. 3: “I Am from Titov Veles”< (Teona Strugar Mitevska, 2007). Three sisters take desperate steps to escape a dying community. Macedonian, subtitles. 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.

Nov. 10: “Mutum” (Sandra Kogut, 2007). A young boy in rural Brazil copes with a disintegrating family and the uncertainties of the adult world. Portuguese, subtitles.

Nov. 17: “Possible Lives” (Sandra Gugliotta, 2006). A woman searching for her missing geologist husband in remote Patagonia encounters a man who looks just like him. Spanish, subtitles.

U-M Center for Japanese Studies. FREE. 764-6307. Lorch Hall auditorium (Tappan at Monroe), 7 p.m.

Nov. 6: “Tokyo Drifter” (Seijun Suzuki, 1966). Drama about a reformed hit man who repeatedly avoids execution by a rival gang. Japanese, subtitles.

U-M Japanese Animation Film Society. U-M campus admission policy: No one under 18 admitted without an adult. FREE. umich.edu/~animania. MLB, 812 E. Washington at Thayer, 10 a.m.-midnight.

Nov. 14 (tentative): Con Ja Nai (Not a Convention). Yearly anime-a-thon, with Japanese animation old and new on 4 screens. Visitors can attend any film for any length of time. Films TBA.

U-M Museum of Art. FREE. 764-0395. UMMA Helmut Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State, various times.

Nov. 15 & 17: “The Power of the Powerless” (Cory Taylor, 2009). Documentary about communist Czechoslovakia, the 1989 “Velvet Revolution,” and current Czech political apathy. 3 p.m. (Nov. 15) & 4 p.m. (Nov. 17).

U-M Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. FREE. 615-8910. 1636 SSWB (1080 South University), various times.

Nov. 1: “Dekalog po Dekaloga” (2008). Three documentary films inspired by Krysztof Kieslowski’s Decalogue series of films about sin in the lives of ordinary Warsaw citizens. Polish, subtitles. “Teraz Ja” (Anna Jadowska, 2006). Award-winning drama about a young married woman struggling to reconcile herself to the discrepancies between life and her expectations of it. Polish, subtitles. 2-6 p.m.

Nov. 24: “Song from the Southern Seas” (Marat Sarulu, 2008). A darkly comic feud is ignited when a Russian man suspects his son is the result of an affair between his wife and a Kazakh neighbor. Russian, subtitles.

WCBN-FM. FREE admission. 763-3500. Arbor Brewing Company (114 E. Washington), 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 11: “Latcho Drom” (Tony Gatlif, 1994). Documentary celebrating Gypsy travels, music, and culture that features the legendary Romanian band Taraf de Haidouks. Romany, subtitles.

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