This weekend the Loeb Experimental Theater presents Hindy's Punkplay and Shepard's Icarus' Mother and Forensic and the Navigators on Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Burn This

By Lanford Wilson

Directed by Dan Balsam

At Mather House this weekend comes Wilson's most powerful and passionate play, Burn This, starring Anna, Larry, Burton and Pale. In the TV Room Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 10:30 p.m.

L'Avventura

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

At the Carpenter Center/Harvard Film Archive

Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Enveloped in boredom and ennui, a group of middle class lovers and friends sail to the Southern Mediterranean islands for a holiday. Without warning, one of them, Anna, disappears. The group searches the area desperately trying to recover their lost friend. Antonioni deftly exposes hidden motivations and repressed desires in his characters as the group inevitably disintegrates.

The Black Stallion

Directed by Carroll Ballard

At the Carpenter Center/Harvard Film Archive

Saturday at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

The first volume of Walter Farley's classic series about a boy and his wild Arabian horse was adapted into this visually stunning film. Ballard's first feature reveals his particular talent for capturing dramatic landscapes as well as the power and natural beauty of animals.

The Lady Without Camelias

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

At the Carpenter Center/Harvard Film Archive

Saturday at 9 p.m.

Gianni, a film producer, realizes midway through the shooting of his latest film that Clara, an actress in the film with a small role, has tremendous star potential. Gianni demands rewrites and shootings to make Clara the star of the movie. Caught in the power struggle of the film industry, Clara marries Gianni, who now controls her life. Antonioni forcefully reveals a deep preoccupation with isolation through his female protagonist.