"The Big Stick, New Left Note" with Saul Levinein person at 9:30 p.m. Boston filmmaker andteacher Saul Levine is a legendary fixture ofAmerican underground filmmaking. His films dealwith the extremely personal particulars such aslovers, work and just hanging out.26 October Tuesday

Films

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Voyage to Italy" at 5:30 p.m.Tensions mount in this deeply moving story of abored British couple struggling to keep theirmarriage alive while visiting the ruins of Pompei.

"Le Jour se Leve" at 7:30 p.m. Barricaded inhis attic room, as the police wait outside, aworker who has shot a man recalls the eventsleading to the killing.

"Ivan the Terrible:" Part 1 at 9:30 p.m.

Theatre

An Evening with Wendy Wasserstein. Aperformance and talk with Wasserstein, playwrightand journalist. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St.,7 p.m. Free.27 October Wednesday

Films

Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Stranger Than Paradise" at 5:30p.m. When 16-year-old Eva from Hungary invades thedomain of her New York cousin Willie and hisfriend Eddie, she is at first an irritation, butlater a source of color in their lives.

"Alexander Nevsky" at 7:30 p.m. The filmdepicts the 13th century invasion of Russia by theTeutonic Knights.

"Ivan the Terrible: Part II" at 9:30 p.m.

Talk

Multiculturalism and Buddhism inAmerica. Helen Tworkov, editor, Tricycle, TheBuddhist Review. Phillips Brooks House, ParlorRoom, 4:15 p.m