Contemporary African Films. MIT, Wiesner Building's Bartos Theater. "Camp de Thiaroye" on Friday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. "Faces of Women" on Sunday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Call 253-4003 for more information.

Movies

Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "Seven Samurai" at 3:45 and 7:45 p.m. "Thank God I'm a Lesbian" at 4:30, 6:10, 8 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday. "Ninotchka" at 3:05 and 7:25 p.m. and "Camille" at 1, 5:15 and 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. Oct. 10. "Breathless" at 4:05 and 8 p.m. and "The Finger Man" at 2, 5:50 and 9:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11. "Once a Thief" at 4 and 8 p.m. and "Heroes Shed No Tears" at 6:05 and 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12. "High School Confidential!" and "Reefer Madness" at 6:15 and 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

Coolidge Corner Cinema. 390 Harvard St., Brookline. 734-2500. On Thursday, Oct. 7. "La Vie de Boheme" at 5:30 and 7:25 p.m. Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation at 9:30 p.m. The festival will last until Oct. 24. "Bread and Salt" at 5:50 p.m. "Time Indefinite" at 7:40 p.m. "Twist" at 10:10 p.m.

Loews Fresh Pond. Fresh Pond Plaza. 661-2900. On Thursday, Oct. 7. "Malice" at 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:35 and 10:10 p.m. "Cool Runnings" at 11:35, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05 and 9:15 p.m. "For Love or Money" at 12:30, 2:55, 5:05, 7:20 and 9:30 p.m. "Into the West" at 1:55 and 4 p.m. "Undercover Blues" at 6:05 and 8:30 p.m. "The Good Son" at 1:25, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10 and 10:30 p.m. "The Program" at 12:15, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55 and 10:20 p.m. "Dazed and Confused" at 1:10, 3:20, 5:35, 7:45 and 9:55 p.m. "Striking Distance" at 1:40, 4:20, 6:35 and 8:45 p.m. "True Romance" at 12:40, 3:05, 6:20 and 9 p.m. "The Fugitive" at 12:55, 3:45, 6:50 and 9:45 p.m.

Loews Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thursday, Oct. 7. "A Bronx Tale" at 11:45, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:35 and 12:40. "King of the Hill" at 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 and 12. "Wedding Banquet" at 12:30, 3:30, 6:15, 9:15 and 11:45. "Manhattan Murder Mystery" at 12:45, 3:15, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 and 12:35. "The Age of Innocence" at 1,4,7 and 10 p.m.

Loews Janus. 57 JFK St., Harvard Square. 661-3737. "The Joy Luck Club" at 1,4,7 and 10 p.m.

Theatre

42nd Street. Touring production of the Tony Award-winning musical, which is the third-longest running show on Broadway. Through Oct. 10. Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., Boston. Call 426-9366 for more information.

Miss Saigon. Through Oct. 9. A retelling of Madame Butterfly set in Vietnam. Wang Center, Boston. $15-$60. Call 931-9393 for more information.

The Real Live Brady Bunch. Adapted and directed by Jill Soloway. The chamption of television sit-coms comes to the stage. Scripts taken from the 70s show are played by an all-adult cast. Charles Playhouse, Tuesdays through Sundays through Nov. 7. Call 426-6912 for more information. Fifteen Minutes recommends

Ninotchka

We don't quite remember much about it except that it was pretty funny. A classic. Greta Garbo was nominated for a 1939 Academy Award for her performance. We think it might even be the film where she groaned, "I want to be alone."