Monday, Dec. 13

FILM | Harvard Film Archive: Pirates of the Carribean and Love Me

All the sword-fighting, daughter-kidnapping, Johnny Depp-featuring fun of last year’s Pirates followed by the recent French film Love Me, director Laetitia Masson’s story about a young French girl who finds herself without memories or direction in an American airport. Call the Harvard Film Archive at (617) 495-4700 for admission details. Pirates at 6:30 p.m. and Love Me at 9:15 p.m. The Carpenter Center Main Auditorium. (MFK)

Tuesday, Dec. 14

FILM | Harvard Film Archive: Wings of Desire and A Lesson in Love

Wings of Desire, a predominantly German-language film about the angels who watch over Berlin and the one who eventually decides to become mortal after falling in love with a trapeze artist, was the original City of Angels. It’s screened here with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s clever comedy Love Me. Call the Harvard Film Archive at (617) 495-4700 for admission details. Wings of Desire at 7 p.m. and A Lesson in Love at 9:15 p.m. The Carpenter Center Main Auditorium. (MFK)

BOOKS | Susanna Clarke

“Magnificent and original” raves the Washington Post about Clarke’s debut novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which has been both critically acclaimed and publicly adored. See her read from it at this event at the Harvard Book Store. Free and open to the public. Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Harvard Book Store. (MFK)

Wednesday, Dec. 15

FILMS | Whale Rider