FILM | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Boston’s Devil Music Ensemble will provide a live performance of their original score to accompany this influential German Expressionist horror film. The silent classic is known for its shocking visual style, recounting the tale of the mad Dr. Caligari, whose carnival sideshow features a somnambulist with vivid visions of the future. The story takes on a darker tone when a series of murders is found to coincide with the prophet’s predictions. Featuring a variety of instruments including lap steel guitar, vibraphone, and percussion, The Devil Music Ensemble has toured around the country with their unique live soundtrack experience. Tickets $10 (Ticketweb). 7:30 p.m. Coolidge Corner Theatre. (BBC)

Wednesday, April 21

FILM | Lost in Translation

Fulfilling the boundless promise exhibited in her debut effort, The Virgin Suicides, director Sofia Coppola crafts a sublime love letter to both Tokyo and transitory friendship with her Oscar-winning work. Hollywood star Bob Harris (Bill Murray) has been shipped off to Japan to hawk Centauri whiskey to the natives. There, he encounters Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), the beautiful wife of a photographer, and the pair are soon discovering the culture and a profundity in their friendship that is lacking in their respective marriages. Johansson perfects the prolonged sulk, while Murray delivers a career performance, donning the hats of weary voyager, droll companion and cynical mentor with equal comfort. There are plenty of belly laughs to be had along the way, but what remains with the viewer is the significance of the fleeting connection that these two people share. Coppola dreamily lingers on every scene, adorning each of them with the sensation of the aftermath of a first kiss. Tickets $6. 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive. (BBC)

FILM | Questioning Faith: Confessions of a Seminarian

The hour-long documentary addresses the question: “How can anyone believe in God, any god, after experiencing life at its most devastating?” Young seminarian Macky Alston was two years from graduation, when a friend’s lost battle against AIDS forced him to explore this very question. Followed by a discussion with director Alston and Professor Claudia Highbaugh. Tickets free. 7 p.m. Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave. (BBC)

MUSIC | Radio 4

New York’s Radio 4 revive the danceable post-punk of bands like the Gang of Four, P.I.L. and Mission of Burma. Exuberant indie-rockers The Fever and Certainly Sir start off this night of fun musical frenzy. Don’t forget your dancing shoes! Tickets $10 advance, $12 day of show. +18. 9 p.m. The Middle East Downstairs. (SLS)

Thursday April 22

THEATER | Freshman Musical

Catch the opening performance of this year’s freshman musical, “Hot Noise: Pecs, Jugs and Rock & Roll.” The show chronicles the rise of ’70s rock band, the Red Bricks, from its lowly beginnings at Harvard to the height of superstardom. Witness the turmoil of Vietnam and the Women’s Movement, the power of rock & roll, and the splendor of a sequined jumpsuit. Tickets $5 with Harvard I.D. (HBO). 7:30 p.m. Runs through April 24. Agassiz Theatre. (BBC)

Ongoing

FILM | An Amazing Couple

Lucas Belvaux’s The Trilogy continues with Part 2: An Amazing Couple. The experiment of The Trilogy is to have three films with interlocking stories—main characters in each one have brief appearances in the others—each made in a different genre. An Amazing Couple is the romantic comedy of the set, featuring a sensitive hypochondriac named Alain Costes and his wife, Cecile. Alain misunderstands a need for a minor operation as an indication that he is soon to die. Deciding to keep his wife from worry, he secretively visits doctor after doctor, arousing his wife’s suspicion that he is having an affair. Soon, she has put a private detective on his trail who only has eyes for Cecile and the dignified yet madcap hilarity inherent in a French love triangle commences. Tickets $7.50. 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 p.m. Brattle Theatre. (SAW)