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By The TimesLedger

This is the December screening and discussion schedule for the American Musdeum of the Moving Image in Astoria:

Saturday, Dec. 1

MASTER CLASS: THE ART OF FILM EDITING

2:00 p.m. AN AFTERNOON WITH TIM SQUYRES

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Sony Pictures 2000, 120 mins. Directed by Ang Lee. With Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, and Ziz Zhang. This program includes the screening followed by an in-depth discussion with Tim Squyres, who edited the film. Special admission: Tickets are $16 for general public and $10 for Museum members. Call 718-784-4520 to order tickets.

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

Germany, 1931, 105 mins. Directed by Fritz Lang. With Peter Lorre.

Sunday, Dec. 2

MASTER CLASS: THE ART OF FILM EDITING

1:00 p.m. AN AFTERNOON WITH CAROL LITTLETON

BELOVED Buena Vista, 1998, 180 mins. Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton. This program includes the screening followed by an in-depth discussion with Carol Littleton, who edited the film. Special admission: Tickets are $16 for general public and $10 for Museum members. Call 718-784-4520 to order tickets.

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 7

GREEK CINEMA SHOWCASE

8:00 p.m. ROADBLOCKS (2000) 98 mins. Directed by Stavros Ioannou.

Saturday, December 8

MASTER CLASS: THE ART OF FILM EDITING

2:00 p.m. AN AFTERNOON WITH CRAIG McKAY

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Orion, 1991, 118 mins. Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins. This program includes the screening followed by an in-depth discussion with Craig McKay, who edited the film. Special admission: Tickets are $16 for general public and $10 for Museum members. Call 718-784-4520 to order tickets.

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI Japan/Taiwan, 1998, 120 mins. Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. With Tony Leung.

Sunday, Dec. 9

2:00 p.m.

APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX

Miramax Films, 2001, 203 mins. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Redux editor, Walter Murch. With Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper. (The screening of THE SIXTH SENSE and Afternoon with Andrew Mondshein has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec.18 at 7 p.m.)

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI

Saturday, Dec.15

MASTER CLASS: THE ART OF FILM EDITING

1:00 p.m. AN AFTERNOON WITH DEDE ALLEN REDS

Paramount, 1981, 200 mins. Directed by Warren Beatty. With Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson. This program includes the screening followed by an in-depth discussion with Dede Allen, who edited the film.

Tickets are $16 for general public and $10 for Museum members. Call 718-784-4520.

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S

France, 1969, 105 mins. Directed by Eric Rohmer. With Jean-Louis Trintignant.

Sunday, Dec.16

MASTER CLASS: THE ART OF FILM EDITING

2:00 p.m. AN AFTERNOON WITH ALAN HEIM

LENNY

United Artists, 1974, 111 mins. Directed by Bob Fosse. With Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine. This program

includes the screening followed by an in-depth discussion with Alan Heim, who edited the film. Special admission: Tickets are $16 for general public and $10 for Museum members. Call 718-784-4520.

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S

Tuesday, Dec. 18

MASTER CLASS: THE ART OF FILM EDITING

7:00 p.m. AN EVENING WITH ANDREW MONDSHEIN

THE SIXTH SENSE Buena Vista, 1999, 107 mins. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette. This program includes the screening followed by an in-depth discussion with Andrew Mondshein, who edited the film. Special admission: Tickets are $16 for general public and $10 for Museum members. Call 718-784-4520 to order tickets.

Saturday, Dec. 22

ALICE'S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m. LIVE ACTION FEATURE

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Paramount, 1933, 77 mins. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. With Charlotte Henry. Gary Cooper. (Preceded by BETTY BOOP IN BLUNDERLAND (Max Fleischer, 1934, 7 mins.)

4:00 p.m. LIVE PIANO BY DONALD SOSIN Disney's “Alice” cartoons: ALICE’S WONDERLAND (1923), ALICE GETS STUNG (1925), ALICE’S FISHY STORY (1924), ALICE’S WILD WEST SHOW (1925), ALICE’S SPOOKY ADVENTURE (1924), ALICE’S MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY (1926), ALICE STAGE STRUCK (1925), ALICE CHOPS THE SUEY (1925)

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

WILD STRAWBERRIES Sweden, 1957, 90 mins. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Victor Sjostrom.

Sunday, December 23

ALICE’S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m. PUPPETS AND LIVE ACTION

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Souvaine Selective, 1951, 83 mins. Directed by Dallas Bower. Produced by Lou Bunin. With Carol Marsh.

4:00 p.m.

Disney's “Alice” cartoons (See Saturday, Dec. 22, 4 p.m.)

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m.

WILD STRAWBERRIES

Wednesday, December 26

ALICE'S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND RKO/Paramount 1933 live-action version. See Saturday, Dec. 22, 2 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 27

ALICE’S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Lou Bunin puppet and live-action version. See Sunday, Dec. 23, 2:00 p.m.

Friday, December 28

ALICE'S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m. ANIMATED FEATURE

ALICE IN WONDERLAND RKO/Disney, 1951, 74 mins. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson. With voice of Kathryn Beaumont.

Saturday, Dec. 29

ALICE’S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Disney animated version. See Friday, Dec. 28, 2:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

DREAMCHILD Universal, 1985, 94 mins. Directed by Gavin Millar. With Coral Browne, Ian Holm.

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m. LIVE PIANO BY DONALD SOSIN

STEAMBOAT BILL JR. U.S., 1928, 71 mins. Directed by Charles Reisner. With Buster Keaton.

Sunday, Dec. 30

ALICE'S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Lou Bunin puppet and live-action version. See Sunday, Dec. 23, 2:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

ALICE First-run Features, 1988, 86 mins. Directed by Jan Svankmajer. Not recommended for children.

REPERTORY NIGHTS

6:30 p.m. LIVE PIANO BY DONALD SOSIN

STEAMBOAT BILL JR.

Monday, Dec. 31

ALICE'S ADVENTURES ON FILM

2:00 p.m.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Disney animated version. See Friday, Dec. 28, 2 p.m.