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Free films, special screenings Oct. 30–Nov. 5

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FREE FILMS

SILENTS IN THE CATHEDRAL Harry Langdon and Laurel & Hardy shorts, plus the 1928 horror feature “The Man Who Laughs,” in which Conrad Veidt’s face is carved into a hideous grin. 7 tonight, Grace Cathedral, Topeka. www.kssilentfilm fest.org/Silentsinthe Cathedral.

“SWEENEY TODD” Homicidal barber (Johnny Depp) uses his razor to clean up Victorian society. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Film Vault, KC Central Library.

“GORILLAS IN THE MIST” Sigourney Weaver got an Oscar nom for portraying gorilla advocate Dian Fossey. 6 p.m. Monday, Linda Hall Library.

“M*A*S*H” Robert Altman film series starts at 6:30 p.m. Monday, KC Central Library. Details at right.

“INVISIBLE CHILDREN” Doc exposes horrors of Ugandan civil war. 7 p.m. Tuesday, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.

“THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS” Soviet scientist (Tor Johnson) gets irradiated in bomb blast. 6 p.m. Wednesday, KCK Main Library. Part of the Bad Film Fest

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

“NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 3D” Pumpkin king Jack Skellington tries to take over Christmas. At the Legends.

“TOY STORY 1 & 2” The 3-D reissue is playing in select theaters.

“THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW” “Come along. The master doesn’t like to be kept waiting.” 10 tonight, Screenland Crossroads

“THE CONFORMIST” In Bernardo Bertolucci’s visually ravishing 1970 drama a weak-willed Italian joins the fascists. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tivoli.

FESTIVALS

KC CREEPFEST The two-day fest of local horror films and longtime classics (“Night of the Living Dead”) plays through tonight at the Tivoli and the Westport CoffeeHouse.

LARGE FORMAT

“VAN GOGH: BRUSH WITH GENIUS” Doc explores the great artist’s inspirations in the Netherlands and France. Playing in rotation with “Grand Canyon Adventure” on the Extreme Screen at Union Station.

DISCOUNT HOUSES

Second-run films show for $2.50 at Trailridge Cinema and for $2 at Noland Fashion Square 6 Cinemas and Metro North 6.

“ALIENS IN THE ATTIC” ★★ Kids battle alien invaders. (PG)

“DISTRICT 9” ★★★ Space aliens take up residence in South African slum. (R)

“THE FINAL DESTINATION” ★★ Young people foresee their own deaths. (R)

“G-FORCE” ★★ Guinea pigs go on commando raid. (PG)

“G.I. JOE” ★★  1/2 Action adventure inspired by toys. (PG-13)

“HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE” ★★★ Love and Death Eaters: Things get hairy. (PG)

“ICE AGE 3” ★★ Animated prehistoric creatures. (PG)

“PANDORUM” ★★ Astronauts awaken with no memory of their identities or mission. (R)

THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE” ★★  1/2Rachel McAdams has a hubby (Eric Bana) who vanishes at the worst times. (PG-13)

“UP” ★★★  1/2 Animated classic about an old man who turns his house into an aircraft. (G)

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