The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Frank Capra's sensual, moody, sensitive film of American women's fascination with a Chinese warlord.

At 8 p.m. March 27 and 28; $5 general, $4 Movie Museum members. Reservations at 735-8771. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

A Single Girl

A real-time look into the life of a young girl who tells her unemployed boyfriend that she is pregnant. Valerie (Virginie Ledoyen) tells Remi (Benoit Magimel) that she has decided to keep the baby. If he's still at the cafe when she returns in an hour, they'll talk about it. If not . . .

At 7:30 p.m. March 27, 31 and April 1 and at 4 p.m. March 30; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater

Kids Return (Star rating unavailable)

Shinji and Masaru, best friends, spend endless days extorting money from classmates, cutting school and loitering. The two begin training in a boxing gym but only Shinji becomes a boxer. Masaru becomes a member of the yakuza. Eventually, they are brought back together. Directed by Takeshi Kitano. English subtitles.

At 7:30 p.m. March 28 and 29, and 2 p.m. March 30; Free. (Unrated)

Theatre: University of Hawaii-Manoa, Art Auditorium.

The General Died at Dawn

Gary Cooper, a mercenary, falls in love with Madeleine Carroll, a spy, while battling evil warlord Akim Tamiroff. Lewis Milestone directs this Oriental intrigue.

At 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. March 29, and 6 and 8 p.m. March 31; $5 general, $4 Movie Museum members. Reservations at 735-8771. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

The Good Earth

Sidney Franklin directs this novel recreating in detail and telling the story of how greed ruined the lives of a simple Chinese farming couple. Luise Rainer won an Oscar as the ever-patient wife of Paul Muni, and Karl Freund won an Oscar for his cinematography. Outstanding special effects for its time.

At 2, 5 and 8 p.m. March 30; $5 general, $4 Movie Museum members. Reservations at 735-8771. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

Touki Bouki (Star rating unavailable)

A pair of young lovers, feeling alienated in their own home of Dakar, become obsessed with emigrating to Paris, where they hope to find a better life. In Wolof with subtitles.

Cinematheque presents films in Room FA-214. At 3 p.m. March 31; free. (Unrated)

Theater: Leeward Community College

Under the Domim Tree (Star rating unavailable)

Four young students at an Israeli boarding school for troubled teens and orphans who survived the Holocaust, must come to terms with their past. Sequel to Eli Cohen's "The Summer of Aviya." The film is in Hebrew with subtitles.

Cinematheque presents films in Room FA-214. At 3 p.m. April 2; free. (Unrated)

Theater: Leeward Community College

The Black Camel

Charlie Chan whodunit, with Warner Oland solving a murder of a movie director and an actress. Filmed on Oahu with cute scenes of Chan's domestic life with 10 kids.

At 8 p.m. April 3; $5. Reservations at 735-8771. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (Star rating unavailable)

Nominated for an Academy Award last year, this film is about a family struggling to save their 125 year-old family farm.

At 7:30 p.m. April 4 and 7, at 1 p.m. April 3 and at 4 p.m. April 6; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater

CONTEST

Adam Baran Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Film Festival: Accepting any length films/videos that have been produced and/or directed and/or written by or about lesbians and gay men. Preferably be a U.S., Hawaii or World Premier. Documentaries, experimentals, features, animations, rough cuts and works-in-progress accepted, however, they must be submitted in the required preview format. Deadline: May 30. Applications at 941-0424 ext. 11.