I Can’t Sleep: Claire Denis’ 1995 movie...

I Can’t Sleep: Claire Denis’ 1995 movie puts an actress, a musician and a drag queen together in a rough Paris neighborhood where a series of murders have taken place. NR.

* Screens Friday at 7 and 9 p.m. at UC Irvine’s Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium, near Bridge Road and Pereira Drive. $2-$4. (714) 824-5588.

Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams: Kurosawa’s 1990 film links a handful of shorter, very subjective films into a dreamlike whole. PG. NR.

* Screens Friday at 7 p.m. in Saddleback College’s science/math building, Room 313, 28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo. FREE. (714) 582-4788.

Kiss of Death: This famous 1947 gangster flick is known for the scene where Richard Widmark, playing a psychopath, pushes a wheelchair-bound old lady down a flight of stairs. NR.

* Screens Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, 850 San Clemente Drive. $3-$5. (714) 759-1122 Ext. 204.

La Strada: One of the great Federico Fellini’s best. This 1954 drama follows a circus strongman, played by Anthony Quinn, and his simple-minded assistant, played by Giulietta Masina, as they travel around the Italian countryside. NR.

* Screens Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Chapman University’s Argyros Forum, Room 208, 333 N. Glassell St., Orange. FREE. (714) 744-7018.