The 28th annual Three Rivers Film Festival opened last week with sold-out screenings and continues through Nov. 21 at: Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., Edgewood; Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., Downtown; and Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., Oakland.

For tickets, $8 each, call 412-394-3353 or see www. proartstickets.org.They also will be sold at theaters 30 minutes before showtime. For a full schedule, go to www.3RFF.com.

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7 p.m.: "Bronson" -- A true story inspired this drama about the metamorphosis of Mickey Peterson into Britain's most dangerous prisoner. Tom Hardy stars.

9 p.m.: "Thirst"-- A selfless priest, given tainted blood, becomes a vampire in this Korean box-office hit.

HARRIS

5:30 p.m.: "Freedom House: Street Saviours" -- Documentary about pioneering Pittsburgh paramedics. Director Gene Starzenski to attend, and $25 reception afterward at August Wilson Center will celebrate retirement of Assistant EMS Chief John Moon.

8 p.m.: "Youssou N'dour: I Bring What I Love" -- Music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man's voice to inspire change.

MELWOOD

7 p.m.: "Blue Angel"-- Marlene Dietrich is at her most seductive as a nightclub singer who destroys a repressed school teacher (Emil Jannings) in this landmark 1930 release.

REGENT SQUARE

7:15 p.m.: "American Harmony" -- Documentary about International Championships of Barbershop Singing.

9:15 p.m.: "How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh?" -- Time-travel comedy about a 40-year-old woman transported back to 1987 that uses the device to chart Poland's transition from communism to capitalism.

HARRIS

7:15 p.m.: "Somers Town" -- Two teens, newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer in this black-and-white film.

9 p.m.: "The Paranoids" -- Offbeat comedy about an aspiring screenwriter in Buenos Aires who learns his best friend has produced a TV show inspired by his life.

MELWOOD

10 a.m.: Three Rivers Film Symposium -- Day-long exploration of the question "Is film dead?"

7 p.m.: Canyon Cinema Presents, with Dominic Angerame -- Experimental Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm and digital works.

9:30 p.m.: "Mazes" -- Filmmaker Ben Russell joins musician Joe Grimm in an experimental art performance.

REGENT SQUARE

2:15 p.m.: "American Harmony"

4:45 p.m.: "Tahaan" -- A fable about an 8-year-old boy's journey to find meaning and purpose and his pet donkey, seized from his family in the Kashmir valley.

7 p.m.: "The Messenger" -- Ben Foster is an Army casualty affairs officer who, with a partner (Woody Harrelson), informs next of kin about combat deaths. Against all rules, he befriends a soldier's widow.

9:30 p.m.: "Serious Moonlight" -- Cheryl Hines makes her directorial debut with a screenplay by Adrienne Shelly ("Waitress") about a lawyer, a philandering husband, his younger girlfriend and drunken burglars.

HARRIS

4 p.m.: "Laila's Birthday" -- Comedic portrait of a day in the life of an experienced judge turned taxi driver trying to navigate life in contemporary Ramallah.

6 p.m.: "Somers Town"

8 p.m.: "No. 4 Street of Our Lady" -- The story of Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish Catholic woman who risked her life to save 15 Jews during the Holocaust, including eight members of filmmaker Judy Maltz's family. She and her fellow filmmakers are full-time Penn State faculty members.

MELWOOD

4:30 p.m.: "Earth Days" -- Robert Stone documentary about the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement.

7 p.m.: "Rachel Is" -- Charlotte Glynn chronicles a year in the life of her sister, Rachel, who is mentally disabled. Shot in Pittsburgh.

9:15 p.m.: "Let Each One Go Where He May" -- Thirteen 10-minute-long tracking shots of two unnamed brothers tracing the footsteps of their ancestors who escaped from slavery 300 years earlier.

REGENT SQUARE

3 p.m.: "How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh?"

5:30 p.m. "The Baker" -- Dark comedy about a hit man who starts over as a baker in Wales but runs into complications when the villagers learn his identity and want to hire him. Damian Lewis and Michael Gambon star.

7:30 p.m.: "Serious Moonlight"

HARRIS

2 p.m.: "Youssou N'dour: I Bring What I Love"

4 p.m.: "The Paranoids"

MELWOOD

2 p.m.: "No. 4 Street of Our Lady"

4:30 p.m.: "Earth Days"

REGENT SQUARE

7 p.m.: "Tahaan"

9 p.m.: "The Baker"

HARRIS

7 p.m.: "Munyurangabo" -- Modern-day Rwanda provides the backdrop for this tale of friendship and forgiveness.

9 p.m.: "Laila's Birthday"

MELWOOD

7:30 p.m.: "Died Young, Stayed Pretty" -- Rabble-rousing documentary about graphic designers and artists behind renaissance of indie-rock concert posters.

REGENT SQUARE

8 p.m.: "Carpet Racers: A Crash Course" -- A Film Kitchen look at adults who race radio control cars (as big as a shoebox and capable of reaching 60 mph) for a living. Reception at 7 p.m.

HARRIS

7 p.m.: "Munyurangabo"

9 p.m.: "General Nil" -- Drama honoring the tactical skills and bravery of forgotten World War II hero Emil Fieldorf, code name "Nil."

MELWOOD

7:30 p.m.: "The Joy of Singing" -- French spy comedy about secret agents who go undercover in an opera class to get closer to a woman who may have a valuable USB key sought by international thugs.

REGENT SQUARE

7:30 p.m.: "In Service: Pittsburgh to Iraq" -- First presented as a live performance in fall 2007, this hour-long film allows Western Pennsylvanians to share their wartime experiences.

HARRIS

7 p.m.: "General Nil"

9:15 p.m.: "Lake Tahoe" -- Escape is the theme of this Mexican film about a teen who crashes his family's car and whose search for help leads him to an eclectic cast of characters.

MELWOOD

7:30 p.m.: "The Joy of Singing"

The 28th annual Three Rivers Film Festival opened last week with sold-out screenings and continues through Nov. 21 at: Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., Edgewood; Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., Downtown; and Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., Oakland.

For tickets, $8 each, call 412-394-3353 or see www.proartstickets.org.They also will be sold at theaters 30 minutes before showtime. For a full schedule, go to www.3RFF.com.

REGENT SQUARE

7 p.m.: "Bronson" -- A true story inspired this drama about the metamorphosis of Mickey Peterson into Britain's most dangerous prisoner. Tom Hardy stars.

9 p.m.: "Thirst"-- A selfless priest, given tainted blood, becomes a vampire in this Korean box-office hit.

HARRIS

5:30 p.m.: "Freedom House: Street Saviours" -- Documentary about pioneering Pittsburgh paramedics. Director Gene Starzenski to attend, and $25 reception afterward at August Wilson Center will celebrate retirement of Assistant EMS Chief John Moon.

8 p.m.: "Youssou N'dour: I Bring What I Love" -- Music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man's voice to inspire change.

MELWOOD

7 p.m.: "Blue Angel"-- Marlene Dietrich is at her most seductive as a nightclub singer who destroys a repressed school teacher (Emil Jannings) in this landmark 1930 release.

REGENT SQUARE

7:15 p.m.: "American Harmony" -- Documentary about International Championships of Barbershop Singing.

9:15 p.m.: "How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh?" -- Time-travel comedy about a 40-year-old woman transported back to 1987 that uses the device to chart Poland's transition from communism to capitalism.

HARRIS

7:15 p.m.: "Somers Town" -- Two teens, newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer in this black-and-white film.

9 p.m.: "The Paranoids" -- Offbeat comedy about an aspiring screenwriter in Buenos Aires who learns his best friend has produced a TV show inspired by his life.

MELWOOD

10 a.m.: Three Rivers Film Symposium -- Day-long exploration of the question "Is film dead?"

7 p.m.: Canyon Cinema Presents, with Dominic Angerame -- Experimental Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm and digital works.

9:30 p.m.: "Mazes" -- Filmmaker Ben Russell joins musician Joe Grimm in an experimental art performance.

REGENT SQUARE

2:15 p.m.: "American Harmony"

4:45 p.m.: "Tahaan" -- A fable about an 8-year-old boy's journey to find meaning and purpose and his pet donkey, seized from his family in the Kashmir valley.

7 p.m.: "The Messenger" -- Ben Foster is an Army casualty affairs officer who, with a partner (Woody Harrelson), informs next of kin about combat deaths. Against all rules, he befriends a soldier's widow.

9:30 p.m.: "Serious Moonlight" -- Cheryl Hines makes her directorial debut with a screenplay by Adrienne Shelly ("Waitress") about a lawyer, a philandering husband, his younger girlfriend and drunken burglars.

HARRIS

4 p.m.: "Laila's Birthday" -- Comedic portrait of a day in the life of an experienced judge turned taxi driver trying to navigate life in contemporary Ramallah.

6 p.m.: "Somers Town"

8 p.m.: "No. 4 Street of Our Lady" -- The story of Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish Catholic woman who risked her life to save 15 Jews during the Holocaust, including eight members of filmmaker Judy Maltz's family. She and her fellow filmmakers are full-time Penn State faculty members.

MELWOOD

4:30 p.m.: "Earth Days" -- Robert Stone documentary about the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement.

7 p.m.: "Rachel Is" -- Charlotte Glynn chronicles a year in the life of her sister, Rachel, who is mentally disabled. Shot in Pittsburgh.

9:15 p.m.: "Let Each One Go Where He May" -- Thirteen 10-minute-long tracking shots of two unnamed brothers tracing the footsteps of their ancestors who escaped from slavery 300 years earlier.

REGENT SQUARE

3 p.m.: "How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh?"

5:30 p.m. "The Baker" -- Dark comedy about a hit man who starts over as a baker in Wales but runs into complications when the villagers learn his identity and want to hire him. Damian Lewis and Michael Gambon star.

7:30 p.m.: "Serious Moonlight"

HARRIS

2 p.m.: "Youssou N'dour: I Bring What I Love"

4 p.m.: "The Paranoids"

MELWOOD

2 p.m.: "No. 4 Street of Our Lady"

4:30 p.m.: "Earth Days"

REGENT SQUARE

7 p.m.: "Tahaan"

9 p.m.: "The Baker"

HARRIS

7 p.m.: "Munyurangabo" -- Modern-day Rwanda provides the backdrop for this tale of friendship and forgiveness.

9 p.m.: "Laila's Birthday"

MELWOOD

7:30 p.m.: "Died Young, Stayed Pretty" -- Rabble-rousing documentary about graphic designers and artists behind renaissance of indie-rock concert posters.

REGENT SQUARE

8 p.m.: "Carpet Racers: A Crash Course" -- A Film Kitchen look at adults who race radio control cars (as big as a shoebox and capable of reaching 60 mph) for a living. Reception at 7 p.m.

HARRIS

7 p.m.: "Munyurangabo"

9 p.m.: "General Nil" -- Drama honoring the tactical skills and bravery of forgotten World War II hero Emil Fieldorf, code name "Nil."

MELWOOD

7:30 p.m.: "The Joy of Singing" -- French spy comedy about secret agents who go undercover in an opera class to get closer to a woman who may have a valuable USB key sought by international thugs.

REGENT SQUARE

7:30 p.m.: "In Service: Pittsburgh to Iraq" -- First presented as a live performance in fall 2007, this hour-long film allows Western Pennsylvanians to share their wartime experiences.

HARRIS

7 p.m.: "General Nil"

9:15 p.m.: "Lake Tahoe" -- Escape is the theme of this Mexican film about a teen who crashes his family's car and whose search for help leads him to an eclectic cast of characters.

MELWOOD

7:30 p.m.: "The Joy of Singing"