The American Friend

One of the key leaders of the New German Cinema, director Wim Wenders has put together a remarkable resume over the course of a career that stretches back to the '60s. The guy has shot movies all over the world and filmed in exotic places such as Berlin, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Cuba, Moscow, Tokyo and Australian outback. With some help from Janus films, the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque pays tribute to the auteur this month in a series dubbed With Portraits Along the Road. The series continues tonight with his 1977 effort The American Friend, a movie about an American (Dennis Hopper) living in Hamburg. It screens at 6:50 tonight and at 8:40 tomorrow night. Tickets are $9. (Niesel)