Beyond the Multiplex

This week's special screenings

Blade of Death

(NR, 80 min.) Local filmmaker Greg Parker's Vegas-made, low-budget horror film, starring Hunter Reed and Danielle Smith (see scary images at www.parkerfilms.homestead.com), premieres at Katherine Gianaclis Park for the Arts, 5690 S. Boulder Highway (just south of Tropicana Ave.), free (donations welcome), 868-9020. Sat., May 29 9 p.m.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

(R, 95 min.) Jim Sharman's perennial, 1975, kinky, audience-participation, mock-horror hit. With live cast. Tropicana Cinemas, 3330 E. Tropicana Ave. (at Pecos Road), 450-3737 or 314-0330, $5. Sat., May 29 midnight.

His Girl Friday

(NR, 92 min.) Cary Grant is the editor trying to stop ex-wife and star reporter Rosalind Russell quitting her job to marry Ralph Bellamy, in Howard Hawks' classic 1940 screwball comedy, based on Ben Hecht/Charles McArthur's play The Front Page. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou: From Stage to Screen series, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 507-3400, free. Tue., June 1 1 p.m.

Roman Polanski short films

(NR) Eight shorts (1957-62) by the Polish master, who went on to direct Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown and The Pianist: "Teeth Smile," "Break Up the Dance," "Two Men and a Wardrobe," "Murder," "The Lamp," "When Angels Fall," "The Fat and the Lean," and "Mammals." NOTBAD (Nevadans Organized To Better Address Diversity) presents Early Works by Roman Polanski series, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 507-3400, free. Tue., June 1 7 p.m.

Hillary & Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of the World

(NR, 60 min.) This 1997 PBS documentary about the May 29, 1953 conquest of Everest, includes footage of the historic ascent by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Movie Night, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. 507-3630, free. Wed., June 2 7 p.m.

David Lynch's Return of the Jedi

(NR, 15 min.) Local filmmaker J. Spencer Formby's short, exploring the intriguing fact that the Eraserhead director was originally slated to direct 1983's Jedi, plays Katherine Gianaclis Park for the Arts, 5690 S. Boulder Highway (just south of Tropicana Ave.), $5, 451-8608. Thur., June 3 midnight--AA