NEW YORK: BAM starts up its second posthumous tribute to Paul Newman that kicks off with The Long Hot Summer, the project beloved by Newman fans as the one where he and Joanne hooked up, before concentrating on the late-middle end of the actor's long career. Included: Slap Shot (1977), which features the best of his many performances for director George Roy Hill; his Oscar-winning return to the role of Fast Eddie Felsen in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money (1986); and two films he directed, Rachel, Rachel (1968) starring Joanne Woodward, and the 1971 Ken Kesey adaptation Sometimes a Great Notion, starring Newman and Henry Fonda.

BOSTON: The Boston Underground Film Festival opened last night and runs through the 23rd. The schedule includes Bad Behavior, the latest from professional midnight-slot provocateur Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Frankenhooker, Brain Damage), the controversial Deadgirl, and the Von Doviak-approved The Rock-afire Explosion, and a gratifying overflow of shorts.