7 & 9:45 pm: Movies

The American Cinematheque is presenting a special re-release of British director Mike Hodges’ 1971 gritty thriller, “Get Carter.” Michael Caine stars as a petty gangster trying to solve his brother’s murder. “Get Carter” will be preceded by a four-minute computer-generated animated film “Los Gringos,” a homage to Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns. By the way, a remake of “Get Carter,” starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Alan Cumming and Caine, is in production. Warner Bros. will release the remake next year.

* “Get Carter,” Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Friday, 7 and 9:45 p.m.; Saturday, 6 and 9 p.m.; Sunday, 3 and 5:30 p.m.; Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 8 p.m. $5 for cinematheque members; $7 for all others. (323) 466-FILM, 5#.

all day: Movies

“Rosetta,” the Palme d’Or winning Belgian film by co-writing, co-directing brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (“La Promesse”), opens at the Nuart in West Los Angeles for an exclusive two-week run. The film, about a teenage girl (Emilie Dequenne, who shared the best actress award at Cannes) living in a rundown trailer park with her alcoholic mother, whose sole mission is to have a “normal” life, has been hailed by Times film critic Kenneth Turan as “a triumph of humanistic cinema.”

* “Rosetta,” Nuart, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles. Friday, noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Daily through Dec. 9 at 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Also Saturday and Sunday matinees at noon and 2:30 p.m. $5 to $8. (310) 478-6379.

all day: Bazaar

Hand-crafted items such as hand-painted ornaments, wreaths and garlands, fabric dolls, wooden toys, quilts, tapestries, pottery, jewelry and much more will be offered Friday through Sunday at the 18th annual Big Bear Lake Harvest Bazaar. More than 85 vendors will be on hand.

* Big Bear Lake Harvest Bazaar, Big Bear Lake Convention Center, corner of Division Drive and Big Bear Boulevard, Big Bear Lake. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $1.50; ages 5 and younger, free. (909) 866-8640.

8 pm: Dance

What happens when different traditional cultures refuse to melt into the melting pot, and not only survive but create unprecedented hybrid offshoots? Ask the locally based, 35-year-old AMAN Folk Ensemble, exploring that very subject in a full-evening epic titled “The Immigrants.” Its components include dances from Russia, Ireland, Armenia, Canada, Hungary, south India, South Africa and South America, plus several native to North America. Its theme is a celebration of E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One), a motto familiar from American coins but seldom used as an inspiration for dancing. “The Immigrants” premiered in Charleston, W. Va., two weeks ago, and its Glendale performances are the first on the West Coast.

* AMAN Folk Ensemble, “The Immigrants,” Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Friday, 8 p.m., and Sunday, 2 p.m. $15 to $35. (800) 233-3123.

8 pm: Theater

Ten actors play 40 characters in Knightsbridge Theatre’s new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”

* “A Christmas Carol,” Knightsbridge Theatre, Braley Building, 35 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Fridays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, noon. Also Dec. 22-23, 8 p.m. Ends Dec. 26. $18. (626) 440-0821.

9 pm: Jazz

Guitarist Ronald Muldrow is an unabashed disciple of the late Wes Montgomery. The bandleader has brought Montgomery’s thumb-picked, at-an-octave style into the present with modern technique and unusually orchestrated combos. Here, he includes vibraphonist Miller Pertum and percussionist Leon Mobley in his quintet to perform from his new recording, “Freedom Serenade” on Double Time Records, at this cozy jazz hangout and restaurant near the top of the Santa Monica Mountains.

* Ronald Muldrow, Rocco, 2930 Beverly Glen Blvd., Bel-Air, 9 p.m. $5. (310) 457-9807.

FREEBIES:

The Department of Water and Power and Griffith Park Light Festival is a mile-long tunnel of lights on Crystal Spring Drive in Griffith Park. Walk or drive through. 5 to 10 p.m. daily. Ends Dec. 26. (213) 485-8743.

Tree-lighting ceremony at One Colorado, 24 E. Union St., Pasadena, 6 p.m. Toys and books will be collected for the Pasadena Jaycees’ holiday drive. (626) 564-1066.