THE CUCKOO CLOCK SPEECH
Since mid-July, Amherst Cinema has been staging a retrospective on Orson Welles, featuring some of the director and writer’s biggest movies such as “Citizen Kane” and “The Magnificent Ambersons.” Welles, of course, did plenty of acting, too, and this week the focus is on that: You can see him play the villainous Harry Lime in Carol Reed’s “The Third Man,” the post-WWII noir thriller set in Vienna that critics have called one of Great Britain’s finest films. Sunday at 2 p.m. and Tuesday at 7 p.m. amherstcinema.org.
ANOTHER GOOD BET
Springfield’s Jazz & Roots Festival features nearly 11 hours of free music in downtown Court Square Saturday, starting at 11 a.m. with the Charles M. Greenlee Ensemble and finishing up from 8:30 to 11 p.m. with Springfield native and blues legend Taj Mahal. springfieldjazzfest.com