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| | FILM Hear That? It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year  Ralph Nelson/Universal Pictures Frank Langella as Richard M. Nixon, with Michael Sheen as David Frost at the right, in “Frost/Nixon.”
Make like the Carpetbagger and get a jump start on awards season tonight, with a sneak preview of “Frost/Nixon.” The film version of Peter Morgan’s Tony-winning play will be shown at the Paley Center with Mr. Morgan and Ron Howard, the director, on hand for Q&As. For another kind of seasonal celebration, head to Light Industry in Sunset Park for “Hellfire and Rhinestones,” a collection of films and videos about televangelists, including Miss Velma of the Universal World Church of Glendale, Cal., retelling the manger story through the eyes of a raccoon. Seasonal refreshments will be served. “The Interview That Was a Play Becomes a Film,” by Sylviane Gold
BOOKS Literature Goes Well With Beer Tonight at Pacific Standard in Park Slope, hear Joseph O’Neill, the author of “Netherland” — which Michiko Kakutani called “a resonant meditation on the American Dream.” Also on the bill: the British writer Hari Kunzru, whose latest novel, “My Revolutions,” is “an extraordinary autumnal depiction of a failed ’60s radical,” Will Blythe wrote. While you’re there, try out the bar’s Iron Santa challenge: drink six of their winter beers, win a T-shirt and a memorable hangover. “Post 9/11, a New York of Gatsy-Size Dreams and Loss,” by Michiko Kakutani “Pen in One Hand, Cricket Bat in the Other,” by Charles McGrath “Underground Man,” by Will Blythe MUSIC Join the Fan Club Jeff Tweedy, of Wilco, loves the Philadelphia group Dr. Dog. “They sound like real singers, people that really love to sing, as opposed to people that you kind of wonder why they’re singing,” he said. “There’s a certain drunkenness to their music that I usually find unappealing in other bands, but it’s contagious the way they do it.” Or as Benjamin Bridwell of Band of Horses put it: “It’s fun, happy music, good for partying at barbecues or playing Hacky Sack.” They spread their retro-pop jam band sound tonight at Webster Hall. “So, Mr. Would-Be Critic With Alt-Rock Leanings,” by Jeff Tweedy “At the Beach With Worldly Pop or Comforting Rock,” by Benjamin Bridwell NIGHTLIFE Full of La-Las. What More Could You Want? “The party never stops” for El Guincho, the Barcelona-based one-man-band. Jon Pareles writes that he “makes joyful music from an international assortment of loops and drumbeats — African, South Asian, Caribbean, Brazilian — and vocals, with free-associative lyrics in Spanish, that sound like a bunch of guys in a bar celebrating to endless three-chord refrains full of la-las.” Hear for yourself tonight, at Le Poisson Rouge. Playlist by Jon Pareles Your Last Chance to Buy! (Today, Anyway) Black Friday was sort of a bust, and the jury’s still out on Cyber Monday. Which makes today... uh... Catch Up Tuesday? Whatever. There are still sales — like discounted denim at James Jeans’ showroom (500 Greenwich Street, Suite 202; 212-221-4603) and books at the Mercantile Library. And of course David Pogue is still typing and advising away. So get buying: when it comes to recessions, one year is enough. “Retailers Get a Brief Lift on Black Friday as Shoppers Look for Blockbuster Sales,” by Stephanie Rosenbloom
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