THE MOVIE "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" 
 THE DEAL <a href="/topics//Steven_Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>'s sci-fi heartwarmer from 1982, with Robert MacNaughton and <a href="/topics//Drew_Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> as siblings who befriend a Reese's Pieces-chomping alien, celebrates its 30th anniversary with a remastered digital version that will play in theaters around the country. The one-night screening includes a recorded introduction from <a href="/topics//Turner_Classic_Movies">Turner Classic Movies</a> host Ben Mankiewicz, plus a segment in which now-grown <a href="/topics//Drew_Barrymore">Barrymore</a> shares her thoughts on the film. 
 INFO Wednesday at 7 p.m. at <a href="/topics//Farmingdale,_NY">Farmingdale</a> Multiplex Cinemas, <a href="/topics//Westbury,_NY">Westbury</a> Stadium 12, Island 16 Cinema De Lux in <a href="/topics//Holtsville,_NY">Holtsville</a> and <a href="/topics//AMC">AMC</a> Stony Brook 17, which will have an additional matinee screening at 2 p.m. Ticket prices vary. For advance tickets, go to fathomevents.com. 
 WHO Nancy Savoca 
 THE MOVIE "Union Square" 
 THE DEAL This independent comedy-drama, starring Tammy Blanchard as a woman whose orderly life in Manhattan is disrupted by her sister (<a href="/topics//Mira_Sorvino">Mira Sorvino</a>), played only briefly on Long Island over the summer. It returns this week for four screenings, all accompanied by writer-director Savoca ("Dogfight," "Household Saints") and producer Richard Guay, at <a href="/topics//Patchogue,_NY">Patchogue</a>'s Plaza Media &amp; Arts Center. The filmmakers also will hold a 90-minute seminar there Saturday at 5 p.m.; admission is $7. 
 INFO "Union Square" plays Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30p.m., plus a 2:30 p.m. screening Saturday at Plaza Cinema &amp; Media Arts Center, 20 Terry St., <a href="/topics//Patchogue,_NY">Patchogue</a>. Tickets are $13. 631-848-0083; plazamac.org. 
 THE EVENT The Long Island Biennial 
 THE DEAL Cinema Arts Centre will screen six shorts by local 
 filmmakers chosen for the biennial, a juried art and media show presented in conjunction with the <a href="/topics//Heckscher_Museum_of_Art">Heckscher Museum of Art</a>. Among the selections are "Midnight Dream," a portrait of a pianist from director Peter Scheer of <a href="/topics//Dix_Hills,_NY">Dix Hills</a>; the two-minute, animated "<a href="/topics//Umbra">Umbra</a>," by&nbsp; Ilana Schwartz of <a href="/topics//Woodbury,_NY">Woodbury</a>; and "Not Dark Yet," the story of a father-son reunion from Brian Paccione of <a href="/topics//East_Northport,_NY">East Northport</a>. The entire program runs about two hours. 
 INFO Thursday night at 7:30 at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. Tickets are $15. 631-423-7610; cinemaartscentre.org.

THE MOVIE "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" THE DEAL Steven Spielberg's sci-fi heartwarmer from 1982, with Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore as siblings who befriend a Reese's Pieces-chomping alien, celebrates its 30th anniversary with a remastered digital version that will play in theaters around the country. The one-night screening includes a recorded introduction from Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz, plus a segment in which now-grown Barrymore shares her thoughts on the film. INFO Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Farmingdale Multiplex Cinemas, Westbury Stadium 12, Island 16 Cinema De Lux in Holtsville and AMC Stony Brook 17, which will have an additional matinee screening at 2 p.m. Ticket prices vary. For advance tickets, go to fathomevents.com. WHO Nancy Savoca THE MOVIE "Union Square" THE DEAL This independent comedy-drama, starring Tammy Blanchard as a woman whose orderly life in Manhattan is disrupted by her sister (Mira Sorvino), played only briefly on Long Island over the summer. It returns this week for four screenings, all accompanied by writer-director Savoca ("Dogfight," "Household Saints") and producer Richard Guay, at Patchogue's Plaza Media & Arts Center. The filmmakers also will hold a 90-minute seminar there Saturday at 5 p.m.; admission is $7. INFO "Union Square" plays Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30p.m., plus a 2:30 p.m. screening Saturday at Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center, 20 Terry St., Patchogue. Tickets are $13. 631-848-0083; plazamac.org. THE EVENT The Long Island Biennial THE DEAL Cinema Arts Centre will screen six shorts by local filmmakers chosen for the biennial, a juried art and media show presented in conjunction with the Heckscher Museum of Art. Among the selections are "Midnight Dream," a portrait of a pianist from director Peter Scheer of Dix Hills; the two-minute, animated "Umbra," by Ilana Schwartz of Woodbury; and "Not Dark Yet," the story of a father-son reunion from Brian Paccione of East Northport. The entire program runs about two hours. INFO Thursday night at 7:30 at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. Tickets are $15. 631-423-7610; cinemaartscentre.org.

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