all day Movies

“The Big Chill,” Lawrence Kasdan’s ensemble piece about the bittersweet reunion of seven college pals, was the zeitgeist film of 1983. A generation of yuppies, many onetime flower-power college kids of the ‘60s, were entranced by the realistic characters and relationships, not to mention the engaging soundtrack. The cast (William Hurt, Tom Berenger, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Kay Place, JoBeth Williams and Meg Tilly) is perfect. The 15th anniversary re-release is on a new, digitally remastered print with stereo sound. That’s Kevin Costner as the corpse being dressed for his funeral during the opening credits.

* “The Big Chill,” rated R, opens Friday at selected theaters.

10:15pm

Jazz

Just because the play is over doesn’t mean the evening has to come to an end. The Impresario Ristorante at the Music Center has opened its doors to post-performance patrons--and the general public--with Club Thelonius, a new jazz program each Friday and Saturday. Coordinated by the Thelonius Monk Institute, the programs will feature performers primarily from local university jazz programs, but acclaimed drummer T.S. Monk, son of Thelonius Monk, will perform opening night.

* Club Thelonius at Impresario Ristorante, Level 5 of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. Fridays and Saturdays, except holidays. No cover. (213) 972-7333.

7pm

Performance Art

John Fleck, one of the notorious “NEA Four,” explores the 20th century’s greatest obsession in “Dirt,” an odyssey through gossip and innuendo. For mature audiences.

* “Dirt,” Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles. Free. (310) 440-7300.

7:30pm

Movies

The late Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s brilliant 10-part film series “Decalogue,” which has rarely been seen in the U.S., will screen over three consecutive weekends at LACMA’s Bing Theater. Kieslowski, best known in the U.S. for his trilogy “Blue,” “White,” and “Red,” made “Decalogue” in 1988 for Polish television. “Decalogue” has never been commercially released in this country nor is it available on video. Times film critic Kenneth Turan calls “Decalogue” “as great a treasure as modern cinema has to offer. If you take film seriously, this opportunity is not to be missed.”

* “Decalogue,” LACMA, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Friday, Episodes 1-4, 7:30 p.m. Repeats Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13, Episodes 5-7, 7:30 p.m. Repeats Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20, Episodes 8-10, 7:30 p.m. Repeats Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. $5-$7. (323) 857-6010.

8pm

Theater

“But Not for Me,” Keith Reddin’s drama about the no-holds-barred Richard Nixon-Helen Gahagan Douglas race for the U.S. Senate, set in 1950 at the conclusion of the candidates’ campaigns, premieres at South Coast Repertory.

* “But Not for Me,” South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Ends Dec. 6. $26-$43. (714) 708-5555.

8:30&10pm

Jazz

Bassist Dave Holland’s quintet is the most forward thinking--and talent laden--jazz combo existent. The U.K.-born veteran of stints with Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, Stan Getz and others brings in trombonist Robin Eubanks, saxophonist Steve Wilson, vibraphonist Steve Nelson and drummer Billy Kilson for this two-night stand.

* Dave Holland Quintet, the Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., West L.A. $18. Also Saturday. (310) 271-9039.

Freebie: Director Ted Demme’s “Monument Ave.,” a bleak yet compelling tale of Boston’s blue-collar Irish, screens Friday at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 274-6869.