Just because you don’t have a car or don’t want to see this week’s Hollywood monster doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy cinema al fresco. In July, the popular Cinema Sotto del Stelle series returns. Every Friday night in July a different Italian film will be screened in the Elmwood Village lot at 695 Elmwood Avenue, near West Ferry. And it’s free, though you’ll have to bring your own chair. Films to be screened include the classic Divorce Italian Style, July 7, Moonstruck, July 14, Roberto Rossellini’s influential neorealist drama Rome, Open City, July 21, and Danny Aiello as the owner of an Italian restaurant in Dinner Rush, July 28. Visit www.elmwoodfilmfestival.com for more information.

Back for a third year is Squeaky Wheel’s Outdoor Animation Festival. Both Saturday evening installments feature the work of Emmy award winner and Oscar nominee Michael Sporn, who creates international folk tales with socially conscious messages. The first program will be held at Days Park on July 15, followed by one at Martin Luther King Jr. Park on August 12. Showtime is 8:30pm. Visit www.squeaky.org for more information.

More outdoor films can be found on Wednesday nights at the Bacchus Summer Film Series, 56 West Chippewa at Franklin. The films will begin after dark, at approximately 9:30pm, but arrive early if you want to secure a seat. Due to mature content films are not recommended for children. Lineup: Stripes, June 7; Rocky, June 14; The Natural, June 21; Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, June 28; Taxi Driver, July 5; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, July 12; Sling Blade, July 19; The Color of Money, July 26; The Outsiders, August 2; Rear Window, August 9; Annie Hall, August 16; The Silence of the Lambs, August 23; A Fish Called Wanda, August 30; Donnie Brasco, September 6; and Cinema Paradiso, September 13. Visit www.ultimaterestaurants.com for more information.