Ray Pride

*= recommended

Fri 31

Blood Guts and Popcorn

Movie trailers from the 1950s to 1970s, opening with twenty minutes of improv before the show. Three Penny, 2424 N. Lincoln, Midnight.

*The Mummy

(1932, USA) Directed by Karl Freund. 72m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*My Name is Ivan

(Ivanovo Detstvo) (1962, Russia) Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky's debut feature is one of the great subjective portraits of childhood. Brilliant imagery. 94m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

* The Nature of Things: New and Old Works by Vicki Z. Peterson

Various films at various lengths from various years. $7. Chicago Filmmakers (773)293-1447, 5243 N. Clark St., 2nd Floor, 8.

*Office Space

(1999, USA). Directed by Mike Judge. I'm discounting your flair, kids. 89m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

*Tully

(2002, USA) Directed by Hilary Birmingham. A terrific portrait of life in a Midwestern farm town, where life and sex and family grow more complicated by the day. A stirring debut by documentary-trained Birmingham. 102m. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 6:45, 9, 11:15.

*The Woman in the Window

(1944, USA) Directed by Fritz Lang. Guilt, anyone? 99m. Block Museum (847) 491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston, 8.

Sat 1

*Back to the Future

(1985, USA) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. 116m. Panavision. 35mm. $6. Block Museum . (847) 491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston, 8.

Blood Guts and Popcorn

Movie trailers from the 1950s to 1970s, opening with twenty minutes of improv before the show. Three Penny, 2424 N. Lincoln, Midnight.

*Freaks

(1932, USA) Directed by Tod Browning. "Gooble-gobble, gooble-gobble, we accept YOU!" 64m. Shown with Browning's 1928 "West of Zanzibar," starring Lon Chaney, Sr. 16mm. $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

*Letter from an Unknown Woman

(1948, USA) Directed by Max Ophuls. Lifelong romance, world-class melodrama. The camera swoons with its characters. With Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan. 90m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

*The Mirror

(Zerkalo) (1976, Russia). Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Splintered memories across the middle of the twentieth century: an image-laden masterpiece. 106m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*Mughal-E-Azam

(1960, India) Directed by K. Asif. 173m. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 2.

*My Name is Ivan

See Jan 31. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 4.

*Office Space

See Jan 31. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

*One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

(2000, France) Directed by Chris Marker. Veteran essayist Marker's remarkable portrait of his friend Andrei Tarkovsky is one of the great examples of film criticism in cinematic history. 55m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

Secretary

(2002, USA) Directed by Steven Shainberg. Dreadful adaptation of a Mary Gaitskill short story boasts a game performance by the gifted Maggie Gyllenhaal; James Spader is most Spaderian as the boss who teaches her the rules and attraction of S/M, taking time out only to come across her back. 104m. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 6:45, 9:00, 7:15.

*Sweethearts

(1938, USA) Directed by WS Van Dyke II. MGM's first Technicolor musical stars Jeannette McDonald and Nelson Eddy. 114m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

T.N.T. Jackson

(1974, USA) Directed by Cirio H. Santiago. 73m. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Twitch of the Death Nerve

(1971, Italy). Directed by Mario Bava. 90m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Sun 2

*Chicago's Own: The Dogs of El Nino - The Madeline Island Sled Dog Race

(2002, USA) Directed by Cyndi Moran, Eric Scholl. 53m. Video $7. Chicago Filmmakers (773)293-1447, 5243 N. Clark St., 2nd Floor, 8.

*Edge of the City

(1957, USA) Directed by Martin Ritt. 85m. Shown with Stanley Kramer's "The Defiant Ones." $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*Letter from an Unknown Woman

See Feb 1. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

*The Mirror

See Feb 1. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:45.

*My Name is Ivan

See Jan 31. 94m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*My Night at Maud's

(1970, USA) Directed by Eric Rohmer. 105m. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 4:25.

Secretary

See Feb 1. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 2.

*Sweethearts

See Feb 1. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

Twin Peaks

(1989, USA) Directed by David Lynch. The pilot. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Mon 3

*Girls Can't Swim

(1999)Directed by Anne-Sophie Birot. 101m. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*The Mirror

See Feb 1. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:45.

Twitch of the Death Nerve

(1971, Italy). Directed by Mario Bava. 90m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Tue 4

*Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

(1936, USA) Directed by Frank Capra. 115m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*The Mummy

(1932, USA) Directed by Karl Freund. 72m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Wed 5

*Blue Velvet

(1986, USA) Directed by David Lynch. 120m. Panavision. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*The Mirror

See Feb 1. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

*My Name is Ivan

See Jan 31. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Thu 6

*Before Night Falls

(2000, USA) Directed by Julian Schnabel . 133m. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*Hour of the Wolf

(1968, Sweden) Directed by Ingmar Bergman. 90m. $4. DOC Films (773) 702-8574, Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St., 9:45.

*The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

(1945, USA) Directed by Robert Siodmak. 80m. $6. Block Museum. (847) 491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr, 8.

(2003-01-29)

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