Ray Pride

"Hong Kong!", the Siskel Film Center's fifteenth annual survey of the health of the Chinese colony's film scene, plays throughout May.

* = Recommended

Fri 9

*Afghanistan Year 1380

(2002, Afghanistan-Italy) Directed by Alberto Vendemmiati, Fabrizio Lazzaretti. 54m. Shown with Rachel Leah's "500 Dunam on the Moon." BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 7.

Alternative Imaging: Low-Tech and Handmade Films

Program includes a variety of shorts from a collection of filmmakers.16mm. $7. Chicago Filmmakers (773)293-1447, 5243 N. Clark St., 2nd Floor, 8.

August

(2002, Israel) Directed by Avi Mograbi. 72m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 9.

Chicago

(2002, USA) Directed by Rob Marshall. 113m. 35mm. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,6:30,9,11:30.

Good Old Naughty Days

(2002, France) Directed by Michel Reilac. Collection of early twentieth century hardcore pornography. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Grease

(1978, USA) Directed by Randal Kleiser Day-old pabulum. Director Kleiser (George Lucas' college roommate) proves that seventies nostalgia can go just so far. If you weren't there when it came out, you don't wanna be now. With John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Eve Arden. Panavision. 110m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

*Hospital

(1969, USA) Directed by Frederick Wiseman. 84m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

So Close

(2002, Hong Kong) Directed by Corey Yuen. 107m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Wild At Heart

(1990, USA) Directed by David Lynch. Lynch at his worst, most indulgent, most unwatchable. Blood and puke, etc., for those who like same in almost unmediated form. See "Lost Highway" instead, a more haunting Lynch-Gifford collaboration. 124m. Panavision. 35mm. Shown with David Lynch's short, "The Amputee." $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

Sat 10

*The Birds

(1963, USA) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. . A bushel and a peck of suspense. With Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren. 120m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

*City of God

(2002, Brazil-France-USA) Directed by Fernando Meirelles. 130m. 35mm. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St., 6:15, 9, 11:45.

The Eye of The Day

(2001, Netherlands) Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich. 92m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 6:45.

Good Old Naughty Days

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

Grease

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

Jung

(2000, Afghanistan-Italy) Directed by Alberto Vendemmiati, Fabrizio Lazzarettie. 114m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 1.

Justifiable Homicide

(2001,USA) Directed by Jonathan Stack, Jon Osman. 86m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114,1517 W. Fullerton, 3:30.

The Last Just Man

(2001, Canada) Directed by Steven Silver. 70m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 5:15.

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

(2002, Hong Kong) Directed by Johnnie To, Wai-Ka-fai. 100m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

On The Beach

(1959, USA) Directed by Stanley Kramer. 133m. Shown with Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton's cartoon, "It's An Ill Wind." 16mm. $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

Sharks and Small Fish

(1957, Germany) Directed by Frank Wisbar. 119m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:15.

So Close

See May 9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

*War Photographer

(2001, Switzerland) Directed by Christian Frei. Important Documentary about James Nachtwey, war photographer. 96m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 8:30.

Sun 11

*The Birds

See May 10. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

Breathless

(A bout de souffle)(1959, France) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Video. Free. Delilah's, 2771 N. Lincoln, (773)472-2771, 6.

The Bridge

(1959, Germany) Directed by Bernhard Wicki. 103m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 4.

Chicago

See May 10. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St., 2.

Devil Face, Angel Heart

(2002, Hong Kong) Directed by Billy Chung. 86m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Honeyboy

(2002, USA) Directed by Scott L. Taradash. on the life of musician Honeyboy Edwards. 82m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Presumed Guilty

(2002, USA) Directed by Pamela Yates. 115m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 2:30.

Profit and Nothing But

(2001, France) Directed by Raul Peck. 57m. Shown with Mai Masri's "Frontiers of Dreams and Fears." BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 6:45.

Seven Days in Tehran

(2002, France-Iran) Directed by Reza Khatibi. 102m. BetaSP. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 4:45.

*Umberto D.

(1952, Italy) Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Carlo Battisti is the glooomy old man who suffers tribulation after tribulation in a strangely sweet-tempered tale of poverty and despair. 91m. 35mm. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,7.

Mon 12

*Afghanistan Year 1380

See May 9. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 7.

August

See May 9. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 9.

*Basic Training

(1971, USA) Directed by Frederick Wiseman. 89m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

The Blues Brothers

(1980, USA) Directed by John Landis. 133m. 35mm. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,7.

*Hospital

See May 9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Tue 13

*Black Narcissus

(1947, England) Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Superb, ravishing use of production design, stylized Technicolor and music highlight story of repression and sexual delirium among the denizens of a remote Himalayan nunnery. An astonishing, lucidly erotic masterpiece, made entirely in the studio. Powell said, "'Black Narcissus' I would describe as a well made film... These films are nearly always pastiche or hodgepodge--you know, real Southern India in the studio--so I said, 'This won't do, such a delicate story, we've got to create a whole atmosphere here.' Faces fell around--they wanted to go to India, but afterwards, they enjoyed themselves tremendously." (The title refers to a particular woman's scent; there's no such flower.) Oscar for cinematography. With Deborah Kerr, Sabu, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons. 99m. 35 mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,7.

Devil Face, Angel Heart

See May 11. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

The Eye of The Day

See May 10. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 7.

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

See May 10. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*War Photographer

See May 10. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 8:45.

Wed 14

Adrenaline Film Festival

Extreme sports shorts. Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield, (773)472-0449.

The Bridge

See May 11. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Okie Noodling

(2001, USA) Directed by Bradley Beesley. Disagreeable, condescending little bit of Doc flummery about catching catfish by hand in Oklahoma. 57m.16mm. Shown with Mark Lewis' "Cane Toads," which is a rich rejoinder to Beesley's work, about a strain of imported frogs that have become the hippity-hop equivalent of kudzu in Australia. Free. Block Museum of Art (847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

Presumed Guilty

See May 11. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 6:30.

Seven Days in Tehran

See May 11. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 8:45.

Sharks and Small Fish

See May 10. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Sky Without Stars

See May 3. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:15.

*Traffic

(2000, USA) Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Yeah, the BBC series is better, but this one's pretty darn diverting, too. 147m. 35mm. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,7.

Thu 15

*Basic Training

See May 12. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

*Forty Guns

(1957, USA) Directed by Samuel Fuller. Or, in Fuller's original title, "The Lady With A Whip," embodied by Barbara Stanwyck as a cunning lady rancher. 79m. In blazing black-and-white CinemaScope. 35mm. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,7.

Honeyboy

See May 11. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Justifiable Homicide

See May 10. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 7.

The Last Just Man

See May 10. Facets, (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, 8:45.

*Parting Glances

(1986, USA) Directed by Bill Sherwood. Steve Buscemi made his first mark in this comic portrait of New York City gay life at the advent of AIDS; the late Sherwood's first feature well. 90m. 35mm. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,9.

Shane

(1953, USA) Directed by George Stevens. 118m. 35mm. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

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