Ray Pride

* = recommended

Fri 18

*Arabian Nights

(1974, Italy) Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. 131m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

The Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival

The first set of shorts introduced by Steve Dahl; filmmaker Scott Dikkers intros the second. $10. Biograph, 8, 10.

*The Navigator

(1924, USA) Directed by Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp. Dennis Scott at the Mighty Gateway Grande Pipe Organ. $10. The Silent Summer (773)205-SFSC, 8.

*Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid

(1973, USA) Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Restored version. 123m. Widescreen. Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers reviewer Peter Sobczynski will explain. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:45.

*Ride the High Country

(1962, USA) Directed by Sam Peckinpah.. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation

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

Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters

(2002, Hong Kong) Directed by Wellson Chin. Prolific producer Tsui Hark is one of the great action masters of Hong Kong; this new production tells the story of a nineteenth-century "quartet of heroes trained in the Taoist Mao Shan school of magic who must use their unique powers to destroy the Vampire King." Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Sat 19

*Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia

(1974, USA) Directed by Sam Peckinpah. 114m. Video. Free. Delilah's (312)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

*Chang/Son of Kong

(1931/33, USA) Directed by Cooper & Schoedsack. $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation

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

Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters

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

*What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

(1962, USA) Directed by Robert Aldrich. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

Sun 20

Beach Blanket Bingo

(1965, USA) Directed by William Asher. Video. Free. Delilah's (312)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

*The Weather Underground

(2003, USA) Directed by Sam Green, Bill Siegel. Superb doc on 1960s political activism: can the Left be left behind? Co-director Siegel will appear. 92m. $15. Benefit for Chicago Underground Film Festival. A party follows at an undisclosed location. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7.

*What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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

Mon 21

*Arabian Nights

$8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Tue 22

*A Night At The Opera

(1935, USA) Marx Bros. 95m. "Dedicated to the memory of Gene Siskel who is considered one of the most revered and influential movie critics of all time." Free. Chicago Outdoor Film Festival (312)744-3315, Grant Park, 8:50 or dusk.

The Great War

(1959. Italy) Directed by Mario Monicelli. Alberto Sordi stars. Video. Free. Istituto Italiano di Cultura (312)822-9545, 500 N. Michigan, Suite 1450, 5:30.

*Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid

$8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30.

*Ride the High Country

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

Wed 23

You See Me Laughin'

(2002, USA) Directed by Mandy Stein. Portraits of latter-day Delta bluesmen. 90m. BetaSP video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Thu 24

*Lost Horizon

(1937, USA) Directed by Frank Capra. 132m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

(2003-07-16)

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