Ray Pride

* = Recommended

The ninth edition of the Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video begins Friday at the Siskel Film Center.

Fri 1.

*Blazing Saddles

(1974, USA) Directed by Mel Brooks. 93m. Panavision. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

*Les Diaboliques

(1955, France) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. 116m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:30.

*The Lost World

(1925, USA) Directed by Harry Hoyt. Accompanied by the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra. $8. The Silent Summer (773)205-SFSC, 8.

Madame Brouette

(2002, Senegal-Canada-France) Directed by Moussa Sene Absa. 104m. 35mm. $8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7.

*Quai des Orfevres

(1947, France) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Restored print of a remarkable French noir; clammy, harsh and ultimately very humane. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:30.

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation

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

*The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

(1964, France) Directed by Jacques Demy. 90m. $4. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,7, 9.

Sat 2

Anne B. Real

(2002, USA) Directed by Lisa France. "An emotionally charged hip-hop drama set in a rough Bronx neighborhood." 91m. $8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*Blazing Saddles

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

*For a Few Dollars More

(1966, Italy) Directed by Sergio Leone. 130m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell

(2003, USA) directed by Michael Skolnik, William O'Neill. 65m. Beta SP video. $8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

*The Last Temptation of Christ

(1988, USA) Directed by Martin Scorsese. 164m. $4. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,7, 10.

*Moby Dick

(1930, USA) Directed by Lloyd Bacon. 75m. Shown with the 1929 Buster Keaton short, "The Boat." $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

*Serie Noire

(1979, France) Directed by Alain Corneau. Darkly funny French noir with a memorable turn by the late Patrick Dewaere as a door-to-door salesman who becomes obsessed with a teenage prostitute. 111m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:30.

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation

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

Sun 3

*Bringing Up Baby

(1938, USA) Directed by Howard Hawks. Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant star in one of the great screwball comedies. 102m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

*For a Few Dollars More

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

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew

(2002, USA) Directed by Matthew Buzzell. 79m. Beta SP video. $8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

*Return of the Dragon

(1972, USA) Directed by Bruce Lee. Posthumously released action; Lee and Chuck Norris take turns at the kick. Video. Free. Delilah's (312)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Rocking Poponguine

(1993, Senegal) Directed by Moussa Sene Absa. A "tender comedy" that has been called "the African equivalent of 'American Graffiti.'" 90m. Beta SP video. $8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

Mon 4

African Dance: Sand, Drum and Shostakovich

(2002, USA) Directed by Ken Glazebrook. 70m. Shown with Nzinga Kemp's "His/Herstory" (20m). Beta SP video. $8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Tue 5

Anne B. Real

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

*The Birth of a Nation (Part 1)

(1915, USA) Directed by D. W. Griffith. Live piano accompaniment to the first 105 minutes of Griffith's controversial epic by David Drazin; sometimes Newcity critic and Columbia College lecturer Sergio Mims will explain. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*Bringing Up Baby

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

*Les Diaboliques

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

In the Heat of the Night

(1967, USA) Directed by Norman Jewison. "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, 8:35.

*Juve vs. Fantomas

(1913, France) Directed by Louis Feuillade. 64m. $4. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St.,8 .

L'ingorgo

(The Traffic Jam) (1979. Italy) Directed by Luigi Comenici. Alberto Sordi stars. Video. Free. Istituto Italiano di Cultura (312)822-9545, 500 N. Michigan, Suite 1450, 5:30.

Madame Brouette

$8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

Wed 6

Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell

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

*Quai des Orfevres

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

Rocking Poponguine

See Aug 3.$8. Black Harvest at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

*Serie Noire

See Aug 2. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Thu 7

African Dance: Sand, Drum and Shostakovich

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

Anne B. Real

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

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew

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

Putney Swope

(1969, USA) Directed Robert Downey (Sr.). Anarchic 1960s ad-world satire. 84m. $4. DOC Films, Max Palevsky Cinema, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th St., 8.

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