Ray Pride

* = Recommended

The Fifteenth Onion City Experimental Film Festival plays September 12-14 at Chicago Filmmakers, with New York filmmaker Julie Murray presenting a program of her work. The complete schedule is at www.chicagofilmmakers.org

Fri 12

*Hallelujah

(1929, USA) Directed by King Vidor. An all-black melodrama, one of the first sound films to work largely with exteriors. Vidor's use of space and sound continues to impress. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

*Rushmore

(1999, USA) Directed by Wes Anderson. With the critical triumph of "Rushmore," writer-director Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson erase any memories of their tepid debut, "Bottle Rocket." "Rushmore" (the name of a fictional prep school), told with great self-assurance, follows the jauntily surreal antics of Max Fischer (newcomer Jason Schwartzman, a marvel), an overachiever at a New England prep school who falters when he succumbs to the allure of an older female science teacher (Olivia Williams). It's all compounded when he befriends a local millionaire whom he hopes will help him win her affections. Played with the weariest of world-weariness by Bill Murray, it's a role as close to perfect as he's ever been. Max is allowed to fail, to learn, and yet remain Max to the final scene. Rob Elder introduces. DVD video. International Dinner and a Movie. $35 for dinner and movie; movie free. Dinner: Plaza Club, 130 E. Randolph, 6pm. Movie: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 8. Also: Music Box, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.

Sat 13

*Adam's Rib

(1949, USA) Directed by George Cukor. Husband and wife find themselves on opposite sides of a murder case. Smart comedy, written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, with Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell. 101m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 1130am.

*Cleopatra

(1934, USA) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. 100m. $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

Five Bloody Graves

(1970, USA) Directed by Al Adamson. David Carradine vehicle. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

*Rushmore

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

Solitude Point

(1997, Japan) Directed by Hisako Matsui. A former Japanese war bride with Alzheimer's grows old in Baton Rouge. 97m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:45.

War and Peace

(2002, India) Directed by Anand Patwardhan. 148m. BetaSP video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

Sun 14

*Adam's Rib

Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 1130am.

Furry's Gift

*2002, USA) Directed by Abraham Ravett. A live 1976 performance by legendary bluesman Furry Lewis, with a ten-minute interview conducted during intermission. 60m. DV-CAM video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

*The Man Who Laughs

(1928, USA) Directed by Paul Leni. 110m. Archival 35mm print with original recorded music score. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

Mon 15

War and Peace

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

Tue 16

*Hallelujah

Sergio Mims lectures on the film. See Sep 12. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Wed 17

Pinochet's Children

(2002, Chile) Directed by Paulo Rodriquez. Doc: the lives of three people whose parents were "disappeared" by the dictatorship when they were children. 81m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Solitude Point

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

Thu 18

Codependence Some More!: Contemporary Independent Animation

SAIC instructor Chris Sullivan curates new work by Jim Trainor, Jim Deusing, Meredith Miller, Sole Traverso Munich, Jean Pascal Princiaux and Robert Becraft. 85m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Furry's Gift

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

(2003-09-10)

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