Ray Pride

* = recommended

Selected listings follow. Showings are at the Music Box (MB) and Landmark Century Cinemas (LC).

Fri 3

*The Flower of Evil

(France) Directed by Claude Chabrol. Generations of guilt in a the latest from the French master; with Nathalie Baye. MB, 7.

*Go Further

(Canada) Directed by Ron Mann. See Film feature. LC, 9:30.

Loving Glances

(Serbia-Montenegro-England) Directed by Srdjan Karanovic. LC, 7:15.

The Man of the Year

(Brazil) Directed by Jose Henrique Fonseca. Sexy underworld drama. MB, 9:30.

Sat 4

*Alexandra's Project

(Australia) Directed by Rolf de Heer. Pleasingly nasty if implausible mini-drama of a wife' s revenge on a bad husband. MB, 9:30.

*Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

(Switzerland) Directed by Felice Zenoni. Doc on Chaplin's late years in Switzerland, along with several rare shorts. Introduced by Chaplin biographer David Robinson, director of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. $15. LC, 5.

*Distant

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Slow build of emotion in atmospheric gem. LC, 9:30.

*Go Further

LC, 9:45.

*Jesus, You Know

(Austria) Directed by Ulrich Seidl. Common folk caught in prayer: Seidl's fixed gaze more powerful here than in his fictional provocation, "Dog Days." MB, 7:15.

Loving Glances

MB, 2:30.

The Man of the Year

LC, 4:45.

Monsieur Ibrahim

(France) Directed by Francois Dupeyron. Omar Sharif stars in this 1960s period piece as an elderly Arab shopkeeper who befriends a Jewish boy in the red light district of Paris .LC, 6:45.

*Move!

(Austria) Directed by Niki List. See Film feature. MB, 2:15.

That Day

(France-Switzerland) Directed by Raoul Ruiz. Absurdist intrigue said to be riotously funny from one of the giddier surrealist sensibilities at work today. MB, 7.

The Twilight Samurai

(Japan) Directed by Yoji Yamada. Rebellious samurai at the end of the feudal era; said to be an allegory of latter-day corporate warriors. LC, 6:30.

Sun 5

Benilde, Or the Virgin Mother

(1975, Portugal) Directed by Manoel de Oliveira. Intense, ambiguous film, chosen by Jonathan Rosenbaum. $15. LC, 3:30.

*The Flower of Evil

LC, 6:30.

Grimm

(Netherlands) Directed by Alex van Warmerdam. Dark conflation of urban legends in creative thriller. LC, 8:45.

*In America

(2003, USA) Directed by Jim Sheridan. Lovely melancholy family tale, from the director of "My Left Foot." $15. MB, 6:45.

*Jesus, You Know

MB, 5.

Monsieur Ibrahim

LC, 4:30.

*Move!

MB, 7.

*Sex is Comedy

(France) Directed by Catherine Breillat. See Film feature. LC, 9.

That Day

MB, 2:15.

The Twilight Samurai

LC, Noon.

Mon 6

*Go Further

MB, 9:15.

Grimm

LC, 4:30.

Loving Glances

LC, 8:45.

The Man of the Year

LC, 8:30.

*Noi Albinoi

(Iceland-Germany-England) Directed by Dagur Kari. Teenager rebellion against "small-fjord life" highly regarded at every festival it's been. LC, 7.

La Petite Lili

(France) Directed by Claude Miller. MB, 6:30.

*The Singing Detective

Directed by Keith Gordon. Gordon directs Dennis Potter's own adaptation of his epic miniseries; Robert Downey, Jr. is the noir center of it all. $15 admission for tribute to Downey. MB, 8:45.

A Talking Picture

(Portugal) Directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The latest from the oldest living director (95 in December) is filled with storytelling during an ocean cruise. With Irene Papas, John Malkovich, Stefania Sandrelli, Catherine Deneuve. LC, 6:45.

The Twilight Samurai

LC, 6:30.

Tue 7

*Alexandra's Project

(Australia) Directed by Rolf de Heer. Pleasingly nasty if implausible mini-drama of a wife' s revenge on a bad husband. LC, 9:15.

*Bright Future

(Japan) Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Twentysomethings fall in love with a jellyfish. LC, 8:45.

*Jesus, You Know

LC, 7:15.

La Petite Lili

LC, 4:30.

*Move!

MB, 9.

*The Singing Detective

LC, 8:45.

That Day

LC, 7.

*The Triplets of Belleville

(France-Belgium-Canada) Directed by Sylvain Chomet. Highly regarded nostalgic animation. LC, 9.

Wed 8

*Crimson Gold

(Iran) Directed by Jafar Panahi. Slow-burn thriller from director of "The White Balloon" is a genuine stunner. MB, 9:30.

Fuse

(Bosnia-Herzegovina) Directed by Gori Vatra. Small town on border of Bosnia does a makeover on eve of a post-war vision by President Clinton. LC, 9:15.

Grimm

LC, 6:45.

*I Was Born, But

(1932, Japan) Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Charming, exquisite silent comedy. Introduced by Roger Ebert. $15. MB, 6:30.

Never Get Outta the Boat

(USA) Directed by Paul Quinn. LC, 8:45.

*Noi Albinoi

LC, 9.

La Petite Lili

LC, 7.

Thu 9

Chokher Bali: A Passion Play

(India) Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. 167m. LC, 9.

Fuse

LC, 4:30.

Never Get Outta the Boat

(USA) Directed by Paul Quinn. LC, 4:15.

*The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

(Ireland-Venezuela) Directed by Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain. LC, 9:15.

(2003-10-02)

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