Ray Pride

* = Recommended

Fri 31

Au Revoir

(1995, Netherlands) Directed by Hedy Honigmann. Powerful attraction between two strangers on the streets of Amsterdam. 114m. With the short, "Four Times My Heart," alternating four dramatic monologues. Facets (773)281-4114, 1517 W. Fullerton, call for time.

*Dawn of the Dead

(1978, USA) Directed by George Romero. 126m. 35mm. $6. Block Cinema (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle, Evanston, 8.

*Monty Python and the Holy Grail

(1975, England) Directed by Terrys Jones and Gilliam. "Ni!" Music Box, Midnight.

*Metropolitan

(1990, USA) Directed by Whit Stillman. 98m. 35mm. $6. Block Cinema (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle, Evanston, 8.

*Nina Simone, Love Sorceress

(1998, France) Directed by Rene Letzgutz. A 1976 concern by the late, legendary singer shows her range, both musical and emotional. 75m. BetaSP Video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*Nothing But A Man

(1964, USA) Directed by Michael Roemer. 92m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

(1975, USA) Directed by Jim Sharman. You do the Time Warp again, leave me out of it. Music Box, Midnight.

28 Days Later

(2002, England-Scotland) Directed by Danny Boyle. 35mm. This version has the extra ending. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 6:15, 9, 11:45.

Sat 1

Baghdad On/Off

(2002, Iraq-France) Directed by Saad Salman. Exiled filmmaker returns to Iraq via the Kurdish refugee camps to visit his seriously ill mother. "Poetic, comic, melancholic and joyous," Filmmakers says. 86m. Video. $7. Chicago Media Action and Chicago Filmmakers (773)293-1447, 5243 N. Clark St., 2nd Floor, 8.

*Finding Nemo

(2003, USA) Directed by Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich. See Main film listings.100m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 6:45, 9, 11:15.

*Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Music Box, Midnight.

*Nosferatu

(1922, USA) Directed by F. W. Murnau. New 35mm print. Shown at silent film speed. Music Box, 11:30am.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Music Box, Midnight.

Sextette

(1978, USA) Directed by Ken Hughes. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Who Done It?

(1942, USA) Directed by Erle C. Kenton. Shown with Clyde Bruckman's 1927 Laurel & Hardy short, "Call of the Cuckoos." 75m. $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

Sun 2

Astro Zombies

(1969, USA) Directed by Ted V. Mikels. Killer robot zombies, Chinese commie spies and Mexican secret agents. With Tura Satana, John Carradine, Wendell Corey. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Baghdad On/Off

$7. Chicago Media Action and Chicago Filmmakers (773)293-1447, 5243 N. Clark St., 2nd Floor, 8.

*Come And See

(1985, USSR) Directed by Elem Klimov. War through the eyes of a kid and the ears of a madman: Klimov's masterpiece is a brilliant, coruscating look at damage. 142m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

*Finding Nemo

$3. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 2.

*Nina Simone, Love Sorceress

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

*Nosferatu

Music Box, 11:30am.

Mon 3

Conspirators of Pleasure

(1996, Czechoslovakia) Directed by Jan Svankmajer. 85m. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

*The Films of Maya Deren

Deren's six complete films. 76m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30.

Tue 4

*Charulata

(1942, India) Directed by Satyajit Ray. 117m. 16mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

*Nothing But A Man

Sergio Mims lectures on the film. See Oct 31. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Tenacious D

(2003, USA) Relevase party for the DVD project. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Wed 5

Blood Brothers

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

*A Fistful of Dollars

(1964, Itlay-Spain) Directed by Sergi9o Leone. 95m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

The Iceman Cometh

(1973, USA) Directed by John Frankenheimer. 239m. Ten-minute intermission. IB Technicolor 35mm print. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Ryoma's Wife

(Ryoma no tsuma to sono otto to ajin) (2002, Japan) Directed by Jun Ichikawa. A new film from the director of "Tokyo Lullaby." Japan Information Center Auditorium (312)280-0430, Consulate General of Japan, 737 N. Michigan Av., Suite 1000, 6:30.

Thu 6

*Big Night

(1996, USA) Directed by Stanley Tucci. 107m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 9.

*The Films of Maya Deren

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

*Nina Simone, Love Sorceress

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

old skool revolutionaries

(2003, USA) Directed by jonCates. SAIC instructor "jonCates" recreates "a fleeting moment in the development of a new art form." 80m. MiniDV video. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

*Secret Agent

(1936, England) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 85m. 16mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

*21 Grams

(2003, USA) Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu. Benefit presentation. $8. No passes. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:45.

(2003-10-29)

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