Ray Pride

* = recommended

A retrospective of the work of French actor Alain Delon begins Saturday and Sunday at Facets. For more information, consult www.facets.org

Fri 12

The Debut

(Nachalo) (1970, USSR) Directed by Gleb Panfilov. 91m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*The Nightmare Before Christmas

(1993, USA) Directed by Henry Selick. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Something More Than Night

(2003, USA-Germany) Directed by Daniel Eisenberg. School of the Art Institute Department of Film, Video and New Media chair Eisenberg presents his "cityscape film" of Chicago by night. 77m. 16mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Zombie

(1979, Italy) Directed by Lucio Fulci. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Sat 13

The Cheaters

(1945, USA) Directed by Joseph Kane. 87m. Shown with the cartoons "Night Before Christmas" (1927) and "Christmas Night" (1932). $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

*Chicago Filmmakers' Thirtieth Anniversary

Ines Sommer curates a mix of films, music, performance, spoken word, installations and food and drink, drawing from artists who have been a part of the past three decades of the institutions. $25. Chicago Filmmakers (773)293-1447, 5243 N. Clark St., 2nd Floor, 8.

Chu Chin Chow

(1934, England) Directed by Walter Forde. A musical comedy described as "a prime artifact of the Western cultural style known as Orientalism." With Anna May Wong. 103m. Newly struck 35mm archival print. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

*Down by Law

(1986, USA) Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Preceded by a live set from Joan of Arc, followed by Jarmusch's film. $10. Movieside (773)856-5220, Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln, 6.

The Ear

(Ucho) (1970, Czechoslovakia) Directed by Karel Kachyna. A mix of "Orwellian totalitarian terror and Albee-style martial strife" that the Village Voice called "a paranoid classic." 94m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

The Fifth Horseman is Fear

(...A Paty Jezdec Je Strach) (1964, Czechoslovakia) Directed by Zbynek Brynych. An "expressionistic treatment of Prague as a City of Fear," says the Film Center's Martin Rubin. 98m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

Jim Jarmusch's Favorite Short Films

Including work by William S. Burroughs, Carl Th. Dreyer, Buster Keaton and Jem Cohen. $10. Movieside (773)856-5220, Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln, 8.

Jim Jarmusch

Jarmusch interviewed by his good friend Jonathan Rosenbaum. $10. Movieside (773)856-5220, Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln, 9:30.

*The Nightmare Before Christmas

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

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

(1964, USA) Directed by Nicholas Webster. Inert turd: coal in the stocking for all, including a very young Pia Zadora. 81m. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Something More Than Night

See Dec 12. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*The Shop Around the Corner

(1940, USA) Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am

Zombie

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

Sun 14

Breath Control: The History of the Human Beatbox

(2001, USA) Directed by Joey Garfield. 73m. DigiBeta video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:45.

*King Lear

(1970, USSR) Directed by Grigory Kozintsev. Powerful rendering of Shakespeare; score by Shostakovich. 140m. 35mm widescreen. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

*Melvin Goes To Dinner

(2003, USA) Directed by Bob Odenkirk. See Tip of the Week. 83m. Chicago premiere. $10. Movieside (773)856-5220, Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln, 5.

Short Films From Around the World

A set by Kit Kat Honeys, The Audreys, and others, followed by film and video from the Brothers Quay, Buster Keaton, Rusty Nails, Gym Jones, Eric Fensler and others. $10. Movieside (773)856-5220, Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln, 8.

Sin/Terror/Singularity

Zack Stiglicz presents shorts about "politics of experience/experience of politics." $5-10. Discount Cinema, Cinema Borealis, 1550 N. Milwaukee, 8.

Star Wars Christmas Special

(1977, USA) Directed by George Lucas. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 7.

*The Shop Around the Corner

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

Unseen Underground Video

A set by Diane Izzo sand Jim Becker followed by videos from Fugazi, Sleater Kinney, US Maple, Bobby Conn, Peaches and others. $10. Movieside (773)856-5220, Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln, 6:30.

Mon 15

The Debut

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

The Fifth Horseman is Fear

See Dec 13. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

Tue 16

The Ear

See Dec 13. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

The Ramones Around the World

1998 doc. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 7.

Wed 17

*King Lear

See Dec 14 $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:45.

Thu 18

Breath Control: The History of the Human Beatbox

(2001, USA) Directed by Joey Garfield. 73m. DigiBeta video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Chu Chin Chow

See Dec 13. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

(2003-12-10)

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(2003-12-02)

Weight regimen
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(2003-12-02)

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(2003-12-02)

Tip of the Week
(2003-11-26)

Short Runs
(2003-11-26)

Get over here and love one another
(2003-11-26)

Searching
(2003-11-26)

Tip of the Week
(2003-11-19)

The lie of the mind
(2003-11-19)

Childish things
(2003-11-19)

Short Runs
(2003-11-19)

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