Ray Pride

* = recommended

Fri 20

Color of the Truth

(Hak Bak Sam Lam) (2003, Hong Kong) Directed by Wong Jing, Marco Mak. Intense police thriller. 104m. 35mm widescreen. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*Dirty Harry

(1971, USA) Directed by Don Siegel. 102m. 35mm Panavision. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Harlot

(1964, USA) Directed by Andy Warhol. 70m. 16mm. Free. University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall, Room 307, 5811 S. Ellis Avenue, 7.

Kill Bill Vol. 1

(2003, USA) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 111m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 6:30, 9, 11:30.

*Red Beard

(1965, Japan) Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 199m. Tohoscope. 35mm. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

*The Warriors

(1979, USA) Directed by Walter Hill. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Sat 21

The Black Gestapo

(1975, USA) Directed by Lee Frost. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

*Brother Outsider

(2002, USA) Directed by N. Kates, B. Singer. 83m. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 1.

Color of the Truth

$8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:30.

*Days of Heaven

(1978, USA) Directed by Terence Malick. New 35mm print. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

Red Dust

(Gungun Hongchen) (1990, Hong Kong) Directed by Yim Ho. 94m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:45.

*Manhunt

(1941, USA) Directed by Fritz Lang. 105m. 35mm. Shown with Friz Freling's 1945 cartoon, "Herr Meets Hare." $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

*October

(Oktyabr) (1928, USSR) Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Grigory Alexandrov. 104m. Newly struck 35mm print. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:30.

*Pretty in Pink

(1986, USA) Directed by Howard Deutsch. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am, Midnight.

*Say Anything

(1989, USA) Directed by Cameron Crowe. 100m. 16mm. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

Star Spangled to Death Part I

(1957-2003, USA) Directed by Ken Jacobs. Found footage epic. "An autopsy of the banal... a diatribe with a sense of humor." 330m total. 16mm transferred to video. $7. Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark, 7.

*The Station Agent

(2003, USA) Directed by Thomas McCarthy. 88m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7, 9, 11.

*Swordsman II

(Dong Fong But Bai) (1992, Hong Kong) Directed by Ching Siu-tung. Jet Li and Brigitte Lin star. 108m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

*The Warriors

$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am, Midnight.

Working Girls

(1931, USA) Directed by Dorothy Arzner. 80m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

Sun 22

Bruce Haack: The King of Techno

(2003, USA) Directed by Philip Anagnos. 60m. BetaSP video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5.

*The Citadel

(1948, USA) Directed by King Vidor. Studs Terkel and Michael Wilmington discuss. 110m. $9. Facets (773)281-9075, 1517 W. Fullerton, 2.

*Days of Heaven

$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

GACACA: Living Together Again in Rwanda?

(2002, USA) Directed by Anne Aghion. 55m. BetaSP Video. University of Chicago Human Rights Program, Breasted Hall, Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th, 7.

Just One Look

(Yat Luk Che) (2002, Hong Kong) Directed by Riley Yip. Bittersweet coming-of-age comedy. 101m. 35mm widescreen. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

$4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 2.

Lana's Rain

(2004, USA) Directed by Michael S. Ojeda. It's considered ill-mannered to review a movie before its imminent release, so I'll save my warnings about this one until it opens at the Music Box on February 27. 107m. 35mm. Ojeda and actress Oksana Orlenko will appear. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30

The Millennial Bee

(1983, Czechoslovakia) Directed by Jaraj Jakubisko. 162m. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

*Pretty in Pink

$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Star Spangled to Death Part 2

(1957-2003, USA) Directed by Ken Jacobs. Found footage epic. "An autopsy of the banal... a diatribe with a sense of humor." 330m total. 16mm transferred to video. $7. Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark, 7.

Twin Peaks: The First Four Episodes

(1990, USA) Directed by David Lynch. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

*The Warriors

$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Mon 23

Just One Look

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

*Whity

(1971, West Germany) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 93m. Shown with Luis Buñuel's 1965 "Simon of the Desert" (45m). $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Working Girls

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

Tue 24

Abolicao

(Brazil) Directed by Sozimo Bulbul. "A candid look at the experiences of black Brazilians from all walks of life." Northwester professor Michael Hanchard explains. Free. DePaul Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield, Room 120B, 6.

*Dirty Harry

Northwestern University senior lecturer Lester D. Friedman will explain. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Inch'allah Dimanche

(2001, France) Directed by Yamina Bengugui. 97m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Mama Got Married

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

*The Philadelphia Story

(1940, USA) Directed by George Cukor. Top-notch adaptation of Philip Barry's romantic comedy. Katherine Hepburn, recently divorced from capricious millionaire Cary Grant, prepares to marry a dull blade, only to find her wedding threatened by Grant's reappearance and scandal in the form of snooping James Stewart, enterprising reporter for "Spy" magazine. Exceptionally funny. 120m. "Bill Wyatt for Mayor" and Paramount Theatre (630)896-7676, 8 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, 7:30.

Pink Floyd's The Wall

(1982, England-USA) Directed by Alan Parker. DVD. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 7.

Wed 25

Anybody's Woman

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

The Children's Hour

(1961, USA) Directed by William Wyler. 107m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Bruce Haack: The King of Techno

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

Red Dust

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

Soul of a Painter

(1994, Taiwan) Directed by Huang Shugin. 130m. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

Thu 26

*Force of Evil

(1948, USA) Directed by Abraham Polonsky. A masterpiece. A moody noir that rewards many viewings, Polonsky's singular debut is a triumph of every kind--acting, writing, direction, design, conception. Polonsky was a New York lawyer, a novelist and also dedicated Marxist. He wrote the fine script for "Body and Soul," directed "Force of Evil," then was blacklisted for his beliefs. Our great loss. He wrote and directed a handful of times afterwards, but if he had worked consistently as a director instead of remaining behind fronts for twenty years, who knows what he--and we--might have learned. 78m. 35mm. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

Honor Among Lovers

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

*North on Evers

(1991, USA) Directed by James Benning. 87m. 16mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*October

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

*The Puppet Master

(1993, Taiwan) Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. 142m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 9.

*El Super

(1979, USA) Directed by Leon Ichaso. 90m. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

(2004-02-18)

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