Ray Pride

* = recommended

Fri 27

*The East is Red

(Swordsman III) (Fong Yun Zei Zai Chi) (1993, Hong Kong) Directed by Ching Siu-tung. Evil "Asia the Invincible," a villain transformed into a woman and killed off in "Swordsman II," returns from the grave to pursue lovers and vanquish Dutch, Spanish and Japanese invaders and deal with South China Sea pirates who all claim to be Asia herself. With Brigitte Lin, Joi Wong. 95m. 35mm Panavision. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*Kagemusha

(1980, Japan) Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 160m. 35mm. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

Running on Karma

(Daai Chek Liu) (2003, Hong Kong) Directed by Johnnie To. Genre-bender about monks, cops and the human soul. 93m. 35mm widescreen. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Screen Test # 2

(1965, USA) Directed by Andy Warhol. 70m. With 1964's "Mario Banana." 16mm. Free. University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall, Room 307, 5811 S. Ellis Avenue, 7.

*21 Grams

(2003, USA) Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu. 123m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 6:30, 9, 11:30.

*The Warriors

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

Sat 28

All Hell Let Loose

(Hus I Helvete) (2001, Sweden) Directed by Susan Taslimi. Swedish drama with Iranian flavor, "part horrific comedy, part drama of family horror." 88m. Talsimi will apear. $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.

*The Eagle Shooting Heroes

(Dong Cheng Xi Jiu) (1994, Hong Kong) Directed by Jeff Lau. Swordplay farce with Leslie Cheung, Lin Hsing-hsia, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung. 100m. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

*Intolerable Cruelty

(2003, USA) Directed by Joel Coen. 100m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7, 9, 11.

Merrily We Go to Hell

(1932, USA) Directed by Dorothy Arzner. 78m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

Running on Karma

$8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:30.

Sheba, Baby

(1975, USA) Directed by William Girdler. Pam Grier on the mean streets of Chicago. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

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.

*Shockproof

(1946, USA) Directed by Douglas Sirk. Cool pre-melodrama Sirkian noir. 79m. 35mm. Shown with Tex Avery's 1946 Droopy Dog entry, "Northwest Hounded Police." $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

*The Thin Man

(1934, USA) Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The sexiest married couple of the movies (William Powell, Myrna Loy) join forces with one of the least scruffy Hollywood dogs (Asta) for refined sleuthing and even more refined cocktails. Witty, charming stuff, shot in two weeks by ace cinematographer James Wong Howe. With Maureen O'Sullivan, Cesar Romero. 93m. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am, Midnight.

Tron

(1982, USA) Directed by Steven Lisberger. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

*The Warriors

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

Sun 29

Kolya

(1996, Czechoslovakia) Directed by Jan Sverak. 105m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

*The New Babylon

(Novyj Vavilon) (1929, USSR) Directed by Grigory Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg. 80m. 35mm. Live piano accompaniment by David Drazin. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:30.

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.

Tron

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

*21 Grams

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

Twin Peaks: Episodes 5-7

(1990, USA) Directed by David Lynch. Approx. 150m. 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 1

All Hell Let Loose

See Feb 28. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

*The Eagle Shooting Heroes

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

*The Sheltering Sky

(1990, USA-England-Italy) Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. 138m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Tue 2

*The Godfather

(1972, USA) Directed by Francis Coppola. Only the first half will be shown in order to accommodate a lecture by Northwestern University senior lecturer Lester D. Friedman. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

La Maternelle

(1933, France) Directed by M. Epstein, J. Benoit-Levy. 83m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Wed 3

The East is Red

See Feb 27. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Merrily We Go To Hell

See Feb 27. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

My Fair Lady

(1964, USA) Directed by George Cukor. 170m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

*Yi Yi

(2000, Taiwan) Directed by Edward Yang. Perfection. I don't like to use the word "humanist," but that is one of the lesser things you could say of Yang's tender masterpiece of the ways of the human heart. 173m. 35mm. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

Thu 4

*Good Men, Good Women

(1995, Taiwan) Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. 108m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 9.

*The New Babylon

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

*Night and the City

(1950, USA-England) Directed by Jules Dassin. 100m. 35mm. $6. Block Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.

O Lover of Life: Experimental Narrative from India

(2002-03, India) Directed by Pooja Kaul, Vipan Vijay. 71m. Video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*The Warriors

(1979, USA) Directed by Walter Hill. 93m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

(2004-02-25)

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(2004-02-18)

The City That Smells
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(2004-02-18)

Edifice complex
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(2004-02-18)

Short Runs
This week's limited screenings
(2004-02-18)

Tip of the Week
(2004-02-11)

Tip of the Week
(2004-02-11)

Stealing beauty
(2004-02-11)

Short Runs
(2004-02-11)

Porn by design
(2004-02-11)

Tip of the Week
(2004-02-03)

Up from the underground
(2004-02-03)

Puck'd
(2004-02-03)

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