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 Short Runs Repertory & Revival
* = recommended Fri 5
*Elephant
(2003, USA) Directed by Gus van Sant. "Elephant" is about
inexplicable beauty and the fragility of each breath as it is taken.
It's autumn. Leaves are falling. The green lawns are strewn with
autumn's rustling bursts of color: leaves turn most brilliant just as
they are dying. We follow almost a dozen students at a suburban high
school, through classrooms, the library, cafeteria, the grassy quad,
locker rooms. Faces become landscape. Seemingly inconsequential actions
are repeated from multiple points of view. The frame is boxy, shot in
the 4:3 ratio of a television screen or videogames; the 16mm box of
Frederick Wiseman's black-and-white documentary classic, "High School:
or, as Van Sant has pointed out, the format of every badly imagined,
fear-inducing instructional film shown to students into the 1980s. And?
Violence comes to even the blameless. 81m. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575,
1212 E. 59th, 7, 9, 11.
Mystics
(2003, Ireland) Directed by David Blair. Black comedy about a pair of
old-time con men who claim to speak with the dead, starring David Kelly
and Milo O'Shea, who, along with Colm Meaney, will appear at a 6:30
pre-show reception. $30. Chicago Irish film Festival, Beverly Arts
Center (773)445-3838, 2407 W. 111th, 8.
*Ran
(1985, Japan) Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 160m. 35mm. $6. Block
Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.
Shorts for Women's History Month
Free. Harold Washington Library (312) 747-4100, 400 S. State, 2.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1975, England) Directed by Jim Sharman. You do the Time Warp again,
leave me out of it. 98m. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N.
Southport, Midnight. Sat 6
Funny Girl
(1968, USA) Directed by William Wyler. $8.50. Music Box
(773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
*The Godfather
(1972, USA) Directed by Francis Coppola. Art and pulp marry in
entertaining ragu in Coppola's glorious soap opera of the Bold and
Beautiful, Young and Restless Corleone clan. Superb design by Dean
Tavoularis, some of the last, black-on-black, true Technicolor
photography by Gordon Willis. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan,
Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Diane Keaton, John Cazale. 176m. 35mm.
$8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.
I'm Not Scared
(Jo Non Ho Paura) (2002, Italy) Directed by Gabriele Salvatores. A
10-year-old boy discovers a terrible secret in atmosphere thriller.
110m. 35mm Widescreen. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film
Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
*In America
(2003, USA) Directed by Jim Sheridan. $10. Chicago Irish film
Festival, Beverly Arts Center (773)445-3838, 2407 W. 111th, 4:30.
*Intermission
(2003, Ireland) Directed by John Crowley. Sprawling, profane,
hilarious day-in-the-life-of story set into motion by a young man
dumping his beloved girlfriend before she has a chance to dump him. This
one's something special; opens commercially in a few weeks. With Colin
Farrell, Colm Meaney, Shirley Henderson, Kelly MacDonald and Cillian
Murphy. Meaney will appear. $10. Chicago Irish film Festival, Beverly
Arts Center (773)445-3838, 2407 W. 111th, 8.
*Love Actually
(2003, England-USA) Directed by Richard Curtis. 135m. 35mm. $4. DOC
Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 6:15, 9, 11:45.
Low-Flying Aircraft
(Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitudee) (2001, Portugal) Directed by
Solveig Nordlund. Based on a J. g. Ballard story. 80m. 35mm. $8.
European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N.
State at Randolph, 6:15.
Miffo
(2003, Sweden) Directed by Daniel Lind-Lagerlof. Comedy of the
romance between a clergyman and a woman in a wheelchair. 100m. 35mm. $8.
European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N.
State at Randolph, 8:15.
On the Nose
(2003, Ireland) Directed by David Caffrey. Dan Aykroyd, Robbie
Coltrane and Brenda Blethyn star in a gambling tale. $10. Chicago Irish
film Festival, Beverly Arts Center (773)445-3838, 2407 W. 111th, 2.
*The Reckoning
(2004, England) Directed by Paul McGuigan. Vivid imagining of 14th
century life; Paul Bettany is particularly good as a priest on the run
with a secret; Willem Dafoe gets to be all actory as an actor who's just
inherited a traveling troupe. 5:45. 35mm. $8. European Union Film
Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph,
5:45.
Smashing Time
(1967, England) Directed by Desmond Davis. Michael York and Rita
Tushingham amidst Swinging London. 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.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.
Tron
(1982, USA) Directed by Steven Lisberger. $8.50. Music Box
(773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941, USA) Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. 132m. 16mm. Shown with
Chuck Jones' 1957 Bugs Bunny classic, "What's Opera, Doc?" $5. LaSalle
Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8. Sun 7
The Blob
(1958, USA) Directed by Irwin Yeaworth. Video. Free. Delilah's
(773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.
Bon Voyage
(2003, France) Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The first days of
World War II in France; starring Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu,
Virginie Ledoyen. 114m. 35mm Widescreen. $8. European Union Film
Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph,
3.
*Elephant
$4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 2.
Funny Girl
$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
Goldfish Memory
(Ireland) Directed by Liz Gill. "A lighthearted look at the dangers
and delights of dating in contemporary Dublin." $10. Chicago Irish film
Festival, Beverly Arts Center (773)445-3838, 2407 W. 111th, 6.
*Little Otik
(2000, Czech Republic) Directed by Jan Svankmajer. 125m. 35mm. $4.
DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
My Town
(Moje Miasto) (2002, Poland) Directed by Marek Lechki. The travails
of a small industrial town in Poland, no longer prosperous. 60m. 35mm.
$8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600,
164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.
Photos to Send
Directed by Deidre Lynch. Doc revisits the subjects of Dorothea
Lange's 1954 Life magazine subjects in rural County Claire in Western
Ireland. $10. Chicago Irish film Festival, Beverly Arts Center
(773)445-3838, 2407 W. 111th, 4.
Rising of the Moon
(USA) Directed by John Ford. Three vignettes of Irish country life.
$10. Chicago Irish film Festival, Beverly Arts Center (773)445-3838,
2407 W. 111th, 2.
*Something to Remind Me
(Toter Mann) (2001, Germany) Directed by Christian Petzold. See Tip
of the Week. 90m 35mm. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film
Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.
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.
*The Reckoning
(2004, England) Directed by Paul McGuigan. Vivid imagining of 14th
century life; Paul Bettany is particularly good as a priest on the run
with a secret; Willem Dafoe gets to be all actory as an actor who's just
inherited a traveling troupe. 5:45. 35mm. $8. European Union Film
Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph,
5:45.
This Little Life
(2003, England) Directed by Sarah Gavron. A young couple fights to
save a premature baby. 80m. DigiBeta video. $8. European Union Film
Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph,
3:15.
Tron
$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight. Mon 8
Blue Moon
(2002, Austria) Directed by Andrea Maria Dusl. 35mm. $8. European
Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at
Randolph, 6:15.
Facing the Truth
(At Kende Sanheden) (2002, Denmark) Directed by Nils Malmros.
Black-and-white Widescreen imagery is used to tell the story of the
director's own father, a neurosurgeon caught up in "a deadly
cover-up." 98m. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center
(312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.
The House by the Canal
(La maison du canal) (2003, Belgium) Directed by Alain Berliner. The
director of "Ma vie en rose" adapts a Simenon mystery. 100m. DigiBeta
video. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph,
6.
*Lost in La Mancha
(2002, USA-England) Directed by Keith Fulton, Luis Pepe. 93m. 35mm.
$4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
*The Reckoning
See Mar 6. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center
(312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8. Tue 9
*The Godfather
(1972, USA) Directed by Francis Coppola. Only the second 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.
India Song
(1975, France) Directed by Marguerite Duras. 120m. 35mm. $4. DOC
Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
Low-Flying Aircraft
$8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600,
164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
Miffo
See Mar 6. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center
(312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
Motley Crue: Greatest Video Hits
(2003, USA). Video release party. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771
N. Lincoln, 6. Wed 10
Facing the Truth
See Mar 8. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center
(312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
My Town
See Mar 7. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center
(312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.
*Something to Remind Me
See Tip of the Week. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film
Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
*Straightman
(2000, Chicago) Directed by Ben Berkowitz. A rough-hewn, sometimes
indelicately shot, from-the-heart story about male friendship. Working
in a style derived from backgrounds in acting and improvisation,
director/co-producer/co-writer/co-star Berkowitz and
co-producer/co-writer/star Ben Redgrave play roommates with cluttered
lives. David (Berkowitz) overweight, bearded and furry, manages a comedy
club with comics from an off-brand hell, and pursues, with clumsy
aplomb, a succession of flings with women who pass through the club.
Jack (Redgrave) works construction jobs, scowling at the world and his
live-in girlfriend from behind a heavy handlebar mustache. A few small
tremors in their lives, and the pair become roommates. David is manic;
Jack is unhappy: while David thinks Jack is straight, he is, in fact,
pursuing sex with strangers in stairwells and men's rooms across
Chicago. Eventually, Jack confronts the reality of his life, and the
performances--searching, seething--and the writing of the scenes--never
judgmental, only descriptive--make for a modestly scaled film that has
remarkable nuance and texture. It's a Chicago film through and through,
and the people on screen? They're probably your friends. $5. Chicago
Underground Film Festival Sloppy Seconds, Viaduct, (773)296-6024. 3111
N. Western, 7,9 This Little Life
See Mar 7. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center
(312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.
*Wait Until Dark
(1967, USA) Directed by Terence Young. 107m. 35mm. $4. DOC Films
(773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
*What Time Is It There?
(2001, Taiwan) Directed by Tsai Ming-liang. 116m. 35mm. $6. Block
Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8. Thu 11
Blue Moon
(2002, Austria) Directed by Andrea Maria Dusl. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film
Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.
Depression: What is it Good For?
Shorts from the Video Data Bank, curated by Mary Patten and Dara
Greenwald, on how a bad mood can be part of good art. Including work by
Ximena Cuevas, Miranda July, Julie Zando and Ben Coonley. Siskel Film
Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
*Goodbye South, Goodbye
(Nanguo Zaijian, Nanguo) (1996, Taiwan) Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
Since the end of martial law in 1987, Taiwanese cinema has produced a
number of fascinating directors, and Hou is probably the best. On this
go-round, his form--extended takes with actors in darkness or facing
away from the camera, with the camera snatching a moment of revelation
at the end of the shot--lapses into obscurity. The scrap of story about
a small band of criminals--gamblers who gamble, fight, eat, and devise
bizarre scams involving stud hogs--seems at odds with Hou's
oppressively patient, yet vibrant visuals. Hou uses industrial rock
music to accompany several lusciously shot driving sequences and there
are sophisticated color schemes throughout. Hou may be becoming
Taiwan's Michael Mann ("Taipei Vice"?); not necessarily a bad thing.
35mm. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575, 1212 E. 59th, 9:15.
The House by the Canal
See Mar 8. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at
Randolph, 6:15.
I'm Not Scared
See Mar 6. $8. European Union Film Festival at Siskel Film Center
(312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
*Manhattan
(1979, USA) Directed by Woody Allen. "What do you do, Tracy?" "I
go to high school." 96m. 35mm. Panavision. $4. DOC Films (773)702-8575,
1212 E. 59th, 7.
*Salt of the Earth
(1954, USA) Directed by Herbert J. Biberman. 94m. 35mm. $6. Block
Museum of Art(847)491-4900, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, 8.
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