Ray Pride

* = recommended

The Second Chicago International Documentary Festival (www.chicagodocfestival.org) continues at several venues. The ninth edition of the Asian American Showcase (www.faaim.org) plays at Siskel; selected listings follow.

Fri 2

Big Fish

(2003, USA) Directed by Tim Burton. 125m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 6:30, 9, 11:30.

First Morning

(2003, USA) Directed by Victor Vu. Twisty Vietnamese family drama. 90m. 35mm. Vu and his lead actress will appear. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*The Great McGinty

(1940, USA) Directed by Preston Sturges. 81m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*Pink Flamingos

(1973, Baltimore) Directed by John Waters. "We must out-filth the asshole or assholes who sent this!" "Restored" print. 81m. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

*The Pink Panther

(1963, USA) Directed by Blake Edwards. 126m. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Sat 3

American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'I

(2003, USA) Directed by Lisette Marie Flanary, Evan Siebens. 55m. Shown with "Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story" and "7000 Pianos." $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

Benny's Video

(1992, Austria-Switzerland) Directed by Michael Haneke. 105m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:45.

*Diamond Jim

(1935, USA) Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Preston Sturges scripted. 93m. 35mm archival print from the original nitrate negative. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

*In America

(2003, USA) Directed by Jim Sheridan. 103m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 6:30, 9, 11:30

.*Lola

(1961, France) Directed by Jacques Demy. 90m. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

Piccadilly

(1929, England) Directed by E. A. Dupont. Newly restored, tinted print of Anna May Wong vehicle. 108m. Live piano accompaniment by David Drazin. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

Generation X-Saddam

(2003, Canada) Directed by Shelly Saywell. The lives of ordinary Iraqis on the even of the US invasion. 45m. Video. Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness may appear. $7. Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark, 8.

*Pink Flamingos

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

*The Pink Panther

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

*Remember the Night

(1940, USA) Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Preston Sturges scripted. 94m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

Score!

(2002, USA) Directed by Cecilia Hyoun, Sara Hyoun. "Racy, hilariously in-your-face feminist comedy." 80m. BetaSP video. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 10.

See You Off To The Edge Of Town

(2002, Hong Kong) Directed by Ching C. Ip. A Hong Kong-born family visits the Grand Canyon. 87m. 35mm. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Slave of the Cannibal God

(1979, Italy) Directed by Sergio Martino. Anthropologist Ursula Andress explores the unspeakable. 95m. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

*Tarnished Angels

(1958, USA) Directed by Douglas Sirk. 91m. 16mm. Shown with 1940's "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Chapter 8: The Fiery Abyss!" $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

Sun 4

Big Fish

DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 2.

Bloodlines: A Medical Mission to Iloilo

(2004, USA) Directed by James Espinas, Timothy Kiley. Filipino doctors try to "give something back to the land of their ancestry." 50m. DV video. The filmmakers will appear. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

*The Great McGinty

(1940, USA) Directed by Preston Sturges. 81m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

*Lola

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

Machin: The Bolero's King

(Antonio Machin: Toda Una Vida) (2002, Spain-Cuba) Directed by Nuria Villazan. 96m.. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5.

*Night of the Hunter

(1955, USA) Directed by Charles Laughton. One of the great termite masterpieces. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

*Underworld

(1927, USA) Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Introduced by Florice Whyte Kovan, a scholar of the work of Chicago-bred screenwriter Ben Hecht. 80m. 16mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

Mon 5

Colorblind

(2003, USA) Directed by Wayde Nishimura. A dreamlike love triangle. 74m. BetaSP video. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

*Diamond Jim

(1935, USA) Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Preston Sturges scripted. 93m. 35mm archival print from the original nitrate negative. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

First Morning

See Apr 2. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*Oedipus Rex

(1967, Italy) Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. 119m. 16mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

Tue 6

*Remember the Night

(1940, USA) Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Preston Sturges scripted. 94m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:45.

Score!

See Apr 3. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

See You Off To The Edge Of Town

See Apr 3. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*She's Gotta Have It

(1986, USA) Directed by Spike Lee. 85m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

Slayer: War at the Warfield

(2002, USA) Live in concert. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Sumo East and West

(2003, USA) Directed by Fern Pearlstein. 85m. BetaSP video. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Two Days in Limbo

A World War II-set short film that won the Jury Selection at the Michigan Independent Film Festival. A preview of the Latino Film Festival accompanies, along with videos and trailers. Music by the Dirty Rugs follows. Cocktails at 6. Chicago Community Cinema, 632 N. Dearborn, 7:30.

Wed 7

*The Good Old Naughty Days

(2002, France) Directed by Michel Reilhac. Compilation of early-cinema porn fragments. 71m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

Machin: The Bolero's King

(Antonio Machin: Toda Una Vida) (2002, Spain-Cuba) Directed by Nuria Villazan. 96m.. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

North Korea: Beyond the DMZ

(2003, USA) Directed by J. T. Takagi, Hye Jung Park. 60m. Shown with impressionistic, narration-free doc on Taiwan, "Into Air." 45m. Mini-DV video. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Take Out

(2004, USA) Directed by Sean Baker, Shih-ching Tso. A bicycle deliveryman's rainy New York day. 91m. DV-Cam video. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Thu 8

Benny's Video

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

The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy

(2001, USA) Directed by Isreal. 85m. DVD video. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

Invisible Light

(2003, USA-South Korea) Directed by Gian Kim. Two women caught in affairs with "a callow Korean émigré." Video. $8. Asian American Showcase at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Les modeles de Pickpocket

(2003, France-USA) Directed by Babette Mangolte. Mangolte tracks down the principals from Bresson's "Pickpocket" to examine his process more than forty years later. 89m. DigiBeta video. Mangolte will appear. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

*Princess Mononoke

(1997, Japan) Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. 133m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 9:30.

(2004-03-31)

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