Ray Pride

* = recommended

The twentieth anniversary Chicago Latino Film Festival http://www.latinoculturalcenter.org/Filmfest/index.htm continues through April 28.
Media activism festival Version<04: Invisible Networks (http://www.lumpen.com/version04/program.html) runs through May 2.

Fri 23

*The Company

(2003, USA) Directed by Robert Altman. 112m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 6:30, 9, 11:30.

*A Fistful of Dollars

(1964, Italy) Directed by Sergio Leone. 100m. 35mm. Widescreen. $6. Block Cinema (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle, Northwestern University, Evanston, 8.

*Harlan County

(1977, USA) Directed by Barbara Kopple. One of the most influential of American documentaries. 103m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

*Madame Dubarry

(1919, Germany) Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Rarely screened silent with Pola Negri as consort to France's Louis XV (Emil Jannings). Jay Warren at the "Grande Pipe Organ." $9. Silent Film Society of Chicago at Gateway (773)205-7372, 5216 W. Lawrence. 8.

*The Piano Teacher

(La pianiste) (2001, France-Austria) Directed by Michael Haneke. Isabelle Huppert's genius as a self-abnegating, repressed woman. 130m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

The Princess Bride

(1987, USA) Directed by Rob Reiner. 99m. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

*Waking Life

(2001, USA) Directed by Richard Linklater. "Dream is destiny" is one of the first lines of the remarkable "Waking Life." A philosophical cartoon, it is a daring and loopy singularity. More than an experiment, it's a psychedelic breakthrough. Wiley Wiggins plays a young dreamer whose thoughts spiral across the inner lives of seventy-four other characters. Shot in hand-held digital video, with eccentric, spacey animation digitally rotoscoped atop it, the effect is indeed lysergic and more charming than one might expect. Although everyone in Linklater's idealized Austin speaks like a fervent 25-year-old filled with knowledge, caffeine and hormones, it is a world, his world, and it speaks to everyone's dreams. 99m. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Midnight.

Sat 24

*Archangel

(1990, Canada) Directed by Guy Maddin. 90m. Shown with Maddin's short masterpiece, "Heart of the World." $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.

Cannibal Man

(Semana de la assassino) (1974, Spain) Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. 98m. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Deception

(1946, USA) Directed by Irving Rapper. 110m. 16mm. Shown with 1940's "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Chapter 7: The Land of the Dead!" $5. LaSalle Theater (312)904-9442, 4901 W. Irving Park, 8.

The Little Monk

(Dong seung) (2002, South Korea) Directed by Ju Kyung-joong. 102m. $5 donation. Zen Buddhist Temple (773)528-8685, 1710 W. Cornelia, 2:30.

The Matrix Revolutions

(2003, USA) Directed by the Wachowski Brothers. 129m. 35mm. Widescreen. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 6:15, 9, 11:45.

*The Miracle of Miracle's Creek

(1944, USA) Directed by Preston Sturges. The fertility of Ignatz Ratzkie-watzkie in all its glory. 99m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.

Pretend

(2003, USA) Directed by Julie Talen. Talen is scheduled to appear with her split-screen "inventive digital feature." 72m. Video. $7. Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark, 8.

The Princess Bride

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

*Time of the Wolf

(Le temps du loup) (2003, France-Austria-Germany) Directed by Michael Haneke. Sneak of Haneke-style apocalypse; with Isabelle Huppert, Beatrice Dalle. 110m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:30.

*Unfaithfully Yours

(1948, USA) Directed by Preston Sturges. 105m. 35mm. $8. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

*Waking Life

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

Sun 25

*Archangel

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

Blood Dolls

(1999, USA) Directed by Charles Band. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

The Matrix Revolutions

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

*Nothing Sacred

(1937, USA) Directed by William Wellman. 75m. 16mm. Shown with Lee Garmes and Ben Hecht's "Angels Over Broadway" (1940, 78m, 35mm). $4. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

Off the Charts: The Song-poem Story

(2002, USA) Directed by Jamie Meltzer. The subculture of composers who turn people's poems into records. 63m. BetaSP video. $8. Hideout presents at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

*The Piano Teacher

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

Pretend

(2003, USA) Directed by Julie Talen. Talen is scheduled to appear with her split-screen "inventive digital feature." 72m. Video. $7. Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark, 8.

Mon 26

*Before the Revolution

(1964, Italy) Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. 112m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*Code Unknown

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

SAIC Undergraduate and Graduate Film, Video and Audio

Three hours of student work. 180m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7.

*Unfaithfully Yours

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

Tue 27

*Harlan County USA

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

*Ice

(1969, France) Directed by Robert Kramer. Rarely seen feature about radical 1960s politics. 132m. 16mm. Version <04, (773) 292-9255, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 6.

Mo' Better Blues

(1990, USA) Directed by Spike Lee. 129m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

This is Spinal tap

(1983, USA) Directed by Rob Reiner. Video. Free. Delilah's (773)472-2771, 2771 N. Lincoln, 6.

Wed 28

*The Corporation

(2003, Canada) Directed by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott. Preview of the dense, compelling, scarily funny documentary that suggests personhood for corporations is not such a good thing. Version <04, (773) 292-9255, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 6.

Deep Throat

(1972, USA) Directed by Gerard Damiano. 60m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*His Girl Friday

(1940, USA) Directed by Howard Hawks. 92m. 35mm. Panavision. $6. Block Cinema (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle, Northwestern University, Evanston, 8.

*The Miracle of Miracle's Creek

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

Prime Shorts

Curator Xan Aranda ends a run with Tom Palazzolo's "Hey Girls"; a profile of poet laureate Stanley Kunitz by Alix Lambert; animation by Emily Hubley and more. $5 donation. Hideout (773)227-4433, 1354 W. Wabansia, 8:30.

Student Academy Awards Regional Winners.

Three hours of movies being shipped out west for the national finals in Los Angeles net month. 180m. Free. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30.

Too Flawed to Fix: The Illinois Death Penalty Experience

A panel discussion follows the documentary. Free. Lewis University (815) 836-5482, room A133, Academic Building, Route 53, Romeoville, 4.

Thu 29

*Black Girl

(1966, Senegal-France) Directed by Ousmane Sembene. 65m. 35mm. Film professor John Petter introduces. Panavision. $6. Block Cinema (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle, Northwestern University, Evanston, 8.

The Fourth World War

Big Noise Tactical Media presents a global perspective on contemporary protest around the world. Version <04, (773) 292-9255, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 6.

*Millennium Actress

(2001, Japan) Directed by Satoshi Kon. 87m. 35mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 9.

Style Wars

(1983, USA) Directed by Henry Chalfont, Tony Siegel. 82m. 16mm. DOC Films (773-702-8575), Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 7.

*Wavelength

(1967, USA) Directed by Michael Snow. Legendary experimental film, with the illusion of consisting entirely of one continuous zoom inside of a large loft. 45m. 16mm. Free. Studio 22 at Block Cinema (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle, Northwestern University, Evanston, 6.

The Way of the Weed

(1997, Belgium-Netherlands) Directed by Anne Quirynen, An-Marie Lambrechts. Quirynen, an artist-in-residence at the SAIC Department of Film/Video/New Media presents her work, which focuses on "the human body as a site of biological, philosophical, social and political inquiry." Shown with "In a Landscape." DV video. 60m. $8. Conversations at the Edge at Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

(2004-04-22)

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