Ray Pride

The forty-second edition of the Chicago International Film Festival continues this week at River East, Landmark Century and other locations, drawing from thirty countries and probably just as many festivals earlier in the year--Berlin, Rotterdam, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Telluride, with just a splash of Sundance. With a selection of 112 features and documentaries, the range is daunting, but with lots of good stuff. Friday's attractions include Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest puzzle, "Syndromes and a Century," as well as Turkish great Nuri Bilge Ceylan's romantic drama, "Climates," and Jeff Lipsky's misery-of-relationships "Flannel Pajamas." John Cameron Mitchell's exuberant, sexually explicit musical roundelay "Shortbus" plays River East, as does "The Aura," the second feature of the late director of "Four Queens."

The Chicago International Film Festival continues through October 19. Full information is at chicagofilmfestival.com. Last week's overview of the festival is at newcitychicago.com/chicago/5789.html

(2006-10-10)

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