(Compiled by Tom Lynch)

Fri 23
The Annihilation of Fish
(2001, USA) Directed by Charles Burnett. A man and a woman each sustain their lives with an imaginary relationship. Shown with Burnett's "When It Rains." 121m total. 35mm. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
Borat: The Cultural Learnings to Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
(2006, USA) Directed by Larry Charles. Very niiiice. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.
Ghosts
(2005, Germany) Directed by Christian Petzold. Two plotlines intersect--an alienated teenager roams Berlin and a French couple searches for their kidnapped daughter. 85m. 35mm. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1975, Britain) Directed by Jim Sharman. For the time-warp dorks. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.
The Secret Life of Words
(2005, Spain) Directed by Isabel Coixet. Sarah Polley stars as a hearing-impaired factory worker sealed off from the world around her. 115m. 35mm. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:45.
Unrequited Love: On Stalking and Being Stalked
(2006, Britain) Directed by Christopher Petit. Obsession, fascination, stalking--Petit's anti-thriller about the ultimate form of love. 77m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Sat 24
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
(1933, USA) Directed by Frank Capra. An American missionary is taken by a Chinese warlord; some say it's Capra's finest. $8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
Borat: The Cultural Learnings to Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.
Bosnia Diaries
(2005, Portugal) Directed by Joaquim Sapinho. Sapinho's chronicle of evolving tragedy that charts two very personal Sarajevo sojourns. 78m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30.
Exterminating Angels
(2006, France) Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau. An art-house sex flick about a filmmaker who discovers the power of a camera. 102m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
Fed Up!
(2005, Estonia) Directed by Peeter Simm. A black comedy road movie. 97m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.
Ghosts
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.
The Great Communist Bank Robbery
(2004, Romania/France) Directed by Alexandru Solomon. A recap of the 1959 robbery of a Romanian bank by a masked gang. 70m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5.
Love in the Year of the Tiger
(2005, Poland/China) Directed by Jacek Bromski. Two Polish prisoners escape their Siberian exile and cross into China. 100m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.
Regular Lovers
(2005, France) Directed by Philippe Garrel. Garrel's film follows a draft-dodging poet through the upheavals of 1968 and beyond. 178m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.

Sun 25
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
$8.50. Music Box (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
The Secret Life of Words
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.
The Tiger and the Snow
(2005, Italy) Directed by Roberto Benigni. Benigni stars as a poet whose beloved is injured in Iraq; he slips in as fake surgeon and hilarity ensues! 110m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.
Unrequited Love: On Stalking and Being Stalked
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.
Zorro's Bar Mitzvah
(2006, Austria) Directed by Ruth Beckermann. If only Zorro were Jewish--a humorous and only slightly ironic coming-of-age piece. 90m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15.

Mon 26
48 Angels
(2006, Ireland) Directed by Marion Comer. A small boy, a runaway teen, a bleeding convict--all thrown together by chance. 95m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
Bosnia Diaries
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
Regular Lovers
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30.
A Shot in the Dark
(2005, Portugal) Directed by Leonel Viesira. A young mother has her baby snatched, but a hard-edged cop is on the case. 117m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Tue 27
The Annihilation of Fish
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
Fed Up!
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 7:45.
The Great Communist Bank Robbery
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Wed 28
Love in the Year of the Tiger
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
The Painted Veil
(2006, USA) Directed by John Curran. Curran's adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel; Edward Norton and Naomi Watts star. 35mm. $7. Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th, (773)445-3838, 7:30.
The Secret Life of Words
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
The Tiger and the Snow
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.
Zorro's Bar Mitzvah
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:15.

Thu 29
48 Angels
$9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.
After the Wedding
(2006, Denmark) Directed by Susanne Bier. A dedicated social worker attends the wedding of a donor's daughter just to humor him. 122m. 35mm. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30.
Vladmaster!
(2004-2006, USA) Directed by Vladimir. A look at the work of Portland artist Vladimir; he appears. 60m. $9. Siskel Film Center (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

(2007-03-20)

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