(Compiled by Amanda Giovetti)

Fri 25
*Big Trouble in Little China
(1986, USA) Directed by John Carpenter. Kurt Russell stars as truck driver Jack Burton who engages in an action-packed rescue mission for his friend Wang Chi’s green-eyed girlfriend from ancient sorcerer Lo Pan who dwells in an evil underworld that exists below San Francisco’s infamous Chinatown. 99m. $9.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.
*Double Idemnity
(1944, USA) Directed by Billy Wilder. Smooth-talking insurance rep Walter Neff has a lusty affair with the wife of a client, and the two scheme to murder her husband, cash in on his insurance policy and live happily ever after. But the cops can smell a murder and Neff’s the prime suspect. 106m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
Juno
(2007, USA) Directed by Jason Reitman. Academy-award winning comedy/drama that sheds a positive light on American teen pregnancy stars Ellen Page as 16-year-old Juno who discovers she’s with child. 90m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7, 9, 11.
Reefer Madness
(1936, USA) Directed by Louis J. Gasnier. The iconic, white propaganda film, which shows the terrible consequences that fall upon marijuana users, such as a hit-and-run accident, manslaughter, suicide and rape. 66m. $9.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.
*The Searchers
(1956, USA) Directed by John Ford. Confederate veteran Ethan Edwards returns from the war to his rural Texas home, which is raided by Comanche nomads shortly after. All of his family is killed but two of his lovely nieces, who Edwards sets out to rescue from the savage clutches of the Comanches. 119m. $6. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 8.
Slingshot Hip Hop
(2008, USA) Directed by Jackie Salloum. A widespread boom in Public Enemy-inspired rebel hip hop in Palestine is documented during the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. 88m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8:15.

Sat 26
Before the Rain
(1994, Macedonia) Directed by Milcho Manchevski. Three short stories of ill-fated love affairs are presented: "Words" shows an young monk who breaks his vow of silence to stand up for a young Albanian woman, Zamira, who is accused of murder; "Faces" displays a beautiful picture editor’s torn feelings between her loving husband Nick and an aloof war photographer named Aleksander; and "Pictures" ties the two stories together in the past as Aleksander is asked to take care of Zamira, the daughter of the woman he loves. 113m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 4:30.
*Big Trouble in Little China
$9.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.
Driving to Zigzigland and A Palestinian Mural
(2006/2007, USA) Directed by Nicole Ballivian/Norma Shiheiber. A Palestinian actor deals with American racism and ignorance while struggling to pay his rent in his side job as a taxi driver in Los Angeles. A Palestinian Mural chronicles the struggle between Palestinian students and a state college administration over a controversial mural dedicated to Edward Said, a Palestinian-American literary theorist and political activist. 92/12m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
Dust
(2001, Macedonia) Directed by Milcho Manchevski. A burglar and an old woman he is attempting to rob become close in present-day New York, as she tells him the story of two Macedonian brothers who become estranged by the hardships of their civil war-torn country. 127m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 11:30.
*The Long Goodbye
(1973, USA) Directed by Robert Altman. Film noir’s title gumshoe Philip Marlowe returns to protect a friend accused of murdering his wife in the glitzy, self-obsessed 1970s Hollywood culture. 112m. $7.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
Reefer Madness
$9.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.
Red Handkerchief (Akai Hankachi)
(1964, Japan) Directed by Toshio Masuda. After getting kicked off the force, model policeman and jealous friend Mikami suspects his ex-partner of sleazing his way to fortune and high ranks among his former colleagues. 98m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.
The Roof and Waiting for Ben Gurion
(2007/2006, Palestine/Germany/France) Directed by Jamal Aljafari/Norma Marcos. A haunting portrait of living conditions in war-torn Palestine. "Waiting for Ben Gurion" shows the absurdity of Israeli airport officials in their treatment of the filmmaker, while she waits in detainment for seven weeks after their refusal to recognize her passport. 61/30m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5.
Shadows
(2007, Macedonia) Directed by Milcho Manchevski. A highly successful physician’s son struggles to live up to the extreme expectations of others. 120m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 8.

Sun 27
By Candlelight
(1933, USA) Directed by James Whale. A playboy prince runs off with another man’s wife, leaving his butler with the royal luggage, which causes a beautiful young woman to take interest with the conniving butler, who gladly fuels her mistaken assumption and traipses her around his boss’ pad while he’s away. 70m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
Juno
$5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 2, 4.
*Double Idemnity
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3.
*The Long Goodbye
$7.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
USA Vs. Al-Arian and Everywhere Was the Same
(2006/2007, Norway/Palestine/USA) Directed by Line Halvorsen and Basma al-Sharif. The story of University of South Florida professor and Palestinian activist Sami Al-Arian, who is accused of terrorism-related charges in America and experiences actions of extreme unjust even after he is found innocent by a jury. "Everywhere Was the Same" is a poetic piece about the Madrid peace talks. DV-Cam video/Mini-DV video. 102/12m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.

Mon 28
*Double Idemnity
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
Home, Sweet Home
(1914, USA) Directed by D.W. Griffith. A dramatic, silent biography of American actor and playwright John Howard Payne. 70m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
The Roof and Waiting for Ben Gurion
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Tue 29
Douce
(1943, France) Directed by Claude Autant-Lara. A warped story of tragically twisted love interests within the estate of Count de Bonafé in Paris in 1887. 104m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Wed 30
Driving to Zigzigland and A Palestinian Mural
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
Experiment in Terror
(1962, USA) Directed by Blake Edwards. Psychotic killer "Red" Lynch terrorizes a young female bank teller and forces her to assist him in stealing money from her employer. 123m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7, 9:30.
*Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002, Australia) Directed by Phillip Noyce. Two mixed race Aboriginal girls are followed as they trek for nine weeks along 1,500 miles of an Australian rabbit-proof fence to return to their community, from which they were displaced. 94m. $6. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 8.
USA Vs. Al-Arian and Everywhere was the Same
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.

Thu 1
One Million B.C.
(1940, USA) Directed by Hal Roach. A peacemaking caveman strives to unite the uncivilized Rock tribe with the more refined Shell tribe. 80m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 9:15.
Tropical Malady
(2004, Thailand) Directed by Apichatpong Weersethakal. A two-part film that starts with a romance between two homosexual men and follows with a psychological drama about a soldier lost in the woods, bedeviled by a shaman’s spiritual counterpart. 118m. $6. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 8.

(2008-04-22)

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