(Compiled by Amanda Giovetti)

Fri 9
*Campaign-Trail Documents
(Various years, USA) Directed by Bill Stamets. Various films by Chicago filmmaker and Newcity contributor Stamets. Nightingale Theater, 1084 N. Milwaukee. $5. 8.
*The Orphanage (El Orfanato)
(2007, Spain) Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona. A woman returns to an orphanage she stayed at as a child and purchases it with plans to turn it into a home for disabled children. Everything is perfect and her husband and son move in, but horror sets in when little Simón makes an imaginary friend. 106m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 6:30, 9, 11:30.
Planet Earth: "Seasonal Forests" and "Fresh Water"
(2007, UK) Directed by Alastair Fothergill. Episodes three and ten of BBC’s acclaimed series about Earth’s many life forms takes you to the Taiga forest in the Arctic where a third of Earth’s trees grow and to the world’s deepest lake. 58m/58m. Free. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 8.
Rock ‘N’ Roll High School
(1979, USA) Directed by Allan Arkush. The teens are overrunning Vince Lombardi High School, making rock their number one priority and pushing square teachers out. Featuring appearances by The Ramones and The Germs. 93m. $12 or $10 in advance at www.chicagopublicradio.org. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 8.
Saic Undergraduate and Graduate Presentations
(2008, USA) Various Directors. Graduating BFA and MFA students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago will present film, audio and video productions. Free. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 4.
Squeal
(USA) Directed by Tony Swanswey. An indie-rock band gets stranded on an old country road and encounters a demonic animal testing experiment gone terribly wrong. $9.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, midnight.

Sat 10
Beyond Wiseguys
(2008, USA) Directed by Steven Fischler. An entertaining and informative documentary about the stereotypical portrayal of gangsters in film as well as the lesser-known, less violent contributions of Italians in cinema. 60m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:15.
*The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette)
(1948, Italy) Directed by Vittorio De Sica. In devastated post-World War II Italy, Antonio Ricci finally finds work posting flyers, but his bicycle, which he bought for his job after pawning the family linens, is viciously stolen, and Ricci spends his days scouring the streets. 93m. Free. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 1.
Harvey
(1950, USA) Directed by Harry Koster. A classic starring James Stewart as a middle-aged man whose best friend is an invisible rabbit named Harvey. 104m. $7.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
Maria Tallchief
(2007, USA) Directed by Sandra Osawa. A documentary of the life of legendary American ballerina, Maria Tallchief, featuring a special in-person appearance by Maria Tallchief and director Sandra Osawa. 60m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3, 5:15.
*Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
(1985, USA) Directed by Tim Burton. Pee-Wee’s beloved red-and-white cruiser is stolen outside a magic shop, driving crazed Pee-Wee to embark on a nationwide campaign through absurdly materialistic 1980s America to retrieve it. 16mm. 95m. Free. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 3.
*Persepolis
(2007, France) Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. A beautifully animated story about the pains of adolescence and the hardships of growing up Iranian in Europe and in her home country during the brutal revolution. 95m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 6:45, 9, 11:15.
Saic Undergraduate and Graduate Presentations
Free. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 10am.
Sci-Fi Spectacular
(1932-1987, USA) Various Directors. An all-out twelve-hour sci-fi screening featuring "Island of Lost Souls," "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers," "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "The Road Warrior," "Death Race 2000," "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" and "Robocop." $20 or $16 in advance at www.ticketweb.com. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, Noon.
*The Third Man
(1949, UK) Directed by Carol Reed. A British film noir starring Joseph Cotton as a naïve American pulp writer looking for his old friend in post-World War II Vienna. 104m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 3:15, 7:45.

Sun 11
Forest of the Hanged (Padurea Spanzuralitor)
(1964, Romania) Directed by Liviu Ciulei. A powerful World War I film about a young and ambitious Romanian lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian army who is confronted with his conscience when his own people are targeted as the enemy. 158m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 2:30.
The Great Garrick
(1937, USA) Directed by James Whale. A comedy set in eighteenth-century Europe about the fame of an egotistical British actor. 89m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
Harvey
$7.25. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 11:30am.
Mommie Dearest
(1981, USA) Directed by Frank Perry. The vengeful memoirs of Christina Crawford as she was raised by larger-than-life Hollywood glamour queen and neurotic obsessive-compulsive Joan Crawford. 128m. $12 exclusively at www.ticketweb.com. Music Box Theatre, (773)871-6604, 3733 N. Southport, 2:30.
*The Orphanage (El Orfanato)
$5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 1.
*Persepolis
$5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 3:30.
*The Third Man
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 5:30.

Mon 12
Sunday at Six (Duminica La Ora 6)
(1965, Romania) Directed by Lucian Pintilie. Highly acclaimed winner of nine international film awards, features a secret and dangerous rendezvous between a young man and woman. 102m. $9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.
*The Third Man
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
Under the Volcano
(1984, USA) Directed by John Huston. Geoffrey Firman, an alcoholic British consul is living in the remote Mexican town of Quauhnahuac during the El Dia de Los Muertos festivities and the onset of war in Europe in 1939. 112m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Tue 13
Forest of the Hanged (Padurea Spanzuralitor)
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6:30.
Le Ciel est á Vous
(1944, France) Directed by Jean Grémillon. A female pilot with strong support of her husband attempts to break the world solo-flying record for women. 105m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7.

Wed 14
*The Ipcress File
(1965, USA) Directed by Sidney J. Furie. Michael Caine stars as ex-criminal-turned-spy Harry Palmer who has been sent to American to investigate the kidnapping and torture of several of the UK’s top scientists. 109m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7, 9:30.
Jump the Gun
(1997, South Africa/UK) Directed by Les Blair. Six very different members of the working class community of Johannesburg become entangled with each other as they struggle to find their niche in the new "rainbow nation." 124m. Free. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 8.
Sunday at Six (Duminica La Ora 6)
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 8.
*The Third Man
$9. Siskel Film Center, (312)846-2600, 164 N. State at Randolph, 6.

Thu 15
Into Great Silence
(2005, Germany) Directed by Philip Gröning. In a remote corner of the French Alps exists the mysterious and virtuous community of Carthusian monks in the totally discreet Grande Chartreuse monastery. 169m. $6. Block Cinema, (847)491-4000, 40 Arts Circle Dr. in Evanston, 8.
La Perla
(1947, Mexico) Directed by Emilio Fernández. Based on the John Steinbeck novel "The Pearl" about a lowly fisherman who discovers an expensive pearl and is nearly cheated out of it by a greedy local doctor. 85m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 7.
The Lost World
(1925, USA) Directed by Harry O. Hoyt. The silent film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel about Professor Challenger’s discovery of a lost continent inhabited by dinosaurs. 105m. $5. Doc Films. (773)702-8574, 1212 E. 59th, 9:15.

(2008-05-06)

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