September
The First Transition: World Cinema in the 1930s These classic films screen on Fridays and Wednesdays as part of a lecture course at the School of the Art Institute taught by Reader contributor Jonathan Rosenbaum, though he’ll lecture only at the Wednesday shows. Scheduled for this fall: Charles Chaplin’s City Lights (9/12, 9/17), Fritz Lang’s M (9/19, 9/24), Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr (9/26, 10/1), Ernst Lubitsch’s Trouble in Paradise (10/3, 10/8), George Cukor’s Sylvia Scarlett (10/10, 10/15), Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow (10/17, 10/22), Jean Vigo’s Zero for Conduct and Frank Borzage’s Man’s Castle (10/24, 10/29), Lewis Milestone’s Hallelujah, I’m a Bum! (10/31, 11/5), Lubitsch’s The Man I Killed (11/7, 11/12), Kenji Mizoguchi’s The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (11/14, 11/19), Howard Hawks’s Only Angels Have Wings (11/21, 11/26) and Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game (12/5, 12/10). aGene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, 312-846-2800.
Santouri: The Music Man Banned in its native Iran, this 2007 drama by veteran director Dariush Mehrjui (The Cow) is about a santoor player whose heroin addiction destroys his career and his personal life. aFacets Cinematheque, 1517 W. Fullerton, 773-281-4114.
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Beautiful Losers Documentarians Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard look at the do-it-yourself ethic in fine art; among their interview subjects are filmmakers Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) and Harmony Korine (Gummo, Mister Lonely). aGene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, 312-846-2800.
Lakeview Terrace After his laughable remake of The Wicker Man, Neil LaBute returns with this button-pushing drama about a black cop (Samuel L. Jackson) harassing the interracial couple who’ve moved in next door to him (Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington).
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Last Stop for Paul Director Neil Mandt and cameraman Marc Carter play the leads in this improvised road movie (2006) about two guys making their way to Thailand and scattering a friend’s ashes at stops along the way. aFacets Cinematheque, 1517 W. Fullerton, 773-281-4114.
