SEPTEMBER
Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus ItchyFooted Mutha Veteran filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song) directed and stars in this semi-autobiographical story about a hoary ex-adventurer whose travels have taken him from Harlem to the high seas and back. Facets Cinematheque, 1517 W. Fullerton, 773-281-9095.
UCLA Film & Television Archive’s 14th Festival of Preservation The giant UCLA archive presents a month-long program of newly preserved films in pristine 35-millimeter prints. Among the titles screening are John Sayles’s The Brother From Another Planet (9/4-9/5) and Return of the Secaucus 7 (9/5-9/6), Joseph Losey’s The Prowler (9/20 & 9/23), Edgar G. Ulmer’s Ruthless (9/26 & 9/30), Josef von Sternberg’s The Salvation Hunters (9/7), Fritz Lang’s Secret Beyond the Door (9/23 & 9/26), John Cassavetes’s A Woman Under the Influence (9/16 & 9/19), and Frank Borzage’s Song o’ My Heart (9/14 & 9/17) and Young America (9/14 & 9/16). Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, 312-846-2800.
The Baader Meinhof Complex See Best Bet. Landmark’s Century Centre, 2828 N. Clark, 773-509-4949
9 Shane Acker makes his feature directing debut with this adaptation of his Oscar-nominated short about nine rag dolls adrift in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The voice talent includes Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, and Jennifer Connelly.
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Sorority Row After a practical joke turns fatal, the sorority sisters responsible for it are serially stalked and killed in this remake of the 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row.
Armored Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, and Laurence Fishburn star as disgruntled armored-transport guards who conspire to steal $42 million in cargo from their employers. Nimrod Antal (Kontroll and Vacancy) directed.
