Our nine picks for screenings
Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel With the World and Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
A rare art film from the blaxploitation era
It’s been seven years since Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron released his last movie, but he’s stayed on filmgoers’ minds. A lot of that has to do with his strong, if short, filmography, which features a bona fide science-fiction classic (Children of Men), a beloved coming-of-age drama (Y Tu Mama Tambien), and the strongest installment of a multimillion-dollar studio franchise (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). Lately there’s been as much talk about his next project as about his work to date: Gravity, which stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as a pair of astronauts who are sent freefalling through space after a satellite destroys their ship, underwent numerous time-consuming casting and studio changes, stirring curiosity among the dedicated fan base so eagerly anticipating Cuaron’s next project. The wait seems to have been worth it; the film’s trailer, set to Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s “Spiegel im Spiegel,” suggests a lyrical, Kubrickian SF drama. —Drew Hunt
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The Counselor Opens 10/25.
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11/22-11/27: showtimes TBA, Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, 312-846-2800, siskelfilmcenter.org.