*indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives.
(diamond)indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest.
BACinema
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th St.
773-445-3838
beverlyartcenter.org
*’Brideshead Revisited’ ** 1/2 ( U.K.; Julian Jarrold, 2008). A disheveled film version of the Evelyn Waugh novel, a necessarily abridged, conventionally scaled page-to-screen adaptation. 7:30 p.m. Wed.
Bank of America Cinema
4901 W. Irving Park Rd.
312-904-9442
*’The Ghost and Mrs. Muir’ *** 1/2 (U.S.; Joseph Mankiewicz, 1947). One of the most touching of all Hollywood love stories, with Gene Tierney as a widow and Rex Harrison as the raffish, sexy sea captain ghost who turns her lonely life into magic. 8 p.m. Sat.
Block Cinema
Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
847-491-4000
blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema
*’Knife in the Water’ **** (Poland; Roman Polanski, 1962). A taut psychological drama in which a married couple invite a hitchhiking student for a weekend of sailing. The sea becomes an arena for desire, menace and deadly games. 8 p.m. Fri.
The Music Box Theatre
3733 N. Southport Ave.
773-871-6604
musicboxtheatre.com
*’Beetlejuice’ *** 1/2 (U.S.; Tim Burton, 1988). Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis have the perfect small-town life — until they die. The hereafter turns out to involve an even more depressing bureaucracy than the here and now, and a new family of squatters moves into their haunt. With Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder. Midnight Fri., Sat.
Northbrook Public Library
1201 Cedar Lane
847-272-6224
northbrook.info/lib(underscore)programs(underscore)films.php
*’No Man of Her Own’ *** 1/2 (U.S.; Wesley Ruggles, 1932). An essential Carole Lombard film, it’s her one screen pairing with her eventual husband Clark Gable. To call their scenes electric is putting it mildly. 1, 7:30 p.m.
