* indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives.
After Hours Film Society
Tivoli Theatre
5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove
630-534-4528
afterhoursfilmsociety.com
*’Cinema Paradiso’ **** (Italy; Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988). An Italian classic about a small-town boy who loves movies and the projectionist who nurtures that love. In Italian with English subtitles. 8 p.m. Fri.
Bank of America Cinema
4901 W. Irving Park Rd.
312-904-9442
*’Stairway to Heaven’ (‘A Matter of Life and Death’) *** 1/2 (United Kingdom; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946). David Niven is a doomed RAF pilot-poet who falls in love with an American WAC just from the sound of her voice before his fatal crash. He is subjected to a vast celestial trial over whether his life should continue. 8 p.m. Sat.
Block Cinema
Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
847-491-4000
blockmuseum.northwestern .edu/block-cinema/
*’The Burmese Harp’ **** (Japan; Kon Ichikawa, 1956). Ichikawa’s great anti-war film, about a Japanese soldier (Shoji Yasui) in Burma masquerading as a monk and falling into grace. In Japanese and Burmese, with English subtitles. 8 p.m. Fri.
