* indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives.
(diamond) indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest.
Block Cinema
Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
847-491-4000
blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema
*’The Best Years of Our Lives’ **** (U.S.; William Wyler, 1946). The great “coming home” film of World War II, written by Robert E. Sherwood, with Fredric March, Dana Andrews and real-life vet and double-amputee Harold Russell as returning vets; Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright and Virginia Mayo as the women who waited (or not). 7 p.m. Wed.
Doc Films
University of Chicago
Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E. 59th St.
773-702-8575
docfilms.uchicago.edu
*’Three Times’ **** (Taiwan; Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005). A shimmering trilogy in which the same actor and actress (Chang Chen and Shu Qi) play lovers in three different times and cities, over the span of nearly a century. 7 p.m. Mon.
The Music Box Theatre
3733 N. Southport Ave.
773-871-6604
musicboxtheatre.com
*’Reservoir Dogs’ **** (U.S.; Quentin Tarantino; 1992). Tarantino’s exhilarating filmmaking debut is an outrageous, intense, hilarious neo-noir comedy-thriller-drama about a bungled bank robbery. Midnight Fri., Sat.
Northbrook Public Library
1201 Cedar Lane
847-272-6224
northbrook.info/lib(underscore)
programs(underscore)films.php
‘David Copperfield’ **** (U.S.; George Cukor, 1935) The best-loved Hollywood Dickens, with a cast that might have been pulled right out of the Cruikshank illustrations: W.C. Fields as Micawber, Basil Rathbone as Murdstone, Edna May Oliver as Aunt Betsy and, as young David, Freddie Bartholomew. 1, 7:30 p.m. Wed.
