*indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives.
(diamond) indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest.
Bank of America Cinema
4901 W. Irving Park Rd.
312-904-9442
(diamond) “The More the Merrier” (U.S.; George Stevens, 1943) During a World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., a young woman (played by Jean Arthur) rents a room to a tenant (Charles Coburn) who brings another boarder (Joel McCrea) into the arrangement in this romantic comedy. 8 p.m. Sat.
Facets Cinematheque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
773-281-4114
www.facets.org/cinematheque
*”Full Battle Rattle” *** 1/2 (U.S.; Tony Gerber, Jesse Moss, 2008). In the Mojave Desert, the U.S. military prepares troops for Iraq duty in a series of Potemkin villages, staffed (in part) with native Iraqis play-acting what they might expect to find over there. Mon.-Dec. 30.
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St.
312-846-2800
siskelfilmcenter.org
*”The Wild Child” **** (France; Francois Truffaut, 1970). Truffaut’s most compassionate film: a period 1806 drama based on the real-life case of a wild boy found in the woods and brought, painfully but surely, to civilization. With Jean-Pierre Cargol as the boy Victor and Truffaut himself as his mentor and historian, Dr. Jean Itard. A glorious work — though, in a way, it closed a chapter on Truffaut’s first filmmaking era. Various times, Fri.-Thu.
The Music Box Theatre
3733 N. Southport Ave.
773-871-6604
musicboxtheatre.com
Good Santa, Bad Santa: Showings of “Miracle on 34th Street” **** at 7 p.m., “Bad Santa” *** 1/2 at 9:30 p.m. Mon.
