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julia (Campus) Fred Zinnemann's
self-consciously arty movie, taken from
an autobiographical short story by
Lillian Hellman. **1/2
American Hot Wax (State) A story
about the rebellious birth of rock'n'roll
that seems rather hastily thrown
together, but manages to derive some
buoyant energy from its subject.***
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(Michigan) Steven Spielberg's won-
derous UFO epic - a marvelous, im-
mensely satisfying film. ****
Coma (Fifth Forum) Genevieve
Bujold is a doctor-cum-detective who
discovers that some of her fellow
surgeons are putting people in inter-
minable comas, and peddling their vital
organs on a black market for human
giblets. **1/2
Saturday Night Fever (Briarwood) A
movie that- captures the infectious
energy of contemporary popular music
as few previous films have. The
opening, with John Travolta sauntering
down a seedy Brooklyn avenue to the
sounds of "Stayin' Alive," has got to be
the sequence of the year. ***%
The Fury (Briarwood) Brian De
Palma's flamboyant thriller about a
girl (Amy Irving) who has telekinetic
powers and becomes the target of a
diabolical governmental conspiracy.
*** 1/
The Turning Point (Briarwood) A
tacky, schlocky ballet story that's so ut-
terly cliche, you can't believe a minute
of it. *%1/2
The Goodbye Girl (Briarwood) Neil
Simon at his best - hollow but enter-
taining. Richard Dreyfuss gives a very
funny performance.***
Tod Browning s Horror Classic. "The freak's
revenge .takes on the force of old and
forgotten rituals . . . the heights of terror
reached in this film hove their parallel
only in Poe's Hop Frog. Grisly, but compas-
sionate film was banned in Britain for 30
years and many exhibitors in the United
States refused to play it."-Georges Sadoul
Dictionary of Films
Metropolis Film Society
Friday, March 31, MLB Room 1
Showtimes: 7:00, 8:15, 9:30
&10:45
Admission: $1.50
Saturday: CITIZEN'S BAND
Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn. ***
Freaks (MLB Classroom 1, 7:00, 8:15,
9:30 and 10:45) If you had to sleep with
the light on after seeing The Omen, then
don't even consider taking in Freaks,
one of the most unwaveringly distur-
bing films ever made. ***1/z
Candy (room 100, Hutchins Hall, 7:00
and 9:00) Based on Terry Southern's
hilarious novel, Candy is horribly
uneven but has some moments of comic
genius. With a script by Buck Henery.
EVENTS
University Showcase - Anouilh's
"Dear Anoine": Trueblood Theatre,
Frieze, 8 p.m., also Saturday night.
55th Annual Undergraduate Honors
Convocation - Wilbur Cohen, "The
World of 1998": Hill Aud., 10:30 a.m.
Saturday
APRIL 1
Cinema
Collisions (MLB 3, 7:00, 8:40 and
10:20) a 1977 sci-fi comedy about the
planet Zhymus on a collision course
with Earth, starring Lily Tomlin, Dan
Aykroyd and Gilda Radner.
Jail Bait (Game Pass) and Wild 90
(MLB 4, Jail Bait at 7:00 and 10:20,
Wild 90 at 8:40) Jail Bait is Fassbin-
der's story of a young factory worker
drawn into a 14-year-old girl's vendetta
against her father.
Deliverance (Old A&D, 7:00 and 9:05)
John Boorman's gripping, powerful
drama about four city men who
challenge the wilderness by taking a
rigorous canoe trip down in Hillbilly
country. Starring Burt Reynolds, Jon
Voight and Ned Beatty. ****
Dog Day Afternoon (Nat Sci Aud, 7:00
and 9:30) Al Pacino gives one helluva
performance as the tense, nervous Son-
ny, who gets holed up in a Brooklyn
bank while attempting robbery. ***%/
Handle With Care (MLB Classroom 1,
7:00, 8:45 and 10:30) Originally entitled
Citizen's Band, a box office flop that
garnered notable critical success, with
a new title, as a comedy about CB radio
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MARCH 31
Cinema
The Tall Blonde Man With One Black
Shoe and The Wrong Box (MLB 3, Tall
Blonde Man at 7:00 and 10:15, Wrong
Box at 8:35) A simply delectable
double-feature.***,
A Long Day's Journey Into Night
(Angell Aud A, 7:00 and 9:30) This fine
version of the O'Neill drama features
brilliant performances by Katherine
Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, and Jason
Robards.****
Jona Who Will be 25 in the Year 2000
(Old A&D, 7:00 and 9:05) An interesting
hodgepodge of sex and film gimmicks,
directed by Alain Tannier. ***
Blazing Saddles (Nat Sci Aud, 7:30
and 9:30) Mel Brooks' crude, erratic,
but often hilarious Western* parody,
with superb comic performances by
addicts.
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Angell
Aud A, 7:00 and 9:00) Werner Herzog's
incredibly well-acclaimed drama about
a Conquistidore's search for a Peruvian
paradise.
EVENTS
Dance, Tucker Blues Band - Union
Ballroom, 7:30.
Music School, Opera - Mozart's
"The Magic Flute": Power Ctr., 8 p.m.,
also Sunday night.
Sunday
APRIL2
Cinema
The Milky Way (Angell Aud A, 7:00
and 9:00) Luis Bunuel preaching doc-
trinaire anti-Christianity amidst a
bland, surreal mush.**
Lawrence of Arabia (Old A&D, 6:30
and 10:00) David Lean's immaculate
chronicle of the life and times of T.E.
Lawrence is rather mediocre as an in-
sightful biography, but so pictorially
stunning that any narrative
inadequacies are superceded by its
lulling, expansive style.***2
EVENTS,
Women's Studies - Florence
Luscomb, "Personal Recollections of
the Suffrage Movement": W. Conf.
Rm., Rackham, 8p.m.
Monday
APRIL 3
Cinema
The Well-Digger's Daughter (Angell
Aud A, 9:10 only, free showing) A 1940
film by novelist Marcel Pagnol, ex-
ploring the problems precipitated by a
young woman's pregnancy after her
boyfriend goes off to war.
Pather Panchali (Room 126, East
Quad, 7:30 only, free showing) The first
part of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy con-
cerns the struggles of a poverty-
stricken family and the grief they
sustain during an excessive series' of
hardships. ***1/2
EVENTS
Women's Studies Films - Rape
Prevention: No Pat Answers, No Lies,
Aud. 3 MLB, 7 p.m.
Hunger Task Force - Rich Man,
Poor Man, Living Off The Land, Conf.
Rm., 4, 5Union, 7:30.
Tuesday
APRIL 4
Cinema
Allegro Non Troppo (Angell Aud A,
7:00, 8:40 and 10:20) Made last year,
this Fantasia for the 70's features six
pieces by composers ranging from
Vivaldi to Ravel and Stravinsky set to
animation.
Dr. Strangelove (Old A&D, 7:00 and
9:05) Stanley Kubrick's insane black
comedy makes its point obviously
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enough, but remains continually en-
joyable via the brilliant performances
of George C. Scott and Peter Sellers
(who takes on three roles). ***/2
EVENTS
Int'l Ctr. - Luncheon series, Richard
Mitchell "The Importance and
Meaning of Negotiations between
Egypt and Israel": Rec. Rm., Int'l Ctr.,
noon.
Wednesday
APRIL5
Cinema
Scarface (Old A&D, .7:00 and 9:05)
Howard Hawk's classic gangster
thriller was based on the life of Al
Capone, and has many a memorable
sequence.****
EVENTS
Viewpoint Lectures - Justin Ravitz,
Recorders' Court judge, Detroit, "The
Criminal Injustice System: America's
Only Working Railroad": MLB Aud. 3,
Kings of the Road (Angell Aud A, 7:30
only) The final film in the Wim Wen-
ders festival. Featured is the personal
appearance of Wenders, who'll speak
after the showing.
Singing In the Rain (Old A&D, 7:0
and 9:05) Arguably the best of the MGM
musicals, this legendary Gene Kelly
flick has the classic "Make'm laugh"
sequence with Donald O'Connor, as
well as a reasonably funny plotline (for
a musical, that is).****
NITERIES
Second Chance - Shimmer plays Top
40 rock and disco through Saturday.
Sunday and Monday, The Rockets,
riding high on their first nationally
released album "Love Transfusion",
will lay down their brand of R&B
flavored rock and roll. Tuesday will
feature Sonic's Rendezvous Band in a
special performance. This is the last
time they will appear together, folks,
since Fred "Sonic" Smith is going off to
play lead guitar with Iggy Popp on his
European tour. Foxx will rock from
Wednesday through next weekend.
Abigail's - That ever-popular Salem
Witchcraft returns once again to gig in
Ypsi this weekend.
Blind Pig -kBlues guitarist John
Mooney performs this weekend. A gala
celebration is planned for April 1st to
commemorate the Blind Pig's seventh
year of operation.
The Ark - The National Recovery
Act, a duo playing an assortment of in-
struments, performs 'their music this
weekend. On Saturday zafternoon, a
group of Medieval fanatics called The
Jongleurs. pll back the sheets on the
topic "Sex in the Renaissance."
Roadhouse - The Friends Roadshow
brings in their musical comedy revue
this weekend. On Sunday, Billy Wallace
and the Green Mountain Boys will get
down with some bluegrass.
Mr. Flood's - The Red Mountain
String Band are the featured enter-
tainers this weekend. Wednesday, the
Silvertones will play their hot R&B.
Thursday, The Progressive Blues Band
with guitarist Willie D. Warremn will
jam the blues inspired by Detroit's
assembly lines.
Zelda's - Chantz plays danceable
soft "discorock" through Saturday.
Happenings were compiled by
Owen Gleiberman, Niteries by Keith
Tosolt.
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Friday, March 31
A Long Day's Journey Into Night
Director-SIDNEY LUMET (1962)
A brilliant version of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the
disintegration of his high-strung frustrated family: a narcotic-ridden mother,
stingy father, alcoholic son and another son's battle with tuberculosis
create an explosive and chaotic encounter with life itself. Starring Katherine
Hepburn, Sir Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Jr., and Dean Stockwell. All
won "Best acting" awards for their magnificent performances.
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