w U 0 v a # r . .y w v 1 5T A THE DESSE ANN ARBOR THEATER 210 S. 5th; 761-9700 BROADWAY DANNY ROSE Woody Allen is back with Mia Farrow, New York, Insecurities, and even some loosely organized crime; who would ask for more? FANNY AND ALEXANDER Bergman claims Fanny and Alex to be his final film. If it is, he has ended his stellar career in an unusually optimistic spirit. LIQUID SKY When you're looking for dinner in the Big Apple, you probably don't think of heroin and orgasms. You're not an alien in a barbeque, though. This negative approach to post-punk cinema, seriously, is THE DRESSER A critically appealing of actors wrestling to internret Shakesneare. Oc- casionally very intense, drama turns around a pair FOOTLOOSE A modern cultural thing viviantly expressing American youth's predilection for freedom. A possible successor to Flashdance. HARRY AND SON Paul Newman (girls sigh) returns to star in, direct, co-produce, and co-write this potentially ap- pealing melodrama. Robby Benson co-stars. REUBEN'REUBEN Tom Conti cuts an erotic swath through the college lecture curcuit as a philandering poet just trying to earn a buck. Co-eds, housewives, and the east-coast atmosphere combine to stimulate his creativity. SILKWOOD Karen Silkwood discovers disturbing things about her plutonium plant. When she attempts to expose them, she mysteriously dies in a car accident. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS English humorist Natassja Kinski joins the stun- e h t tts TA I end of this seductive flirt-flick justified the means. But who knows where their thumbs have been, anyways. FOX-VILLAGE THEATER Maple Village; 769-1300 TERMS OF ENDEARMENT A widow (Shirley MacLaine), tries to settle some of the confusing points of a mother/daughter relationship- with her daughter (Debra Winger). GORKY PARK Can a jaded Russian agent detective save Russia and the girl he loves from an international smuggling scheme? ' ICE PIRATES Star Wars may have had seven good years, but it seems that its luck has run out. It's called a "space comedy," but parody may be closer to the mark. RETURN OF THE JEDI Third in a series of space-age flicks that combine action, amusine scenarios andlchrismatic chara 231 S HAR HOT Th sequ LASS As disce Sellk Amex POL Po grad then RAC El this astrc WA 3020 V r so far the:film of '84. ning Dudley Moore in this sometimes sultry comedy. L1 MOVIES AT BRIARWOOD Lots of romance and jealousy, some love, but not tA much death. THE RIGHT STUFF *AL Briarwood Mall; 769-8780 CAMPUS THEATER To quote Davey Marlin Jones, "The Right Stuff really AGAINST ALL ODDS just doesn't have it." A good amount of public not a Not nearly so existential as some have said, but 1214S. nversiy, 668-6416 parnghoeehsprvdta cneprr quite intriguing, especially to those with a strong in- S BLAME IT ON RIO patronage,h owever,h asprovea conpoy terest. Siskel blamed the director, though Ehbart felt the astronauts are still appealing. thi ....................................................................:"«:"::::................:;;:::::a..ss.............................................................................................. to fnd ut.Serb-Cratin wih sbtiles.(An Aror E T cirnuf MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (Terry Gillian and Terry Jones, 1975) Another of the permanent film attractions. The British comedy troupe looks at Camelot and friends, and while this film is not their funniest, it is still fun- ny and worth seeing. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan Theatre, 5:15, 9:00) JABBERWOCKY (Terry Gilliam, 1977) A subset of Monty Python takes another look at the Arthurian legends. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan Theater, 7:10, 10:50) CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz, 1943) Three campus favorites in one night will probably leave a lot of confused moviegoers. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in love and intrigue along the popular refugee route in WWI. A lot of fun to see or see again. (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill, 8:00,10:00) ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos Forman, 1975) A big winner on Oscar night and deservedly so. Jack Nicholson tries to escape prison by getting him- self committed to a mental hospital. His plan works a little too well. Excellent supporting cast, too, in an excellent film. (Mediatrics; Nat. Sci. Aud., 7:00, 9:30) THE WEAVERS: WASN'T*THAT A TIME (Jim Brown, 1982) BrAnother excellent movie on a night that has too many of them. A reunion of the '50s folksingers is chronicled. The movie is so full of love and good vibes it's contagious. You can't leave without a warm feeling inside. (Alternative Action; MLB 4, 7:30,9:00) to find out. Serbo-Croatian with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; MLB 4, 8:30) GUYS AND DOLLS (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955) Frank Sinatra and Marion Brando star in an adap- tation of the Broadway musical. Many of the songs are classics, and this is as good a chance as any to practice humming along. (Cinema 2; Aud. A, 6:45) THE MERRY WIDOW (Erich von Stroheim, 1925) An adaptation of the opera, lacking sound. To make up for it, there will be a live piano accom- paniment during the film, just like the old days. (Cinema 2, Aud. A, 9:30) PETI Ge on N also (Cin GEC We RedI hanc 9:00 BRE Ar ficul beco Coop THE SEA WOLF (Michael Curtiz, 1941) From the story by Jack London comes a sea cap- tain who tries to cover up his developing physical deficiencies through maniacal actions. From the director of Casablanca. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 7:00) KEY LARGO (John Huston, 1948) Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall," Lionel Barrymore, Edward G. Robinson, and Claire Trevor, who won an Oscar. A gangster holds hostages to get passage out of the country. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 9:00) SOPHIE'SCHOICE (AlanJ. Pakula,1982) A highly acclaimed performance by Meryl Streep is the centerpiece of a film about a Catholic survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; MLB 3, 6:30, 9:15) A THOUSAND CLOWNS (Fred Coe, 1966) Jason Robards feels the heat from neighbors who don't think he is giving his nephew the proper up- bringing and want him to go out and get a job. (Alternative Action; Nat. Sci. Aud. 7:00, 9:15) THE STATE OF THINGS (Wim Wenders, 1983) Another in a vast number of Ann Arbor premieres, The State of Things is a fictionalized account of what the director did when a producer left him without promised funding. (Cinema 2; Aud. A, 7:00,9:15) MANHATTAN (Woody Allen, 1979) Nicely photographed, and the last really hilarious film by Allen who plays a man trying to get a new relationship going while his former wife is going to write a book about his prior one. Well worth seeing. (Mediatrics; MLB 4,7:00, 9:00) UTAMARO & HIS FIVE WOMAN (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1946) The Japanese film festival presents a look at Utamaro, an 18th century Japanese printmaker. As can be seen by the title, printmaking was probably not his only interest. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 7:00, FREE) VIDAS SECAS (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1963) The title, translated, is "Barren Lives," and the film shows that this is the type of life people lead as they try to live in the Northeast portion of Brazil, Portuguese with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop and a host of University departments; MLB 1, 8:00, FREE) '. CAR A Nicho whos and r dice Film ONE Forn See the f Film THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Nicholas Roeg, 1976) David Bowie stars in a film which never seems to come too often for Ann Arborites. He plays an alien looking for water who finds himself overwhelmed by society. (Cinema 2; Aud. A, 7:00,9:30)- .. LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972) MarIon Brando in a film which lifted a few eyebrows when it first opened. Brando attempts to use a Parisian woman to cleanse himself of all his troubles. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 7:00,9:15) FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman, 1983) Bergman's last theatrical film looks at life through young Alexander, part'of a very large family which gives Bergman a lot to examine. Swedish with sub- titles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; MLB 3,4:00,7:30) MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975) See Saturday's listing. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan Theater, 5:15,9:00) JABBERWOCKY (Terry Gilliam, 1977) See Saturday's listing. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan Theater, 7:10) KAZABLAN (Menahem Golan, 1973) A musical traipse through Old Jaffa and Jerusalem in Israel. Can a veteran keep his neigh- borhood from being torn down? (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill, 7:00, 9:00) A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (George Cukor,1932) John Barrymore is a man confined to a mental in- stitution for many years. Katharine Hepburn makes her screen debut as his daughter, and She debates whether or not she should marry and risk passing on the illness. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 7:00) CHRISTOPHER STRONG (Dorothy Arzner, 1933) Hepburn again, this time in her first really big part. She gets pregnant, but the father will not leave his wife, and Hepburn has to decide what to do. (Cinema Guild; Lorch Hall, 8:30) W.R.i THE MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM (Dusan Makavajev, 1971) Is sex the key to liberation? Makavajev seeks to answer this oft-asked question ins apolitical comedy. Serbo-Croatian with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; MLB 4,7:00, 9:45) LOVE AFFAIR, OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR (Dusan Makavajev, 1967) What does an affiar of a switchboard operator and a rat exterminator have to do with an autopsy on a murdered woman? This movie is perfect opportunity ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM SERIES More in a weekly series of things anthropological. This week brings "The Spirit Possession of Alegan- dro Mamani" and "Eduardo the Healer." (An- thropology Department; MLB 2,7:00, FREE) WOMEN'S STUDIES FILM SERIES "The Role of Women in the Movies" looks at just that during the depression. "St. Louis Blues" stars Bessie Smith in a movie constructed around her songs. (Women's Studies Department; MLB 2, 12:00 noon, FREE) SONG OF THE CANARY (J. Hanig and D. Davis, 1979) The growing dangers in the U.S. workplace get the documentary trestment. )Schools of Social Work and Public Health; 4068 Frieze Building, 12:15, FREE) FUNNY GIRL (William Wyler, 1968) Barbra Streisand is Fanny Brice. She won an *Oscar for her role in the musical biography of the singer. (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill, 8:00) WORD, SOUND, AND POWER (Jerry Stein, 1980) Reggae, reggae, and more reggae with The Soul Syndicate, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and a whole bunch more. A short and a Flash Gordon episode will also be shown. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan Theater, 7:30) THE HARDER THEY COME (Perry Henzell, 1973) And still more reggae. Jimmy Cliff stars as a singer who is exploited by his producer. The record climbs the charts as fast as he climbs the Most- Wanted list. (Classic Film Theatre; Michigan Theater, 9:00) ...., e .. a.. .. 8 Weekend/Friday, March 23, 1984 3