w w w Vw w w ! w V W V I d ec just finished reading a Eugene O'Neil play. Very sin- about ugliness to concentrate on a small, very witty tie hand giv cere, but not particularly thoughtful. At the State film about human resiliancy in the face of despair. the Movies F I RT Theater, 231 S. State St.; 662-6264. The film is warm and engaging; really a pleasant THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN surprise. At the Ann Arbor Theater, 210 S. Fifth SUPERSTI John Schlesinger's thriller-drama about two Ave.; 761-9701. Suspense California youths who conspire to sell CIA secrets to Campus Th the Soviets is based on a true story but it is not THE MEAN SEASON presented very convincingly. Sean Penn and Timothy Phillip Borsos directed this unthrilling thriller AMADEUS Hutton play the two boys, but their mechanical per- about a newspaper reporter (Kurt Russell) who finds THE SURE Director Milos Forman and author Peter Schaffer formances fail to bring any believable depth to their himself in the web of a psycho-killer. Not par- Two colle decide to envision Mozart as a nineteenth century characters. Disappointing schtick. At the Movies at ticularly suspenseful, and full of cheap thrill effects. and Daphne quivalent of a talented but clownishly tem- Briarwood, Briarwood Mall; 769-8780. Also stars Mariel Hemingway. At the Fox Village romantic c peramental pop star. The idea is refreshing, but the execution lapses into just so many cheap laughs. Just close your eyes and enjoy the soundtrack. At the Movies at Briarwood, Briarwood Mall: 769-8780. BEVERLY HILLS COP Eddie Murphy goes through his usual fast jiving, smart ass routines in this moderately amusing thriller/comedy about a streetwise Detroit cop who goes to California to investigate a friend's murder. Tlhe script is just a sketchy outline, existing solely for Murphy to improvise around. Murphy's antics are cute, even if they're strictly lowbrow. The laughs are fast and plentiful, but lightweight, and you're always aware of just how shabbily slapped together the whole film is. At the Movies at Briarwood, Briar- wood Mall; 769-8780. THE BREAKFAST CLUB Writer-director John Hughes (last of Sixteen Can- dles) takes a bleak look at coming of age in modern suburbia. The film centers on five kids, of diverse background locked up together in the high school library for a Saturday afternoon detention. As the day progresses, the kids drop their guards and feel each other out, sharing their mutual frustrations and fears. A curiously bitter script, fatally flawed by melodramatic hyperbole and stereotypically stiff characters who act tortured but are devoid of any real feelings. This is like an amateur play, written and put on by a high school English class that has THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY A marvelously imaginative comedy about an African bushman who mistakes a Coke bottle that falls from an airplane as a dropped trinket of the gods, and decides to try to return it. The laughs are pure slapstick, but ingenius and relentless. The newest cult classic in town and deservedly so. At the Movies at Briarwood, Briarwood Mall; 769-8780. HEAVEN HELP US Yet another coming of age comedy set in the 1960's, this one in a parochial school. Unmemorable silliness despite the brief appearances by Donald Sutherland, John Heard, and Wallace Shawn. At the Fox Village Theater, 375 N. Maple; 769-1300. INTO THE NIGHT Thriller-comedy starring Jeff Goldblum, directed by John Landis. At the State Theater, 231 S. State; 662-0264. MASK Peter Bogdonavich's variation on the Beauty And The Beast theme. It's transplanted in California, but this time it's about a pill-popping biker mother and her monstrously deformed son. Bogdonavich avoids all the Elephant Man metaphors and symbols Theater, 375 N. Maple; 769-1300. MISCHIEF Comedy about a small town boy ccming of age in the 1950's. At the Fox Village Theater, 375 N. Maple; 769-1300. 1984 Michael Radford's film adaptation of George Or- well's bitterly dark dystopian fantasy. Unviewed at press-time though it has garnered very favorable reviews elsewhere. Stars John Hurt and Richard Burton. At the Ann Arbor Theater, 210 S. Fifth Ave.. PASSAGE TO INDIA In the British ruled India of the 1920's, a young English wothan accusses a respected Indian doctor of attempted rape. A finely crafted, often compelling study of the darker corners of the human soul. At the Movies at Briarwood, Briarwood Mall; 769-8780. STARMAN John Carpenter's tale of an extraterrestrial (delicately played by Jeff Bridges) who comes to earth and falls in love with a young widow (Karen Allen), is a sweet, genuinely charming fairy tale. The script is weakened by a lot of loose ends and illogical plot contrivances, not to mention the fact the storyline bears distinct resemblances to E.T. and Close Encounters, but Carpenter's surprisingly gen- Spinal Tap 6264. TUFF TUR Adolescei of a big im Theater, 37! VISION QU Another to high school state wrestl 231 S. State; WITNESS Harrison uncovers ar from within into the Per an Amish f Peter Weir and elevate of the riches Very highly wood, Briar CAMPUS FTI L M I DINER (Barry Levinson, 1982) A well-received film from the director of The Natural hits campus for the second time this term, and still tells us about a bunch of friends who chat in a Baltimore diner on the eve of the sixties. (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill, 7:45 p.m., 9:45 p.m.) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg, 1981) Harrison Ford is more than a witness-he par- ticipates, too. As Indiana Jones, he goes on a really - fun search for the Ark of the Covenant, trying to beat the Nazis. Go and enjoy. (Cinema 2; MLB 3, 7 p.m., 9:15 p.m.) [I I 1 THE RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN (John Sayles,1980) This inspiration for The Big Chill is far superior. The situation is basically the same, as seven sixties friends get together for a weekend, but the emotion wallop here is much greater, and Sayles remembers to add a little wit, too. A great way to start a weekend of moviegoing. Sayles' Brother From Another Planet hit the 1984 Ten Best List of at least two Daily reviewers. (Alternative Action; MLB 4, 7 p.m., 9 P.m.) LIQUID SKY (Slava Tsukerman, 1983) Quantum wierdness cinema. Science fiction is the genre, but the execution is totally new as a bunch of aliens find themselves getting high on a chemical produced during sexual orgasm, and people then start to vanish at the most inopportune times. (Cinema Guild; Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.) GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming, 1939) Due to space limitations, I cannot write a blurb which will take as long to read as the film is to see, so I'll be brief about it and just say it starts Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, adopts the Margaret Mitchell novel of the Old.South, and is the favorite of many. (Mediatrics; MLB3,8 p.m.) NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) One of Hitchcock's most crackerjack entertain- ments. Cary Grant gives an excellent performance in the classic Hitchcock role of a man caught up in things beyond his control. James Mason also delivers a good performance, and the settings are great. See it. (Cinema 2; Aud. A, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.) SA TS U APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) I hate to say I found this boring, but I thing I would almost prefer the smell of napalm in the morning. I also know a lot of people who love this Vietnam War retelling of Heart of Darkness starring Marlon Brando. Your choice. (Cinema 2, Ann Arbor Film Coop,,Cinema Guild; Nat. Sci. Aud., 6:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m.), L ARGENT (Robert Bresson, 1983) I could use the same blurb as everyone else, but what fun is there in that. The director noted for using sound as a vital part of his films gets a belated Ann Arbor Premiere for his latest. The title, translated, is something like money. French with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop, Cinema Guild, Cinema 2; Aud. A, 7 p.m., 9 p.m.) HARRY AND TONTO (Paul Mazursky, 1974) Art Carney won an Academy Award for his per- formance as an old man who, cat in hand, goes on one last journey across America. Also with Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ellen Burstyn, and Larry Hagman. (Alternative Action; MLB 4,7 p.m., 9 p.m.) o r y ; A 5 r Diner: /I A70 and gravy THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER (William Keighly,1937) This was originally to be shown a month or so ago, but Errol Flynn got caught up in traffic and had to put off his appearance until today: He and Claude Rains are the stars of this adaptation of the Samuel Clemens story about a beggar and a prince who look so much alike they decide to be one another. (Michigan Theater Foundation; Michigan Theater, 4 p.m., 7p.m.) ALL SCREWED UP (Lina Wertmuller, 1974) A small-scale comedy from the Italian director tells the story of a group of young Sicilians who decide to make the journey to the big city of Milan and get caught up in the modern way of urbanized living. Before the Italian comedy, you can have an Italian buffet, and I would venture to say that that is not a coincidence. (University Club; U-Club, film at 7:10) THE CHOSEN (Jeremy Paul Kagan, 1981) World War Two puts Robby Benson and Barry Miller together. One is from an Orthodox Jewish family, and the other from a more liberal Jewish family. The two become friends in spite of the religious differences. Also in the cast are Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger. From the Chaim Potok novel. (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill, 7 p.m., 9 p.m.) WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM (Dusan Makavejev,1971) The usual kind of thing from Makavejev as he mixes up a little of this and a little of that with a little rhyme and reason behind it all to say a little something against all kinds of: repression. Serbo- Croation with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; MLB 4, 7 p.m., 9 p.m.) titles. (Goethe Institute and Ann Arbor Film Coop; Nat. Sci. Aud., 7:30 p.m.) TICKETS OF NO RETURN (Ulrike Ottinger,1981) Also known as Bildnis einer Trinkerin. This one loses less in translation. It tells about an attractive alcoholic woman in Berlin. German with subtitles. (Goethe Institute and Ann Arbor Film Coop; Aud. A, 7:30p.m.) LE PLAISIR (Max Ophulbs,1952) Ann opportunity to find out how a small-town brothel closing, an aged dancer, and a painter relating with his model are related, and the first part of an' Ophuls double feature. French with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 p.m.) LA RONDE (Max Ophuls,1950) The three strands in the first film on the twin-bill are outdone here. We get a round-robin view of sex as a- big game of Killer with people chasing and being chased until the film finally ends up right back where it started. French with subtitles. (Ann Arbor Film Coop; Nat. Sci. Aud.,8:45 p.m.) BLACK ORPHEUS (Marcel Camus, 1959) Come down off Monday night's Oscar ceremonies by seeing an old winner in the Best Foreign Film category. It updates the Orpheus-Eurydice legend, taking to Brazil, where carnival is in the air, along with the relation between a girl and a streetcar con- ductor. Portuguese with subtitles. (Hill Street Cinema; 1429 Hill, 7 p.m., 9 p.m.) WOODSTOCK (Michael Wadleigh, 1970) In case you do not know what Woodstock was: It was a really big, many-day celebration of music and America at the tale-end of the sixties in upstate New York. Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, the Who, Crosby, Stills, & Na and that all Theater Fou DASBOOT( A very bu about life or Two,'and th showing thir subtitles. (Md p.m., 9:30 p. CLUB DE F Vaguely r4 University F hotel where mightily to c after along Guild; Aud. . LES ENFAlN 1950) With a scr some disturt one particula fer the cons( P.M.) WOODSTOC See yester Theater Fou THE ATOM and Jayne Lo Saving the the archival kinds of int Almost all se inaccurate n a devastatiN Action; Nat. THE MISSION (ParvizSayyad, 1983) The final film in the Near Eastern/North African Film Series, for this term at least. An assasin is sent from Iran 'to New York to kill an alleged revolutionary, and the assasin begins to wonder just who is the real revolutionary. Persian with subtitles. (Cinema Guild; Aud.B, 7 p.m., 9 p.m., FREE( EINS UND EINS GLEICH DREI (Heidi Genee, 1979) Also known as One Plus One Makes Three. The math, it seems, is more understandable when you cannot understand it. The film is a comical kind of thing about a woman, the baby within her, and two men who like one but not the other. German with sub- 10 Weekend/Frid4y, March 22, 1985W kdF Weekend/Frith . t i