0 S 0 0 More Weekend List Cover and contents photos by Jennifer Dunetz (continued from previous page) Roger & Me Creator Michael Moore is giving $25,000 of his film's profits to the four Flint, Michigan families that were evicted while his camera was running on the underbelly of the town General Motors built. Is it a token sum from a malicious artist or a tender gesture from a native son? Decide for yourself. (At Showcase -12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:20,9:50, 12:00) Stanley and Iris Stanley (Robert DeNiro) can't read, Iris (Jane Fonda) can. She becomes his teacher in literacy, he becomes her teacher in love. They also ride a bike together.(At Briarwood - 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:15; Showcase - 1:35, 7:30, 9:30, 11:40) Stella Bette Midler as Stella is a (sniff) hardworking single parent who sends her (sob) daughter Trini Alvarado to live a (choke) better life with her father -it's the "ultimate sacrifice." BOOHOOHOOOO!!! (At Showcase -12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45, 12:00; at Ann Arbor 1 & 2 - Fri: 5:10, 7:25, 9:45; Sat 3:00, 5:10, 7:25,9:45) Tango & Cash Sylvester Stallone (who has sung only once in his film career in RAinestone) and Kurt Russell (who might have sung off-key in Big Trouble in Little China, though the scene isn't memorable) star in this cop-buddy movie. Neither sings. (At Showcase --3:10,9:55, 11:50) Tremors A horror B-movie featuring Kevin Bacon in which four gigantic worms with teeth terrorize a town. It's Dune for those who don't like the sight of pus extraction, produced by Gale Anne Hurd, the driving force behing The Terminator. (At Showcase - 1:05, 5:20, 7:35 War of the Roses Divorce and pets just don't mix in this black comedy from director Danny DeVito, who pits Michael Douglas against Kathleen Turner. (At Briarwood -12:15, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45; at Showcase -12:20, 2:35,4:50, 7:45,9:35, 12:05) Campus Cinema FRIDAY WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Dusan Makavejev, 1971) Aud A, 7pm and I0pm/DBL AAFC Now, that's organism, mind you, not that other word. Rollicking film of the erotic and politically provocative sort that advocates Erotic Socialism as panacea for all the world's ills. E.S. proposes sex as an idealogical imperative for liberation, not to mention that it's fun ,too. Sounds like a Lysistrata of the '70s. Man is Not a Bird (Dusan Makavejev, 1971) Aud A, 8:30pm/DBL AAFC By the man claimed to be Eastern Europe's most important filmmaker, his first film takes place in a bleak Yugoslavian town made to seem fantastical and dreamlike. Called "poetic" by Vincent Canby, within a Communist context this film follows the love affair between a middle-aged factory worker and a beautiful older woman.. Suzanne Suzanne & Older Women in Love (Camille Billips, 1983) Lorch, 7pm FVS Free Third in the Black Filmmakers Series, this film is accompanied by an appearance from the director herself. Both films were inspired by Billops' own family, the first about her niece's battle with drug abuse and the second concerning her aunt's affair with younger men. M (Fritz Lang, 1930) MLB 3, 7pm/DBL CG German Expressionist filmmaker Lang makes his sound debut with Peter Lorre as M, in Lorre's first- time ever screen appearance. M is possibly cinema's first sexual deviate, so chalk this one up as a festival of firsts. M plays a sweaty, plump murderer of little girls, who thinks everybody's after him. They really are. M's paranoia suggests the horror of Nazi-ism to come. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Victor Fleming, 1941) MLB 3, 9pm/DBL CG Robert Louis Stevenson's romance-oops, horror novel of the mind with one added attraction: Ivy, Hyde's love interest, played by Ingrid Bergman. Those of you who liked Dead Ringers might like to check out the most original Doppleganger ever. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Mich, 7pm & 11:40pm MTF Will peoplekind outgrow the machines, or be drawn beyond them by some cosmic awareness? Did we evolve into tool-using mammals by hitting each other over the heads? Clue: the monoliths may merely be road markers. Moonstruck (Norman Jewison, 1987) MLB 4, 8pm & 10pm Med "When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie-that's amore!" Cher and Nicholas Cage make the unlikely couple in this wonderful balance between comedy and romance, jokes and sap. If you want something to put you in a non-drug-induced great mood... AMy heSeason (Euzhan Palcy, 1989) Mich, 9:30pm MTF Donald Sutherland, Susan Sarandon, Zakes Mokae, and Marion Brando star in this disturbing and powerful film about South African apartheid in 1976. The plot focuses on a private investigation of police brutality and murder. SATURDAY Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958) Aud A, 7pmIDBL CG Welles got his long-awaited chance to direct again with this film-noir masterpiece that contains some of the best visual work of his career. Welles himself plays a detective investigating the murder of an American bigwig and his mistress. With Janet Leigh, Dennis Weaver, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Aud A, 9pm/DBL CG With a screenplay by Graham Greene, The Third Man follows an American writer of pulp westerns through post-war Vienna as he investigates the murder of a friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Supposed to be witty and suspenseful, a classic of British cinema. Made in China (Lisa Hsia, 1986) The Fall of the I-Hotel (Curtis Choy, 1983) Illusory Thoughts (Patrick Chu, 1987) Lorch, 7pm UMASC Free All three films are Ann Arbor premieres, the third week of Collage: An Asian American Film Series. Made in China is an autobiographical journey into self- awareness, as Chinese-American Lisa Hsia goes back to China to search for her roots. The Fall of the I-Hotelcaptures the eviction of Filipino workers in SF from low- cost housing and its surrounding protests. Illusory thoughts depictgs a menage a trois situation, using stunning dance and music to illustrate the Asian -American experience of straddling two cultures, fusing Asian and Western values. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (Stephen Frears, 1987) Hillel, 7pm & 9pm HSC Sammy and Rosie pass their mundane lives in a neighborhood of London on the edge of anarchy, a far cry from the monumentalized Thames views of travel brochures. The director of My Beautiful Laundrette recreates a similar feeling of despair among the British lower classes, but with very little hope or comedy. Sammy and Rosie do get laid, and not only to each other. Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks, 1983) MLB 3, 7:15/DBL Med Best picture of 1983 with Oscars for the stars, Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine to boot. Funny relationship between mother and daughter as it develops over a few years, with Maclaine even more crotchety than in Steel/Magnolias. ("I've just been in a bad mood for 40 years!") Bring lots of kleenex, or a sleeve that doesn't matter. Beaches (Garry Marshall, 1988) MLB 3, 9:30/DBL Med Okay, now I see why they put these two together. It's a kleenex conspiracy. Kleenex and Visine will be on hand after the movie to examine the psychological implications of crying in public. Beaches, of course, is the friend- friend (as opposed to mother- daughter) tear-jerker with Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. One dies. Pandora's Box (G.W. Pabst, 1928) MLB 4, 7:30/DBL AAFC Starring Louise Brooks, cult worship icon, Pandora's Box has been praised as a masterpiece of the silent era. The story follows Lulu, a femme fatale (literally) who oozes sensuality and causes the weak men around her to self- destruct. Notable is the combination of German Expressionism and the frank depiction of sexuality. The film will be followed by a discussion on Louise Brooks The Devil is a Woman (Joseph Von Sternberg, 1935) MLB 4, 9:45/DBL AAFC Von Sternberg escapes convention in what would be his last film with Marlene Dietrich, creating an extreme exercise in style. Critics call this the most beautiful film ever made, with its overwhelmingly intense pictorial beauty. Dietrich's femme fatale induces men to destory themselves for her in 19th century Spain. SUNDAY The Spoilers Berkshire Hilton, 3pm SFS Featuring the full length original film The Spoilers (Colin Campbell, 1914), starring William Farnum and Tom Santschi. Preceded by two short subjects plus two early bird shorts. TheGrecaMcGinty (Preston Sturges, 1940) Lorch, 7pm, FVS Free In this fast-paced satire of the American political corruption, which won director Preston Sturges an Adademy Award for the script, a hobo and a crook have a hectic political career. Preceded by Robert Benchley's AdademyAward winning short, How to Sleep. v I. ti v v 8 What's in a name? A profile of Michigan Mandate frontman Walter Harrison PHIL COHEN 12 Million-dollar clubhouse The Michigan Union revealed JENNIFER WORICK 14 University Activities Center The University's largest student activity and best-kept secret JENNIFER WORICK 6 Auto buying tips What means what in the Decade of the Weenie Car RONAN G. LYNCH You are the missing piece 210u" The University Acti\ UAC is acccepting applications Amaizin' Blue College Bowl Homecoming Impact Dance Mediatrics Michigras Musket Soph Show Starbound Tech Crew Special Promotions i Available NOW) / The Taubman Program in Am, presentis INTERNS Learn how to Prepare for, and Local Business, Governi Non-Profit organ 4 Rob Earle 4 Alex About Town ALEX GORDON 5 Slings and Arrows PHIL COHEN 16 Sketchpad FRED ZINN 16 Movie listings 18 Weekend list " Job Skills Workshops " Individual Counseling " Gu " Bu; Editors - MIGUEL CRUZ, KEVIN WOODSON Staff - PHIL COHEN, ROB EARLE, ALEX GORDON, DONNA IADIPAOLO, RONAN LYNCH, FRED ZINN Contributors - JENNIFER WORICK Business Manager - DAVID EDINGER Advertising Sales Manager - ALYNSA ALTMAN Special Sections Coordinator - SHELLY PLEVA Copyright 0 1990, Weekend Magazine: Published each Friday by The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109. 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