0 0 Barton Fink (R) John Turturro and John Goodman star in the latest style-over-substance comedy from the makers of Raising Arizona. You could do a lot worse. (At Ann Arbor 1 & 2, Sat/Sun/Tues: 12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30; all week: 4:45, 7:10, 9:30) City Slickers (PG) For your info, Billy Crystal's yuppie angst Western is also showing at the Michigan Theater October 25. (At Briarwood: 10:15, 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45, 11:45) Curly Sue (PG) Catch a sneak preview of the latest Macaulay Culkin wanna-be. (At Showcase, Saturday at 7:30 only) . S.C".0 Dead Again (R) Support Ken Branagh one more time... he may make Much Ado About Nothing with the proceeds. (At Briarwood: 10:00, 12:05, 2:15, 4:30, 7:15, 9:30; at Showcase: 12:05, 2:25, 4:35, 7:25, 9:40, 11:55) , Deceived (PG-i13) Goldie Hawn actually succeeds in shaking her flighty Private Benjamin image in this decent Disney thriller with John Heard. (At Showcase: 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:40, 9:55, 12:15) Ernest Scared Stupid (PG) The fourth installment of the brilliant Ernest tetrology from Mr. Varney, about the accidental release of a treacherous troll on Halloween. (At Showcase: 12:20, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:30, 11:30) * ' 0 The Fisher King (R) Director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) presents a commercial but nonetheless satisfying, redemption drama that packs some brilliant moments, as well as fine performances from Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges. (At Briarwood: 10, 1, 4, 7, 9:45, 12:05; at Showcase: 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:05, 12:35) Frankie and Johnny (R) Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino star as they world's best looking waitress and cook in a romantic comedy from Garry (Pretty Woman, Overboard) Marshall. (At Showcase:12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45, 12:10; at Briarwood: 10,12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50,12) Uttie Man Tate (PG) Jodie Fosters directorial debut is an unexceptional, sappy Hollywood drama about a 7-year-old genius caught between his dim mother and an evil psychologist. (At Showcase: 1, 3:10, 5:10, 7:15, 9:25, 11:35) My Own Private Idaho (R) Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy) can now be called one of the most exciting American directors with this unique story of street hustlers that incorporates Shakespeare's Henry IV. Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix also prove they can act. (At Ann Arbor 1 & 2: Sat/Sun/Tue: 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45; all week: 5:00, 7:30, 9:45) . . . Necessary Roughness (PG-13) Possibly the best football film since that First & Ten series on HBO. (At Briarwood: S. Burroughs' spectacular cameo as a (e n dv~ - k junkie priest. Xvi EL(Gus Van Sant, 1989) MLB 4 7:00 & 10:00 No O Ctober -4. . orig Reefer Madness n 10:15, 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7, 9:15, 11:30; at Another drug film, this one condemning the Showcase: 12:15, 2:40, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50, evil weed. 12:00) (Leo Gasnier, 1936) ' - - MLB 4 8:50 101 Dalmations (G)-- - Pure pleasure, and still probably your best Gandhi L' bet. One more time - Cruella Do Vi, The Academy Award-winning epic, in all its moc Cruella Do Vi... Cinemascope glory.r (At Showcase: 12:30) (Richard Attenborough, 1982) - - . ' " MLB 3 8:00 Other People's Money (R) .C--"-.o" Adapted from an off-Broadway comedy hit, Sword of Doom Norman Jewison directs Danny DeVito as a This week's entry in the Japanese period corporate raider attempting a hostile film series is a biting satire. In cinemascope Wi takeover of Penelope Ann Miller. The and with free admission. dram legendary Gregory Peck co-stars. (At (Kihachi Okamoto, 1967)f Briarwood: 10, 12:05, 2:10, 4:15, 7, 9:15, Lorch 7:00 FREE 11:30; at Showcase: 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:40, An" " " " " 9:50, 12:25) Anchors Aweigh & -"-"* " - The Three Musketeers Paradise (PG-13) A double feature of Hollywood classics Hill Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith team up from the '40s directed by George Sidney, Pea in a sentimental drama Yawn. (At who will appear in person at the screening. Us,d Showcase: 12:35, 2:45, 5:00, 7:35, The first film features a pre-Roger Rabbit 10:00, 12:20) mix of animation and action. Both star - - *Gene Kelly. Ricochet (R) (George Sidney, 1945 & 1948) No Affable John Lithgow (Harry and the Hendersons) is cast against type as a Lecteresque killer challenged by one good 'O 'Uk17 cop, Denzel Washington. Yes, it does suck. (At Fox Village: 5, 7:15, 9:30; at Showcase: uMDAD..?wv 12:55, 3:05, 5:20, 7:45, 9:55,12:05) you rAKE An TO THE Rocky Horror Picture Show CGNCdR T NLT No advance screening; not yet reviewed. , C/ONCE EK? (At Briarwood: Fri & Sat 11:30) Shattered (R) Tom Berenger stars as an amnesiac in the t I mystery version of Regarding Henry. With Bob Hoskins and Greta Scacchi along, it might not be a total waste.(At Showcase: 12, 2:20, 4:30, 7:25, 9:35, 11:50; at Briarwood: 10:15, 12:30, 2:45, 4:45, 7:30, o9 , ITHINK 9:30, 11:30) L TA . .. ..K.SS A OAD Suburban Commando (PG-13) Even wrestling writers admit Hulk HoganL1 can't act. (At Fox Village: 5, 7:15, 9:30; at Showcase: 12:45, 2:55, 7:35, 9:25, 11:15) - - The Super (R), Joe Pesci (Raging Bull, Easy Money, HEY,8K& MAN! HOW D Yo R GoodFellas, Home Alone) adds to the /K unwavering quality of his work with this 4F ski Trading Places wanna-be about a slumlord forced to live in his slum. (At Fox Village: 5, 7, 9:45; at Showcase: 12:50, 2:50, 4:45, 7:45, 9:35, 11:45) The Taking of Beverly Hills (R) "The world's richest city is about to- become the victim of the ultimate hostile takeover, unless a football star and a corrupt cop can put a stop to t." Yeah! Wiseguy Ken Wahl stars. (At Showcase: S 4:55; at Fox Village: 5, 7, 9:45) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (R) E A NG, "Say... that's a nice bike." (At Showcase: IT KPS ING AND 2:5 :40, 7:20, 10:05, 12:35) i GOING, . y7'1 Nat Sci Aud 7:00 & 10:00 Berlin Alexanderplatz ot Fassbinder's 1980 classic, but the inal film based on Alfred Doblin's epic ovel about German life in the '20s. (Piel Jutzi, 1931) Aud A 7:00 FREE SATURDAY Wild at Heart ynch at his wackiest provides more rbid entertainment for your buck than most flicks, with a delightful Glenn Miller/Chris Isaak score. (David Lynch, 1990) Aud A 7:00 & 9:15 The Big Chill lliam Hurt and Kevin Kline star in this na about a bunch of whiny graduates from some Midwestern university. (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983) MLB 3 7:30 & 9:30 Hair el concludes its series of "War and ace" films with this musical about the directed by Milos (Amadeus) Forman. (Milos Forman, 1979) Hillel 8:00 & 10:00 lw York Animation / Don's Head A 90-minute compilation of wild new animated shorts, including a "Barbie Doll Cocaine Party." Hmm. (Various directors, 1991) MLB 4 7:30 & 9:15 S=UNDAY Strongheart The Ann Arbor Silent Film society presents three films about Native Americans, including this one about a reservation Indian studying at Columbia, starring Lionel Barrymore. (James Kirkwood, 1914) Sheraton inn 3:00 Robin Hood triple feature Yes, all three film versions of Robin Hood in a row, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Kevin Costner, and Errol Flynn. Michigan Theatre: 4:00 Fairbanks (1922) 6:30 Costner (1991) 9-20 Flynn (1938) Pygmalion Shaw won an Oscar for the screenplay of this film version of his story, with Leslie Howard. (Anthony Asquith, 1938) Aud A 7:00 FREE 0 - it a !w goomillL ll - Tm becnjla-ri~n -iol-o-mb HEy1 Dp you MENT~O MfAT KL( 5 DA 15 TAKM Top Brass (cover story) The relatively few women who are high up in the University's administration share their views on the difficulties faced by women who are trying to advance within a university community. See Page 6. The Sound of Things to Come Arts staffer Andrew J. Cahn shares his experiences at the annual New Music Seminar, which showcased many hot and rising music groups.See Page 4. When Domino's Won't Do. Barbecue "Food for Thought" food consultant Andrew Levy examines the ins and outs of a barbecue - hold the burgers. See Page 9. Also: Cartoons Rabbits and Clarence Thomas take direct hits in this Weekend's comics. Columns Jesse Walker tears into Columbus Day and Scott Chupack voices complaints about a certain dormitory bathroom and the horrors within. Jonathan Chait, who last week was found A.WOL on the opinion page, will return next week. The Weekend List Sturdy and dependable, as always. Cover photo by Brian Cantoni. 0 7L e Million or so I who Discovered A Monday was Columbus Day closer to the five hundredth an "discovery" of America. Back in the eighth grade, I r purported to prove that the Am discovered many times, long be such uncontroversial claims as 1 voyaged to Newfoundland, it w Vikings had pushed all the way Druids had built temples in Pe Mayan pyramids had been buil ESSE established these and other "fa WALKER author delivered his stunning c about all of this, and was actual By the time I got to college, with the one that said that the Sun is cold and the one tha was killed by the Bavarian Illuminati, in that corner of my I, too, can be published someday." Last summer, The Wa that the Pennsylvanian "ancient Druid temples" had actu purposes in the 1920s, convincing me that I had put the b I still have fond memories of it; it was so pleasantly silly. The book's great flaw, other than not understanding te "credible evidence," was its failure to acknowledge that t discovered by several million people before Columbus can American Indians. One of the reasons why this fact is so e there are not a whole lot of American Indians left to assert Columbus deserves credit for a sizeable part of this reduci good many of the Natives himself and sent a number mor A good many people have wondered why the country sI honor a man who, brave and entrepreneurial though he ma be mostly concerned with killing, slave-taking, and empire defenders of the holiday assert that without Columbus, th American Revolution, no Bill of Rights, no - it is almost c The assumption apparently being that, had Columbus not would have. And that, had someone else happened to mak Druid?), peaceful relations with the Indians, based on trad would have been an impossibility. (The fact that such rela tune with the justly celebrated values of freedom and the] point, I guess.) The underlying assumption is that the Indians of the ti than savages. I recently saw one person give the Aztecs' pr as support for this notion. The fact that, at the very same t government that hired Columbus was supporting the equa escaped his notice, as did the realization that most Native not human-sacrificing theocracies like the Aztecs'; indeed, Iroquois - would later become the libertarian model for t Confederation. Of course, we anti-Columbian forces have drawn in our seen them before: people who, being so committed to the justice, and having seen those principles violated so often decide that they they can do very well without Western Ci including those parts that value tolerance and justice. To , matter who discovered America. If the Nina, the Pinta, and been commanded by a group of fanatically pacifist Quaker complained. They don't mind that Columbus was a slave- they just don't like that he was white. (Brownish, actually, 1 matter.) If the first non-Indian to see America had been Id been happy. But they are the fringe. The sharpest, strongest objecti come from those of us who simply don't respet Columbus. I held up for a day, I'd rather it be for someone who really remains of American liberty - Tom Paine, say, or Samuel And in the meantime, I'll try to dig up that damned bo discovered America. Or maybe I'll just watch Herules Agai You might have seen it - it's the one where our hero gets and winds up off the coast of Peru 2500 years in the future Greek-speaking Incas. Maybe we should be celebrating Hercules Day. Someo Greek Temples. BY 1.,D LOIN ICK Z OATS Go? (.2 8Ut'pma, E UPS ME. AND GOtNG- tl.- GiHAT'S NOT TO LIKE? MAN I M SER)OOUS" VM NOT GISTTING ANN Sl6NALS INAT SHE LIKES ME. w M w 0 /r r 4 I I !J WELL, WHAT KIND OF St6NAL5 WERE-HUH? t v o p v Qe ZZ Wfu., THIS HAS SEEN A LANG TIME COMING. e SG'uh SGru new RA& HIS urnz 8tTy. W (%Ict+© i i ii , , 1 } mac ,."" , 11 p 0 l f l , ,, , ) D o D D 4 Weekend Editor-Gil Renberg Weekend Associate Editor-Jesse Walker Editorial Assistant-Jonathan Chait Food Consultants-Andrew Levy, Daniel Poux Staff-Lisa Bean, Scott Chupack, Craig Linne, Matthew Pulliam, Antonio Roque Special Sections Coordinator-Beth Halverson Sales Manager-April Rassa Assistant Sales Manager-Shannon Burke FRIDAY Drugstore Cowboy Make it a Gus Vin Sant weekend with this stylish black comedy starring Matt Dillon, from the director of the hot new filmMy Own Private Idaho. And check out William Weekend is published by The Michigan Daily almost every Friday. Copyright 1991. Unless our knowledge of copyright law is faulty, this copyright should expire in 50 years, at which time you are free to use anything you damn-well please. You won't even need to give us credit or a commission!items for the Weekend List must be submitted at the latest by the Friday before publication. 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