The Michigan Daily -Weekend etc. - March 12,1992 - Page 7 is 1 iMmm mm I I E i - 1a 4 11- r I I FILMS OPENING FRIDAY: T H U R S D A Y T H U R S D A Y T H- U R S D A Y ALuu & NAomv Lukas Haas befriends a young girl who witnessed her father's murder at the hands of the Nazis. With Michael Gross, stretching his wings as an O ctor in his role as "Dad." At the Ann Arbor 1 & 2: 12:45, 2:45, 7:20. AMERICAN ME The ever-intense Edward James Olmos makes his directorial debut (uh-oh) in this film about a powerful East LA crimelord. At Briarwood: 10, 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40, 11::45; at Showcase: 12:15, 2:45, 4:55, 7:35, 10, 12:20. ARTICLE 99 Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker team up for this Veteran hospital drama. At Showcase: 12:40, 3, 5:05, 7:35, 9:45, 12. MY Cousin Vumnw "How low can you go?" Last year's Best Supporting Actor Joe "The Super" Pesci keeps on trying to find, this time as a sleazy lawyer defending his cuz, the Incredible Ralph Macchio. At Briarwood: 10, 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50, 12; at Showcase: 12, 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55, 12:15. Fred Gwynne is the wacky judge in an Italian triumph, My Cousin Vinny. FILMS HOLDING: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST The Greatest Love Story Ever has racked in 100 million big ones and a Best Picture nomination for those greedy bastards at Disney. At Briarwood: 10, 11:35, 1:15, 2:50, 4:25, 6; at Showcase: 12:10, 2:20, 4:20, 6. BUGSv Be sure to check out the best Best Picture nominee, which also features an overrated Warren Beatty and great supporting performances from Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley and late concert promoter Bill Graham. At Fox Village: 4:30, 7, 9:50. CAPE FEAR See Best Actor nominee Robert DeNiro get splashed in the face with a pot of boiling water. At Fox Village: 4:40, 7, 9:30. EUROPA EUROPA Acclaimed German film based on a true story about a Jewish man forced to collaborate with the Nazis during World War II. At the Ann Arbor 1 & 2: 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30. FIa.u AmALYSis When Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman and Zen Master Richard Gere get together to make a steamy psychological thriller, trust us, things get pretty damn steamy. From the director of U2's Rattle & Hum. At Showcase: 12:10, 2:40, 5, 7:40, 10:05, 12:30; at Briarwood: today only at 7:40, 10. FREEJAcK At Fox Village: today only at 4:40, 7, 9:45. FRIED GREEN TOMATOES Four Southern women git togetha fer sum down-home female bonding. More fun than an episode of Hee Haw. At Showcase: 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50, 12:20. GATE II At Showcase: today only at 2:25, 9:35. GLADIATOR Cuba Gooding Jr. (Boyz N the Hood) enters the savage world of underground amateur boxing. At Showcase: 12:45, 2:50, 4:55, 7:30, 9:40, 11:55. GRAND CANYON When ambition falls short, the result is a pretentious dog. Starring a bearded Steve Martin, and featuring the Most Absurd Dream Sequence of '91. At Fox Village: 4:35, 7:15, 10. THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE Those swine at Disney are never satisfied. Beauty and the Beast is still racking in the bucks and Walt's lackeys re-release this mediocre tale about a rodent version of Sherlock Holmes. At Showcase: 12:35, 5:05. THE HAND THAT RoCKs THE CmwLE Wayne State grad Ernie Hudson (yes, the Black Ghostbuster) stars with Rebecca DeMornay in a cheesy USC film school script about an evil nanny. And good news for you budding screenwriters - the script was only produced because it was written by a producer's wife. At Showcase: 2:55, 7:45, 9:55, 12:10. HOOK What a drag it is gettin' old ... At Fox Village: 4:30, 7:05, 9:40. JFK More subversive liberal propaganda from that commie bastard Oliver Snow, er, Stone. Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actor (an impressive Tommy Lee Jones). At Showcase: 7:50, 11:15. THE LAwNMOWER MAN Pierce Brosnan meets Virtual Reality in the latest bad Stephen King adaptation. At Briarwood: 10, 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40, 11::45; at Showcase: 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 7:25, 9:50, 12:25. LIFE Is SwEET At the Ann Arbor 1 & 2: today only at 9:45. * MEDIGNE MAN Eccentric scientist Sean Connery (last seen Whoring for Dollars in Highlander H: The Quickening) discovers a cure for cancer while researching in the Amazon. But ooops! He's lost the formula! With Lorraine Bracco. From the director of Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October. At Showcase: 2:25, 4:45, 7:15; at Briarwood: 10, 12:05, 2:15, 4:30, 7, 9:15, 11:15. MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN Chevy Chase teams up with John Carpenter to make his best low-key comedy since Fletch. Plus lotsa neat-o invisible effects. At Showcase: 12:30, 5:10, 7:40; at Briarwood: 10, 12, 2, 4, 7:10, 9:15. MISSISSIPPI MAsALA Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury fall in love because they're not supposed to, in this Jungle Fever from the director of Salaam Bombay! At Showcase: 12:05, 9:40, 12:05; at Briarwood: 10:15, 12:30, 2:45, 5, *7:25, 9:45, 11:55. ONCE Uo A CRIME Another Hollywood Pictures "comedy caper" (i.e. dog), with Richard Lewis, Sean Young, John Candy and a host of other losers. At Showcase: 12:25, 2:35, 4:35, 7:20, 9:35, 11:50. THE PmmCE OF TIDES Barbra Streisand got the Oscar snub for her direction, but at least the great Nick Nolte was recognized. At the Ann Arbor 1 & 2: 4:45, 9:15. RoCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOw No advance screening; not yet reviewed. At Briarwood: Fri & Sat only at 11:30. SHINING THROUcH At Fox Village: today only at 4:30, 7:15, 9:55. SyoP! OR MY Mom WIU. SHooT David Letterman predicted that Sly's next effort will be Stop! Or I'll Make Rocky VI! At Showcase: 2:45, 9:45, 11:45; at * Briarwood: 7:45, 9:45, 11:30. TERMINAL BLISS At Showcase: today only at 12:55, 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 10. 35 UP (1991) Michael Apted's been interviewing a group of kids every seven years since they were seven. Now they're 35. Mich Th 7:00 KoRczAK Great Polish director Andrew Wajda teams up with Europa Europa director Agnieszka Holland for this Holocaust drama. Hillel 8:00 CAPE FEAR (1992) See Best Actor nominee Robert DeNiro bite a chunk out of a woman's cheek. Mich Th 9:25 F RI.D A Y MR. SHOSUKE OHARA (1949) From Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Shimizu. Lorch 7:00 free BLONDE EMMAIUELLE (1983) 3-D porn, "comin' at ya" from the Ann Arbor Film Co-op. Aud A 7:30 & 9:20 FIVE EASY PIECES (1970) A younger Jack Nicholson stars as a musician in this drama from the director of Head, the brilliant Monkees' movie which was co-written by Nicholson. MLB 4 7:30 UN CHIEN ANDALOUSIMON OF THE DESERT (1928/1965) Luis Bunuel's eyeball-slicin' classic is paired with his later film about a pole-sitting monk. MLB 3 7:30 & 10:10 THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962) More from Bunuel, not about a vengeful prostitute, but a black send-up of haute- couture. MLB 3 8:40 TEN FOR Two (19711992) John and Yoko came to Ann Arbor for a rally after the pigs busted counter-culture figure John Sinclair for possessing two joints. Sinclair himself will be on hand to speak after the documentary. Mich Th 8:00 CITY SLICKERS (1991) Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby and hot director Ron Underwood (Tremors) team up for this moronically fun "comedy caper." With Best Supporting Actor nominee (?) Jack Palance. International Ctr 8:00free PRmZZIS HONOR (1985) More Nicholson, along with John Huston, Kathleen Turner and da mob. MLB 4 9:30 SA T U R D A Y SCENE OF THE CRIME French thriller starring Catherine Deneuve, who you might remember getting some drastic gynecological surgery in Dead Ringers. MLB 3 7:00 & 9:00 AN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL RETROSPECTIVE SCREENING Best of the indie film fest's last 29 years. Mich Th 7:00,9:30 & midnite BLONDE EmMANUELLE (1983) See Friday. Aud A 7:30 & 9:20 KHUSH (1991) Not them spongy balls they sell at Middle Earth, but a short film about ecstasy and love in the gay community. Aud C 7:30free ORIENTATIONS (1985) Interviews with gay people of color. Aud C 8:00 free TwO LIES (1989) A Chinese- American woman and her daughters struggle with their identity. Aud C 9:00 free ONE FLEw OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) Even more Nicholson, this time as a mental patient in Milos Forman 's amazing version of Ken Kesey's novel. MLB 4 9:00 S U N D A Y CAMLLE The Ann Arbor Silent Film Society presents this film, based on the Alexander Dumas story that inspired Verdi's La Traviata. With the short Salome. Sheraton (near Briarwood) 3:00 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) Ain't it, though? Especially here in snowy Ann Arbor, where you can enjoy this holiday classic in March! Merrrrry Christmas! Aud A 7:00free KoRczaK (1991) See Thursday. Hillel 8:00 M O N D A Y THE LAST SUPPER (1977) A Cuban slaveowner forces his workers to re- enact the Last Supper for Christmas. Rackham 7:00free T U E S D A Y ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL 30 Different groundbreaking films every damn night! Check out this Ann Arbor institution if you haven't, loser. Mich JERRY AND THE JUVENILES Rock or something like that, Rick's, 996-2747 JAzz COMBOS North Campus Commons, 8 p.m., 763-4726, $2. TRACEY SCIENCE w/YMI Cool local jazz, Blind Pig, 996-8555 DREW WESTON The Doctor who can't sing returns from Harvard Hell, Ark, 8 p.m., $7.75 students, seniors, members, $8.75 everyone else. F R I D A Y CHUNKY SEED w/BmcHT BLACK AND THE STEVE SOMERS BAND Cool bands playing at Heidelberg, 663-7758 THE DETROIT ALL-STAR JAZZ REUNION QUARTET Jack Brokenshaon vibes, Matt Michaels on piano, Dan Jordon on bass, and drummer Jerry McKenzie, Bird of Paradise 662-8310 THE MAD HATTERS They fuse "blues, funk, and folk," Rick's, 996-2747 THE RFD BOYS Bluegrass, Ark, 8 p.m., $7.75 students, members, seniors, $8.75 others, 761-1451 RoN BROOKS TRIO w/ERC BRANDON Jazz, Bird of Paradise, 662-8310 SouTHCOINC ZAK w/GROOVE SPOON Quirky Rock, Blind Pig, 996-8555 S A T U R D A Y BLUES FACTORY RECORDS BLUES FESTIVAL Featuring loads o' Blues artists, Blind Pig, 996-8555 RON BROOKS TRIO w/EwC BRANDO See Friday. PAT DONOHUE Guitarist at the Ark, 8 p.m., $9.75 for members, students, seniors, $10.75 for everyone else, 761-1451 ELECTRONIC MUSIC New Works from the Electronic Music Studios, Rackham Lecture Hall, 8 p.m., 763-4726. DEBBIE FRIEDMAN Singer/ songwriter, Hillel, 8 p.m., $10, $6 students, 769-0500. DUKE TUMATO & THE POWER TRIO Veteran road bar rockers, Rick's, 996- 2747 INSIDE OUT Three-piece, alternative, all-woman band, Cross Street, 485-5050 MISSIONARY STEW w/VOoDOO CHILI More Rock at the Heidelberg, 663-7758 WIND & PERCUSSION Scholarship recital, Kerrytown Concert, 8 p.m., 763-4726. S U N D A Y GARY DETLEF'S BAD ATTITUDE ARTS ENSEMBLE Blues, Blind Pig, 996-8555 FACULTY ARTISTS CONCERT Hill Aud., 8 p.m., free, 763-4726. EDUARDO FERNANDEz Guitarist playing Beethoven, Rodrigo and Rimsky- Korsakov, Michigan Theater, 4 p.m., with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, $12, $15, $18, 668-8397. HOMEGROWN WOMEN'S MUSIC SERIES W/REPERCUSSIONS, HIDEKO MILLS, WASENTHA I might like more folk if it weren't for things like this, Ark, 7:30 p.m., $6-10, 761-1451 SCOTT HENDERSON, GARY WILLIS AND TRIBAL TECH Guitarist, Magic Bag Theater Cafe, Femdale, 7:30 p.m., $10, $12.50, 645-6666 M O N D A Y ACADEMY OF EARLY MUSIC Pendleton Room of the Michigan Theater, Baroque harpsichord, voice, violin and viola da gamba, 8 p.m., free, 764-7544. COMPOSERS' FORUM Showcase of student compositions, 8 p.m., School of Music Recital Hall, 763-4726. FULL MOON RISING They probably sound like CCR, Rick's, 996-2747 JAMES Cool British band that's been around forever, St. Andrew's Hall, 961- MELT ROBERT JONES AND MIKE STEVENS Blues, Ark, $8.75 members, students, seniors, $9.75 everyone else, 761-1451 STUDENT HARPSICHORD RECITAL Blanche Anderson Moore Hall, 8 p.m., 763- ROBERT JONES AND MIKE STEVENS Blues, Ark, $8.75 members, students, seniors, $9.75 everyone else, 761-1451 STUDENT HARPSICHORD RECITAL Blanche Anderson Moore Hall, 8 p.m., 763- 4726. T U E S D A Y THE ATTIC w/BARTONIANS Classic Rock, Blind Pig, 996-8555 FRANK ALuSON & THE ODD SOx They're back. Hurray., Rick's 996-2747 GRADUATE STUDENT RECITAL 19th- and 20th century vocal music, Rackham Assembly Hall, 8:30 p.m., free, 662-9775. IRISH CEIu Audience participation with poetry, song, comedy and musical instrument, North Campus Commons, 8 p.m., 764-7544. RICHT SAID FRED I'm too sexy to tour but I am anyway, Industry, 645-6666 W E D N E S D A Y LUSH Winsome quartet rocks out ethereally, St. Andrew's Hall, 961-MELT THE PRODiGALS Rock or something like that, Rick's, 996-2747 VUDU HIPPIES Yeah, we've heard it before, Blind Pig, 996-8555 ARTTALKs Cezanne and Seurat slide talk at the University Museum of Art, 12 noon, free, 764-0395. DAN RUSKIN Comedy in Concert, 10:30 a.m., $10 for the show and $10 for a luncheon following, 662-7593 or 761- 7221. HIcHLY IMPROvABLE Ann Arbor's new improvisational troupe will perform at the U-Club. The 6:45 p.m. show is free if dinner is purchased; the 10 p.m. show has a $2 admission, 763-2236. MORE FUn THAN BOwuNG A philosophical comedy centering around the owner of a midwestern Bowling Alley, his devotion to the sport of bowling and his past loves and ex-wives. $l5-$25. The Purple Rose Theatre, Chelsea. Call 475-7902 SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART Forrest McGill delivers a lecture, "A Case Study," East Conference Room, Rackham Auditorium, 3 p.m., free. WHITLEY SETRAKUUIA Lobster, skulls (human skulls), bridges (civil engineer- ing) and the highest paid female entertainer in the world, that pop tart Madonna are all part of this new show, Performance Network, 8 p.m., $9, $7 students, 663-0681. YAKOV SMIRNOFF Mainstreet Comedy Showcase, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. shows, $22.50 for reserved seating, call 996- 9080. F R I D A Y MORE FUN THAN BOWUNG See Thursday. WHITLEY SETRAKUIA See Thursday. YAKOv SMIRNOFF See Thursday. S A T U R D A Y BICHImS BIA CONcO Nguisani Matinu: Dancing To The Same Drum a show of African-American and Congolese lifestyles, Mendelssohn Theater, 8 p.m., $12, $7 students, 763-TKTS. HANDS-On MUSEUM The Great Water Race, Mummies, Mystery & Magic and Astronauts & Space (also a 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. session). 10 to 12 p.m., $10 workshop cost, 995-5439. MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION MFA candidates exhibit their works, opening reception 5 p.m., 763-4417. MORE FUN THAN BowuNG See Thursday. NOCHES TROPICALES Fund-raising for MORE FUN THAN BOWUNG See Thursday. NoCHEs TROPICALES Fund-raising for Dance Scholarships featuring dances, music and food of Latin America, Rehearsal Room of the Power Center, 8 p.m., 763-3333. STUDENT AwARDs Presentation and reception in the Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, School of Art, 7 p.m.,call 763- 4417. WHITLEY SETRAKIA See Thursday. S U N D A Y ARTTOUR University Museum of Art, exhibition, 2 p.m., free, 747-2067. BICHiNiS BIA CoNco See Saturday, 6 p.m. JAPAN CULTURE DAY Organized by the Japan Student Association, you'll have to see what it's about yourself, Michigan Union Ballroom, noon to 4 p.m., 994- 1305. MomE FUN THAN BOwuNG See Thursday. WHITLEY SETRAKIAn See Thursday, 6:30 p.m. M O N D A Y HAMANTASHEN DEuvERY Help make and deliver these cookies to senior citizens this Purim, Hillel, 764-8854. JEWISH FEImIST GROUP The Changing Roles of Israeli Women, Hillel, 7 p.m., 747-6575. 2ND ANNUAL GOLDEN APPLE AwARD Answers the question posed to profes- sors., "If you could only give one lecture, what would you really want to say to this generation of students?" And everyone's favorite Bible prof, Ralph G. Williams is this year's lucky winner. Rackham Aud., 8 p.m., free, 769-0500. T U E S D A Y ARTBREAKS A tour of the University Museum of Art exhibition at 12:10-12:30 p.m., free, 747-2067.