SCREEN DOOR JESUS

"A pleasant surprise...Screen Door Jesus has 63
speaking parts and not one bad performance"
-Chicago Tribune

Tip of the Week!
-New City Chicago

Elegies of Moonlight and Rain:
THE FILMS OF KENJI MIZOGUCHI

UGETSU MONOGATARI

"One of the greatest of all films"
-Roger Ebert

Recommended!
"Ugetsu is one of the great experiences of cinema"
-Chicago Reader

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

"A heartwarming, cleansing film"
-Film Threat

"Wonderful!" -Roger Ebert

"Such a warm, likable, well-written and
well-acted picture that it quickly wins you over"
-Chicago Tribune

RUNIN
(BANISHED)

"[Keiko] Matsuzaka's portrayal of fear, loathing, desperation and courage is understated brilliance."
-Chicago Tribune

"This haunting film recalls Kurosawa in his epic mode"
-Time Out Chicago

PEEP "TV" SHOW

WINNER FIPRESCI Prize Rotterdam Film Fest

Recommended! -Chicago Reader

Farewell: A Tribute to Elem Klimov
and Larissa Shepitko

WELCOME, OR NO TRESPASSING
(Dobro pozhalovat, ili postoronnim vkhod vospreshchyon)

LA SIERRA

WINNER Miami International Film Festival

Farewell: A Tribute to Elem Klimov
and Larissa Shepitko

ADVENTURES
OF A DENTIST
(Pokhozhdeniya
zubnogo vracha)

IFP/Chicago Facets Film Series presents:

KISSING ON THE MOUTH


"An unvarnished, unprotected look at sex in the city"
-Chicago Tribune

CONGO: WHITE KING, RED RUBBER, BLACK DEATH

½
"A remarkable triumph of documentary filmmaking."
-Film Threat

Elegies of Moonlight and Rain:
THE FILMS OF KENJI MIZOGUCHI

STREET OF SHAME

"Devastating...A heightened realism not often seen
in Japanese films at the time"
-Senses of Cinema

½ -Chicago Tribune

Recommended! -Chicago Reader

Farewell: A Tribute to Elem Klimov
and Larissa Shepitko

AGONY-RASPUTIN

"Establishes the outer limits of Soviet Expressionism"
-Village Voice

"Mesmerizing...highly sensual!
Shares an intoxicating headiness with the surreal
works of Andrei Tarkovsky"
-Los Angeles Times