Now Showing Sunday, March 14, through Saturday, March 20

Key: Critic's Choice, Recommended, New and Free

Ajami Jewish filmmaker Yaron Shani and Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti collaborated on this gritty Israeli drama, which circles around chronologically in Pulp Fiction fashion to tell … Music Box and Renaissance Place

Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton has dropped the Mad Hatter's "clean cups" bit from this adaptation of Lewis Carroll, though he does find time for a leaden narrative … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Davis, Ford City, Gardens 7-13, New 400, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, Pickwick, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings and Webster Place 11

Alice in Wonderland 3D Tim Burton has dropped the Mad Hatter's "clean cups" bit from this adaptation of Lewis Carroll, though he does find time for a leaden narrative … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Gardens 1-6, Lake, Niles ShowPlace 12, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings, ShowPlace ICON and Webster Place 11

Alice in Wonderland: An IMAX 3D Experience Tim Burton has dropped the Mad Hatter's "clean cup" bit from this adaptation of Lewis Carroll, though he does find time for a leaden narrative … Navy Pier IMAX

The Art of the Steal Philadelphia pharmaceutical baron Albert C. Barnes saw greatness in the canvases of Matisse and Van Gogh long before the curatorial caste caught on to post-Impressionism, … Landmark's Century Centre and Renaissance Place

Avatar More than a decade in the making, James Cameron's 3-D fantasy about a colony of human astronauts hoping to plunder an alien rainforest represents a … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6 and Crown Village 18

Avatar 3D More than a decade in the making, James Cameron's 3-D fantasy about a colony of human astronauts hoping to plunder an alien rainforest represents a … Lake, River East 21 and ShowPlace ICON

Black Butterfly This drama by Mark Harris tells the story of a 16-year-old girl and aspiring Olympic swimmer who is brutally raped. Chatham 14

The Blind Side Based on the nonfiction book by Michael Lewis, this potent tearjerker tells the story of Michael Oher, a gigantic black teenager from impoverished West Memphis … Gardens 1-6, Highland Park, Logan, Northbrook Public Library, Tivoli and Webster Place 11

The Boondock Saints This 1999 Reservoir Dogs knockoff got a second lease on life when its tortured production was chronicled in the jaw-dropping documentary Overnight. A macho bloodbath … Darkroom

Brooklyn's Finest If there were any more cops on the edge in this arrhythmic, ham-fisted crime drama, Brooklyn would need a bigger edge. Ethan Hawke is a … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Gardens 1-6, New 400, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, River East 21 and Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings

Cell 211 A newly hired guard at a Spanish penitentiary (Alberto Ammann) gets knocked out by falling plaster during orientation; by the time he regains consciousness, the … Gene Siskel Film Center

A Chemical Reaction Brett Plymale directed this 2009 documentary about a Quebec town's efforts to ban toxic lawn and garden pesticides. 79 min. Columbia College, Ferguson Auditorium

The Collectress Traumatized by her father’s death, a leggy blond speech therapist (Gabija Jaraminaite) loses all capacity for human emotion, then discovers that can access her feelings … Gene Siskel Film Center

Congo River, Beyond Darkness Belgian filmmaker Thierry Michel travels the length of the Congo in this 2005 documentary. 116 min. Alliance Francaise

Cop Out Nothing to see here, keep moving. Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan are New York cops whose commander relieves them of their guns and badges after … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Gardens 7-13, Lake, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings and ShowPlace ICON

The Crazies George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) ended with a crushingly ironic scene in which the lone survivor of a zombie onslaught is … Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Gardens 1-6, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, River East 21 and Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings

Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges finds the perfect vehicle for his lazy charm and bitter irony in the role of Bad Blake, a washed-up country star trying to … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Crown Village 18, Davis, Landmark's Century Centre, Niles ShowPlace 12, Pickwick, Renaissance Place, River East 21, ShowPlace ICON and Wilmette Theatre

Dear John A goody-two-shoes college student (Amanda Seyfried) falls for a gigantic slab of gorgeous (Channing Tatum), and after he returns to his special forces unit they … Gardens 7-13 and Logan

Dirt! The Movie Bill Benenson, Gene Rosow, and Eleonore Dailly directed this 2009 documentary that explores the importance of dirt as a natural resource, and the effects of … Chicago Cultural Center and Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center

Django Sergio Corbucci directed this 1966 western about a man who arrives in a border town dragging a coffin behind him, and the desire to settle … Delilah's

An Education In London during the early 60s, a precocious 16-year-old schoolgirl (Carey Mulligan) is seduced by a middle-aged grifter (Peter Sarsgaard) so good at his game … Highland Park and Landmark's Century Centre

8 Centuries of Muslims in America Muslim News Magazine produced this documentary on the evolution of Islam in the United States, starting with African Muslims who arrived on the North American … Chatham 14

Fair Use This New York City trio—musicians Zach Layton and Matthew Ostrowski, and video artist R. Luke DuBois—will remix the features Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey … Nightingale

Father of My Children A French film producer (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) begins to buckle under the weight of his financial problems, taking care to conceal his growing desperation from … Gene Siskel Film Center

Fuego Armando Bo directed this 1969 drama about a woman (played by Isabela Sarli) and her sex drive. 81 min. Facets Cinematheque

The Ghost Writer Because this suspense film was directed by Roman Polanski and centers on a character who's fighting extradition for past crimes, it's bound to get more …

God's Little Acre Erskine Caldwell's steamy 1933 novel had to wait a quarter century to be filmed and even then came out under the aegis of an independent … Bank of America Cinema

The Good Guy Any movie that name-checks Ford Maddox Ford's novel The Good Soldier is OK by me, and clearly writer-director Julio DePietro has made a careful study … Pipers Alley

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk in 3D A raft journey down the Colorado River is the focus of this large-format documentary, which touches on global water issues. Greg MacGillivray directed, and Robert … Navy Pier IMAX

Green Zone Director Paul Greengrass has applied his jumpy, tumbling visual style to action blockbusters with Matt Damon (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) and serious dramatizations … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Gardens 7-13, Lake, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, Pickwick, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings, ShowPlace ICON and Webster Place 11

Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss A darling of the Third Reich, German director Veit Harlan became infamous for the anti-Semitic propaganda film Jew Suss (1940), which was seen by some … Gene Siskel Film Center

The Harmonists The Comedian Harmonists, a German singing group with three Jewish members that was formed in 1927 and disbanded in 1934, are the subject of this … Hyde Park Jewish Community Center

Hoodoo Gurus: Tunnel Vision Thirty music videos featuring the Australian power-pop band. 87 min. Delilah's

Human Footprint This National Geographic program examines the environmental impact of consumerism and overconsumption. 90 min. Notebaert Nature Museum

The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow's heart-stopping Iraq war drama (2009) follows a U.S. army bomb squad around Baghdad as it defuses IEDs, a job that places the men … Highland Park, Logan, ShowPlace ICON and Webster Place 11

Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited action flick isn’t a World War II movie—it’s a movie about World War II movies and, by extension, how the Third Reich … Highland Park

Invictus Based on a book by John Carlin, this elephantine sports drama chronicles President Nelson Mandela's quest to unite black and white South Africans by driving … Pipers Alley

It's Complicated Nancy Meyers has become not just a writer-director but a brand: after What Women Want (2000) and Something's Gotta Give (2003), middle-aged women know they … Gardens 7-13 and the Vic

Katanga Business The Congolese province of Katanga is a major supplier of the world’s gold, copper, and uranium, but precious little of the profit trickles down to … Gene Siskel Film Center

Landscape Films Screening The student-run Experimental Film Society at the School of the Art Institute hosts a program of shorts: Peter Kubelka's Unsere Afrikareise, Bruce Baillie's Valentin de … School of the Art Institute, room 1307

The Last Station Adapted from a novel by Jay Parini, this lively costume drama chronicles the last days of Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), presented here as a knock-down, … Landmark's Century Centre and Renaissance Place

Leprechaun A 1993 horror comedy about an Irish leprechaun kidnapped and brought to North Dakota to look for a pot of gold. Mark Jones directed his … Darkroom

The Man From London After the more complicated story lines of Satantango and Werckmeister Harmonies, Hungarian master Bela Tarr boils a Georges Simenon novel down to a few primal … Facets Cinematheque

Marina of the Zabbaleen Engi Wassef directed this 2008 documentary about a young girl who lives in a zabbala, or trash village, on the outskirts of Cairo. In Arabic … Facets Cinematheque

My Name Is Khan Karan Johar directed this drama in which a Muslim man with Asperger’s syndrome is detained by airport authorities who interpret his disability as suspicious behavior. … Pipers Alley

North Face Writer-director Philipp Stölzl dramatizes the 1936 attempt of four climbers to scale the deadly north face of Mount Eiger in the Swiss Alps, and the … Music Box and Wilmette Theatre

Oddsac Filmmaker Danny Perez collaborated with the indie rock band Animal Collective on this experimental piece. 54 min. Music Box

Our Family Wedding Interracial lovebirds America Ferrera and Lance Gross want to tie the knot, but before they can break the news to their parents, his father (Forest … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Gardens 7-13, Norridge, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings and ShowPlace ICON

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter movies, adapts another best-selling novel for young adults: Rick Riordan's inaugural book about a kid (Logan … Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Gardens 7-13, Niles ShowPlace 12, Pickwick, River East 21 and Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings

Potter-Belmar Labs The duo Leslie Raymond and Jason Jay Stevens, who collaborate as Potter-Belmar Labs, will perform their brand of "live cinema"—a combination of projected images, sounds, … Chicago Filmmakers

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push'' by Sapphire With Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey as executive producers, this drama about an obese, illiterate black teen in Harlem practically guarantees some emotional uplift. But … Highland Park and Pipers Alley

A Prophet Some have compared this French crime drama to The Godfather, and though that may be a common critical touchstone, writer-director Jacques Audiard (Read My Lips, … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre and Renaissance Place

Red Riding: 1974 Adapted from a series of novels by David Peace, the "Red Riding" trilogy (2009) incorporates true-crime stories from the north of England into a sweeping … Music Box

Red Riding: 1980 The real-life crimes of the Yorkshire Ripper figure heavily in this engrossing police procedural, the second installment in the neo-noir "Red Riding" trilogy (2009). After … Music Box

Red Riding: 1983 The third and last installment of the "Red Riding" trilogy (2009) works overtime to tie up all the loose ends from the previous two movies, … Music Box

Remember Me In 1991 a little girl witnesses her mother's murder on an elevated train platform in Brooklyn; ten years later, as a feisty, blue-collar student at … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Gardens 7-13, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings, ShowPlace ICON and Webster Place 11

Risky Business Paul Brickman's 1983 film approaches Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End as one of the finest film explorations of the end of innocence. Taking off from the … Music Box

The Rocky Horror Picture Show This 1975 film version of the bisexual-chic rock musical tries its damnedest to be outrageous, but finally has a hard time justifying its R rating. … Music Box

Videos by Tom Rubnitz, 1983-1992 Experimental videos by the queer avant-garde filmmaker, including "rarities." 70 min. School of the Art Institute, room 1307

Secret Beyond the Door Fritz Lang's third thriller with Joan Bennett (after Scarlet Street and The Woman in the Window), a Freudian version of the Bluebeard story, is probably … Music Box

She's Out of My League A nebbish who searches suitcases at the Philadelphia airport (Jay Baruchel) stumbles into a serious commitment with a hot chick (Alice Eve), though his buddies … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, Crown Village 18, Davis, Ford City, Gardens 1-6, Lake, New 400, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings, ShowPlace ICON and Webster Place 11

Shutter Island Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo star as federal marshals summoned to an island hospital for the criminally insane; a patient has gone missing, but the … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero ShowPlace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Davis, Ford City, Gardens 1-6, Lake, New 400, Niles ShowPlace 12, Norridge, River East 21, Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings, ShowPlace ICON and Webster Place 11

A Single Man Fashion designer Tom Ford makes his directing debut with this haunting adaptation (cowritten with David Scearce) of Christopher Isherwood's groundbreaking 1964 novel about gay love. … Landmark's Century Centre

Sound of Silent Film Festival Contemporary silent films, scored and accompanied by local musicians. Among the works featured are the Quay Brothers' The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984), Virgil Widrich's … Chopin Theatre

A Star Is Born Though it isn't the work of art George Cukor's 1954 remake is, this 1937 William Wellman-David O. Selznick production (itself a partial remake of Cukor's … Gene Siskel Film Center

Storm Hans-Christian Schmid directed this 2009 thriller in which a lawyer at the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague presses on with her prosecution of a … Open Books

Tooth Fairy In this comedy directed by Michael Lembeck, a minor league hockey player (played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) must serve as the Tooth Fairy for … Chatham 14

Up in the Air Jason Reitman's smart and polished rom-com about a white-collar hatchet man (George Clooney) has been marinating in Oscar buzz since it premiered at the Toronto … the Vic

Valentine's Day Though not unlike a feature film in many respects, this succession of images, words, and music from goo-slinger extraordinaire Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman) is actually … 600 N. Michigan, Ford City, Gardens 7-13 and River East 21

Waking Ned Devine When someone wins the lottery in a tiny Irish sea town, a pair of old friends (Ian Bannen and David Kelly) plot to find out … Beverly Arts Center

The Wolfman There have been plenty of werewolf movies, but incredibly, this is the first-ever remake of Universal's 1941 horror classic The Wolf Man. Perpetually haunted Benicio … Chatham 14, Ford City, Logan and Showplace 14 - Galewood Crossings

The Yellow Handkerchief William Hurt's considerable talents are wasted on this lugubrious road movie (2008), adapted from a Pete Hamill story that was also the basis for a … River East 21

The Young Victoria Smartly scripted by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), this historical romance chronicles the early reign of Queen Victoria, played with admirable intelligence and feeling by Emily … Pipers Alley

Youth in Revolt Nerdy nice guy Michael Cera finds the girl of his dreams (Portia Doubleday) while camping with his sluttish mom (Jean Smart) and her boorish boyfriend … the Vic