Now Showing Friday, February 3, through Thursday, February 9

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Active Stealth Daniel Baldwin stars in this 1999 actioner, as a traumatized fighter pilot ordered on a hi-tech mission to Mexico. Fred Olen Ray directed. Delilah's

The Adventures of Tintin 3D Whenever Steven Spielberg works in his self-conscious blockbuster mode—as in the Indiana Jones or Jurassic Park movies--his action sequences are staged with such precision that … City North 14

Albert Nobbs Glenn Close finally succeeds in mounting a screen version of the cross-dressing play she starred in on Broadway in 1982, about a meek, impoverished woman … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre and River East 21

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked The singing rodents fall off a cruise ship and wash up on a seemingly deserted island. Mike Mitchell directed. Chatham 14, City North 14, Ford City, Lawndale 10 and Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings

The Artist French director Michel Hazanavicius takes a break from his OSS 117 spy spoofs to pay loving tribute to the silent cinema, re-creating its luminous black-and-white … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Crown Village 18, Davis, Lake, Landmark's Century Centre, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON and Wilmette

Beauty and the Beast Despite some excessive narrative streamlining, this 1991 release was Disney's best animated feature in years, full of charm and humor. It seems to have benefited … Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings

Beauty and the Beast 3D Despite some excessive narrative streamlining, this 1991 release was Disney's best animated feature in years, full of charm and humor. It seems to have benefited … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, River East 21, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

Big Miracle This above-average children's drama from Universal manages to hit all the right notes as an inspirational story while providing a savvy, even cynical account of … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Directed by Goran Hugo Olsson, this Swedish documentary draws on a treasure trove of film footage brought back from the United States by TV reporters … Chatham 14

Blood Money Rowland Brown directed only three movies, but if this 1933 crime melodrama is any indication, he had a masterful sense of story and a surprisingly … Northwestern University Block Museum of Art

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama Amy Rice and Alicia Sams directed this 2009 HBO documentary about Obama's first presidential campaign. Madison Street Theatre

Call Northside 777 Chicago newspaperman James Stewart investigates a murder in this 1948 feature. Director Henry Hathaway specialized in these true-life dramas in the late 40s and early … Northbrook Public Library

Carnage After a school bully assaults a classmate, the victim's parents (Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly) invite the aggressor's parents (Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz) over for … Landmark's Century Centre

Casablanca Part of what makes this wartime Hollywood drama (1942) about love and political commitment so fondly remembered is its evocation of a time when the … Northwestern University Block Museum of Art

Chronicle Three teenage boys in a Seattle suburb gain the powers of telekinesis and super strength after encountering a mysterious alien life force, but instead of … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Lawndale 10, New 400, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

Shorts curated by Cinema Culture The local indie-film club presents shorts by up-and-coming artists, including Amir George, Andy Cahill, and Nelson Carvajal. Cole's

The City Dark Ian Cheney's 2011 documentary considers the starless urban sky and the ill effects of artificial light on people and animals. Gene Siskel Film Center

Contraband This no-frills heist thriller isn’t completely devoid of merit: director Baltasar Kormákur (best known for the Icelandic comedy 101 Reykjavik) brings a keen eye to … 600 N. Michigan, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

Coriolanus Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus is seldom staged, yet its story of a professional warrior who proves unfit for democratic society seems as pertinent as ever. Ralph … Landmark's Century Centre

A Dangerous Method John Kerr's nonfiction book A Most Dangerous Method details the scintillating but ultimately fractious professional friendship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, as well as … River East 21

The Descendants Alexander Payne has won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay (Sideways), but you'd never guess that from this clumsily written drama: characters keep explaining things … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Crown Village 18, Davis, Landmark's Century Centre, New 400, River East 21 and Showplace ICON

The Devil Inside Almost competent but not quite watchable, this cheapie horror item blatantly steals from The Exorcist and The Blair Witch Project then cheapens its models by … Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14 and Ford City

Films by Bill Douglas These medium-length films constitute the first two parts of director Bill Douglas's autobiographical trilogy about growing up in a Scottish mining town. They represent the … Gene Siskel Film Center and Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress German documentary maker Gereon Wetzel chronicles a year in the life of El Bulli, the legendary modernist-cuisine restaurant in Spain that served its final 30-course … Gene Siskel Film Center

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close With feel-good icons Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks on board, you know this 9/11 drama will travel a safe emotional arc: loss, grief, confrontation, healing, … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Lake, River East 21, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

Footloose In this remake of the 1984 teenpic, a brooding city kid (Kenny Wormald) moves to a conservative village where dancing's been outlawed. The movie … the Vic

Four Nights of a Dreamer An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's White Nights, Robert Bresson's 1971 film is an exploration of romantic love rendered in the precise, austere style of his better-known … Gene Siskel Film Center

Foxes Adrian Lyne (Flashdance, Fatal Attraction) made his directing debut with this 1980 drama about teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley. With Jodie Foster, Cherie … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo David Fincher's adaptation of the international best-seller is a triumph of craftsmanship over material. Though Steven Zallian's screenplay preserves the ugly details and underlying puritanism … 600 N. Michigan, Crown Village 18, Davis, River East 21, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

The Grey A great leap forward for the talented action director Joe Carnahan, this old-fashioned suspense tale builds on and yet subtly criticizes the slick violence of … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Lake, Lawndale 10, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON, Webster Place 11 and Wilmette

Group 312 Films A presentation by the local collective of filmmakers and digital-video artists.

Haywire Steven Soderbergh has announced that he'll soon retire from directing to become a painter, and this international thriller—his 23rd feature since 1989—registers as the work … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings and Showplace ICON

The House of the Devil From its freeze-frame credits onward, this indie horror flick by Ti West aspires to the silent, low-boiling dread of 70s drive-in shockers like Black Christmas … Music Box

Hugo "The movies are our special place," remarks the title character, and his words go a long way toward explaining how Martin Scorsese came to make … Showplace ICON

Hugo 3D "The movies are our special place," remarks the title character, and his words go a long way toward explaining how Martin Scorsese came to make … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Crown Village 18, River East 21, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

In the Heat of the Night Philly cop Sidney Poitier, stranded in racist Mississippi, teams up with redneck sheriff Rod Steiger to solve a murder. A decent piece of do-good cinema … Music Box

The Innkeepers Ti West made his name with The House of the Devil (2009), a 70s-style shocker about a college student hired to mind a spooky old … Music Box

The Interrupters Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and longtime friend Alex Kotlowitz (author of the best seller There Are No Children Here) produced this stirring documentary … Francis W. Parker School

The Iron Lady My hopes for this biopic of Margaret Thatcher dimmed when I learned that the director was Phyllida Lloyd, perpetrator of Mamma Mia! But the other … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Davis, Lake, River East 21 and Webster Place 11

Joyful Noise Everyone onscreen (including Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, and the lesser-known supporting players) seems to be having a good time in this cheesy musical comedy, even … Chatham 14, Crown Village 18, Lawndale 10 and Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings

The Kids Are All Right Plenty of movies strive for topicality, but occasionally something like The Kids Are All Right slaps you in the face with the world you're actually … Film Row Cinema, Columbia College

The Last Movie The least that can be said for Dennis Hopper's 1971 drama is that no other studio-released film of the period is quite so formally audacious. …

Lemmy: 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son of a Bitch Lemmy Kilmister has earned a massive fan base in his 40-odd years as a sartorial icon, fabled consumer of substances, and front man for the … Delilah's

Life, Above All Adapted from a novel by Allan Straton, this 2010 feature combines deftly executed melodrama with an eye-opening look at the ills confronting poor rural women … Chatham 14 and Lawndale 10

Love Free or Die Macky Alston profiles Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire.

Les Lutins (French shorts) Four contemporary French short films. In French with subtitles. Alliance Francaise

A Man Escaped Based on a French lieutenant's account of his 1942 escape from a gestapo fortress in Lyon, this stately yet uncommonly gripping 1956 feature is my … Gene Siskel Film Center

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 … Gene Siskel Film Center

Man on a Ledge Asger Leth, best known for the political documentary Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006), isn't someone I expected to revive the taut, unpretentious crime filmmaking that … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Lake, New 400, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

Miracle at St. Anna With this adaptation of James McBride's novel, Spike Lee aims for an African-American Saving Private Ryan that will recognize the bravery and sacrifice of the … Pritzker Military Library

Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol: The IMAX Experience The Mission: Impossible franchise is easy to dismiss as Tom Cruise's zillion-dollar plaything, but he deserves some credit for handing each installment over to a … Navy Pier IMAX

Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol The Mission: Impossible franchise is easy to dismiss as Tom Cruise's zillion-dollar plaything, but he deserves some credit for handing each installment over to a … Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings and Showplace ICON

Mouchette This 1966 film is probably the most punishing and intense of Robert Bresson's studies of modern martyrdom, a story of a teenage peasant girl whose … Gene Siskel Film Center

My Piece of the Pie The once-promising director Cédric Klapisch follows up Russian Dolls (2005) and Paris (2008) with another glossy coffee-table book of a film, presenting familiar content through … Gene Siskel Film Center

My Week With Marilyn Adapted from a memoir by Colin Clark, this British feature recounts his brief friendship with Marilyn Monroe in 1957, when he was a lowly assistant … Landmark's Century Centre

Navajo Joe A lanky young Burt Reynolds, in his second movie lead, plays a Navajo who rides down from the mountains to help some white townspeople drive … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

New Year's Eve Director Garry Marshall and screenwriter Katherine Fugate return to the formula of their rom-com hit Valentine's Day, putting another demographically chosen ensemble of stars through … the Vic

One for the Money Katherine Heigl starts up as a bail bondswoman, and her first task is to track down—who else?—an ex. Julie Anne Robinson directs this crime-comedy. 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Lake, Lawndale 10, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11

Persepolis Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical comics about growing up in postrevolutionary Iran have been condensed by Satrapi and codirector Vincent Paronnaud into a beautiful black-and-white animation (2007) …

Pina German choreographer Pina Bausch died suddenly in 2009, days before she was to codirect this documentary with longtime friend Wim Wenders. The movie he went … Century 12 and CineArts 6 and River East 21

Pink Flamingos This 1972 gross-out comedy by John Waters is now more than a generation old, and his brand of bad taste isn't quite the cottage industry … Music Box

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Billy Wilder, in an exceedingly mellow mood, portrays Holmes as a tortured man, trapped by his own legend and paying the price for his reputation … Portage Theater

Red Tails George Lucas served as executive producer for this effects-heavy action film about the Tuskegee Airmen, and it feels as synthetic and dull as The Phantom … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Lawndale 10, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings and Showplace ICON

The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson's 2001 follow-up to Rushmore is a solid piece of entertainment in the same general mode, though disappointing insofar as it moves the earlier … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

Senna Formula One racing champion Ayrton Senna, who died in a 1994 crash, is the subject of this documentary by Asif Kapadia, which is most interesting … Beverly Arts Center

A Separation A tale of two families linked by tragedy, this extraordinary drama by Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi (Fireworks Wednesday) is hugely compelling on a moral and … Century 12 and CineArts 6 and Music Box

Shame The second feature by filmmaker and visual artist Steve McQueen indulges in the same chic, gallery-ready aesthetic as his first, Hunger (2008); but whereas that … Landmark's Century Centre

The Sitter A suburban slacker (Jonah Hill, just prior to his dramatic weight loss) agrees to babysit three spoiled kids, then drags them into the city so … the Vic

Sullivan's Travels Preston Sturges's remarkable autobiographical fantasy (1941) about a famous comedy director (Joel McCrea) who, after years of turning out things like Ants in Your Pants … Transistor

Take Shelter A molar-grinding performance from Michael Shannon anchors this slow but ultimately haunting drama. He plays a modest, plainspoken working man in small-town Ohio who begins … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

The Taking of Pelham 123 Superior exercise in urban paranoia (1974); the superb location work of director Joseph Sargent goes a long way toward tempering the artificialities of the plot, … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson, best known for the Swedish vampire classic Let the Right One In (2008), adapts the John le Carre novel about British intelligence agents … Landmark's Century Centre and River East 21

Tomboy Modestly conceived and executed, this intimate French drama centers on a ten-year-old girl (Zoe Heran) who moves to a new town over the summer and … Music Box

Tony and Janina's American Wedding Tony and Janina Wasilewski were model immigrants: hardworking, law-abiding, and beaming with freshly minted patriotism for the U.S. Then Janina, who came to Illinois claiming … Madison Street Theatre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston was rarely in better form than he was directing this 1948 study of gold fever and worse obsessions among an unlikely trio of … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me The 1992 prequel to David Lynch and Mark Frost's famous but short-lived TV series, this deals with the events leading up to the murder of … Delilah's

Underworld: Awakening Kate Beckinsale returns for the fourth installment of this franchise, leading a clan of vampires and werewolves in a war against the human race. Måns … Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Lawndale 10 and New 400

Underworld: Awakening -- An IMAX 3D Experience Kate Beckinsale returns for the fourth installment of this franchise, leading a clan of vampires and werewolves in a war against the human race. Måns … Crown Village 18

Underworld: Awakening 3D Kate Beckinsale returns for the fourth installment of this franchise, leading a clan of vampires and werewolves in a war against the human race. Måns … 600 N. Michigan, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings and Showplace ICON

Untamed Though the heroine of Mikio Naruse's 1957 period drama is a rebellious free spirit rather than a passive victim (as was often the case in … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

War Horse Steven Spielberg draws on his three most important influences—John Ford, David Lean, and Walt Disney—for this epic pet movie set during World War I. The … Patio Theater and River East 21

We Began by Measuring Distance Short works by female filmmakers with roots in Palestine, including Annemarie Jacir and Basma al-Sharif. Gene Siskel Film Center

Windfall A full-throated attack on wind energy, this feature by Laura Israel is one of the most surprising (and depressing) eco docs I've seen in years. … Facets Cinematheque

The Woman in Black In this Victorian-era ghost story, Daniel Radcliffe plays a young solicitor haunted by the title spirit while investigating an abandoned rural estate. The film belongs … Century 12 and CineArts 6, Chatham 14, Cicero Showplace 14, City North 14, Crown Village 18, Ford City, Lake, Lawndale 10, River East 21, Showplace 14 Galewood Crossings, Showplace ICON and Webster Place 11