Now Playing In Oak Lawn
You've Come A Long Way, 'Baby'
Two classic films are playing for free in Oak Lawn. Let's revisit Roman Polanski's paranoid devil thriller and the subtle sexuality of Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest."
Let's take off the kid gloves here. Psycho may be the best horror film of the 1960s – or any era, for that matter – but the one that really packs a punch to the gut, as well as your cerebral cortex, is Roman Polanski's brooding and thoroughly unsettling Rosemary's Baby (1968; 136 minutes). If you've never had the chance to view it, or if it's been a while, cancel your plans for Wednesday, Oct. 27, and join CineVerse – Oak Lawn's free weekly film discussion group—as we explore this disquieting psychological horror masterpiece between 7 and 10 p.m. at Oak View Center. CineVerse, Oak Lawn's weekly film "talk-therapy" group has been bringing movie lovers together since 2004 to review films at the Oak Lawn Park District's Oak View Center and …
Jesse Marx
8:42 pm on Thursday, October 21, 2010
Lorraine, If you like "Andy Griffith Show" actors in anomalous roles, check out "A Face in the Crowd," directed by Elia Kazan and starring the humble sheriff himself. Instead, Griffith plays Lonesome Rhodes, a self-obsessed, itinerant southern singer-songwriter. Fantastic and prophetic film. But, yea, few things are weirder than one of the former cast chanting the devil's name. The student … more ›