Past seven days

Getting ready for the Chicago Latino Film Festibal which begins later this week.  In the meantime, other movies I've watched during the past seven days:

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Case de Mi Padre
Defendor
DriverX4: The Lost and Found Films of Sara Driver
Grave of the Fireflies
Sleepwalk With Me
Something Wild (1972)
Trance
Zift

Free event: Robin and the 7 Hoods

The Northbrook Public Library continues their film screenings with a run of Frank Sinatra films. Next on the list during April is Robin and the 7 Hoods. Along with his Rat Pack group of singers/actors friends like Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra plays a gangster in the Prohibition era. It is a swinging re-telling of the Robin Hood legend!

Robin and the 7 Hoods
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Northbrook Public Library
1201 Cedar Lane
Northbrook, IL 60062

Free event: The Exorcist

April continues to be a good month for free screenings. Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center is hosting another film directed by William Friedkin. The Exorcist was the first movie that really scared me, to the point that I couldn't sleep! And this was the tv version which was probably cut down somewhat for broadcast, although I am not sure if back then the tv channels would cut out all the graphic visuals like they would do nowadays for broadcast, non-cable tv. You can't deny that many modern day horror movies owe something if not a lot to The Exorcist and how horror was visually depicted in the movies.

The last event in this series takes place on April 16, when Mr. Friedkin speaks and will sign his new book. Mark your calendars!

The Exorcist
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street

Free event: Cosmonaut

The Italian Institute of Chicago continues with a couple of screenings this month. The next one, Cosmonaut, depicts the life of a young communist during the space race era. Although the event is free you need to register here. 

Cosmonaut
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
6:00 p.m.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago
500 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450

R.I.P. Roger Ebert