Thursday, June 19, 2003
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Film: Beyond the Multiplex

This week's special screenings

Re-Animator

(NR, 95 min.) In Stuart Gordon's 1985 schlock horror flick, medical student Jeffrey Combs enlists girlfriend Barbara Crampton and roommate Bruce Abbott in bizarre experiments to revive the dead. B-Movie Night, Cafe Espresso Roma, 4440 S. Maryland Pkwy., 369-1540, free. Thu., June 19 9 p.m. (Next week's movie: World's Greatest Sinner)

Starlight Movie Series

Family flicks al fresco at Martin Luther King Park, Carey Avenue at Christy Lane, free. Advance program details unavailable for contractual reasons. Info: 455-8278. Fri., June 20 8:30 p.m.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

(R, 95 min.) "Dammit, Janet!" Let's do the "Time Warp" again and again, as a live cast leads audience participation in Jim Sharman's 1975 film of Richard O'Brien's kinky, musical horror spoof. With Barry Bostwick (Brad), Susan Sarandon (Janet) and Tim Curry (Dr. Frank-N-Furter). Sci-Fi Empire, 4331 W. Charleston Ave., 314-0330, $6. Sat., June 21 11:30 p.m.

Too Beautiful For You

(R, 91 min.) [Trop belle pour toi] Car salesman Gérard Depardieu cheats on beautiful, cultured wife Carole Bouquet with frumpy receptionist Josiane Balasko, in Bertrand Blier's acerbic, 1989 social satire. [French dialogue, English subtitles] UNLV, CBC (Classroom Building Block) A108, (on campus next to Lied Library), free, 895-3431. Mon., June 23 7 p.m.

Judge Priest

(NR, 80 min.) Will Rogers plays William Priest, a controversial judge with a homespun sense of justice, in a small, 19th-century Southern town. John Ford's 1934 classic is notable for its (now politically incorrect) depiction of African-American characters. With John Brown, Stepin Fetchit, Hattie McDaniel. Ethnic Awareness in Film series, West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 507-3980, free. Tue., June 24 6 p.m.

Guantanamera

(NR, 104 min.) NOTBAD (Nevadans Organized To Better Address Diversity) ends its Tomás Gutiérrez Alea series with the Cuban filmmaker's 1994 swansong. As undertaker Carols Cruz organizes a fuel-saving hearse relay, his wife (Mirtha Ibarra) meets up with a former student (Jorge Perogorria). A surprisingly upbeat meditation on unrequited love and the tragedy of lives blighted by a centrally-planned economy. [Spanish dialogue, English subtitles] Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., 507-3459, free. Tue., June 24 7:15 p.m.

Free Family Film Series

Regal Cinemas Boulder Station, Colonnade, Sunset Station, Texas Station. Program details: 221-2283. Tue/Wed June 24-25 10 a.m.

Ice Age

(PG, 81 min.) Woolly mammoth Manfred (Ray Romano), saber-tooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo) return a human baby to its tribe in Chris Wedge's 2002 animated gem. Children's Film Festival, Crown Neonopolis, 450 E. Fremont St., 383-9600, free. Thu., June 26 10 a.m.--AA