Thursday, January 08, 2004
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Film: Beyond the Multiplex

This week's special screenings

Aimée & Jaguar

(NR, 125 min.) In 1943, Berlin housewife Juliane Kšhler begins a passionate affair with Maria Schrader, a Jewish woman working clandestinely for a Nazi newspaper. Max FŠrberbšck's 1999 drama is based on a true story. Women of the World film series, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road., 507-3459, free. Thur., Jan. 8 7 p.m.

Laura

(NR, 85 min.) Otto Preminger's classic 1944 noir mystery stars Dana Andrews as a detective who falls in love with the portrait of a gorgeous murder victim (Gene Tierney), and features Clifton Webb as a cynical columnist, plus composer David Raksin's famous theme. Oscar: cinematography. Women of American Noir series, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 507-3630, free. Sat., Jan. 10 3 p.m.

Once Upon a Time ... When We Were Colored

(PG, 115 min.) Tim Reid's 1995 drama chronicles the postwar coming-of-age of a young man in a small town on the Mississippi Delta, where the tight-knit African-American community grappled with the racism of the segregated South. Based on the autobiography by Clifton L. Taulbert and starring Al Freeman, Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Isaac Hayes and Richard Roundtree. Martin Luther King Jr. Film Tribute, West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 229-4800, free. Sat., Jan. 10 3 p.m.

A New Year's Film Affair

Inaugural screening of the Las Vegas Independent Film Series, presenting multi-cultural films by local and national indie filmmakers, including: "Lickin' the Quits: A Slice of American Culture," restaurateur Yiorgo Aretos' dramatic comedy taking a satirical look at dealing with addictions. Plus Erma Elzy-Jones' "Man Made" and Hanelle M. Culpepper's "The Wedding Dress." Tuscany Hotel-Casino, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., $25, 809-2707. Sat., Jan. 10 4 p.m.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

(R, 95 min.) Jim Sharman's perennial, 1975, kinky, audience-participation mock-horror hit. Sci-Fi Empire, 4331 W. Charleston Blvd., 314-0330, $6. Sat., Jan. 10 midnight (Next show: Sat., Jan. 24.)

Freeway

(R, 102 min.) In Matthew Bright's caustic 1996 update of Little Red Riding Hood, Reese Witherspoon is the jailbait teen who, after her mom and abusive stepfather are arrested, hitches a ride to grandma's trailer park with psychotic child psychiatrist Donald Sutherland. With Dan Hedaya, Brittany Murphy, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields. NOTBAD (Nevadans Organized To Better Address Diversity) presents Into the Woods film series, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., 507-3459, free. Tue., Jan. 13 7 p.m.

Evil Dead II

(R, 85 min.) In Sam Raimi's 1987 comic-horror sequel to his 1983 cult hit, Bruce Campbell returns to the isolated mountain cabin where he's again attacked by undead demons, including his own hand. B-Movie Night, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 507-3630, free. Wed., Jan. 14 7 p.m.

James' Journey to Jerusalem

(NR, 87 min.) [Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh] James (South African actor Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe) is chosen by the people of his African village to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. In the Holy Land, however, James is arrested as a suspected illegal immigrant, only to be "rescued" by a manpower agent seeking migrant workers. Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's 2003 drama kicks off the Las Vegas Celebration of Jewish Film at the Suncoast, Thur., Jan. 15 7:30 Tickets: 794-0090. (The Celebration continues Sat., Jan. 17 and Sun., Jan 18. Details: www.desertspace.org or next week's Mercury.)--AA