Thursday, January 29, 2004
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Film: Beyond the Multiplex

This week's special screenings

SpongeBob SquarePants Marathon

(G) Highlights from Nickelodeon's hit children's animated TV show, starring (the voice of) Tom Kenny. Saturday Afternoon Family Fun, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 507-3400, free. Bring pillow/blanket for afternoon slumber party with family films. Sat., Jan. 31 1 p.m.

Double Indemnity

(NR, 106 min.) Insurance salesman Fred MacMurray is investigated by colleague Edward G. Robinson after femme fatale Barbara Stanwyck persuades him to murder her husband. Billy Wilder's archetypal 1944 noir was adapted by Wilder and Raymond Chandler from James M. Cain's novel. 7 Oscar noms: incl. picture, script, direction, actress. Women of American Noir series, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 507-3630, free. Sat., Jan. 31 3 p.m.

Separate But Equal

(PG, 193 min.) George Stevens Jr.'s epic, 1991 TV movie dramatizes the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka), that ended racial segregation in schools. With Sidney Poitier (Thurgood Marshall), Burt Lancaster (opposing counsel John W. Davis), Richard Kiley (Chief Justice Earl Warren). Martin Luther King, Jr., Film Tribute, West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 229-4800, free. Sat., Jan. 31 3 p.m.

The Celluloid Closet

(R, 102 min.) Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's 1995 documentary charts the history of Hollywood's screen depictions of homosexuality. Narrated by Lily Tomlin. Out of the Celluloid Closet series, Winchester Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 455-7340, $3. Tue., Feb. 3 7 p.m. (with subtitles for the hearing impaired); Wed., Feb. 4 7 p.m. (with introduction by Mercury critic Anthony Allison).

The Tuskegee Airmen

(PG-13, 106 min.) Laurence Fishburne stars in Robert Markowitz's 1995 TV movie about the "Fighting 99th," whose members overcame prejudice during World War II to become the first squadron of African American pilots to fight for their country. With Andre Braugher, Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Lithgow. Movie Night, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 507-3630, free. Wed., Feb. 4 7 p.m.--AA