1 De Palma (Music Box, opens June 17) Filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow take a cue from the decades-long French “Cinéma, de notre temps” series of director profile-interviews in a 111-minute survey of the talented filmmaker’s long career. Also being shown: “The Phantom of Paradise,” “The Untouchables,” “Dressed To Kill,” “Body Double” and more.
2 Two By Godard (Siskel) Two essential, melancholy romances: cheeky “Band of Outsiders” (June 24-30) and parboiled “Pierrot le fou” (June 24-25, 29) in sparkling new DCP digital restorations.
3 The Neon Demon (Opens June 24) Nicolas Winding Refn goes L.A. deep crimson in languorous fashion-scene-set slo-mo, post-Bataille existentialist horror.
4 The Fugitive Kind (Siskel, June 18, 21) Adapted from Tennessee Williams’ “Orpheus Descending,” shot by Boris Kaufman, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton…and it’s showing in 35mm.
5 Independence Day: Resurgence (Opens June 24) Please, Roland, please: Let Jeff Goldblum be Jeff Goldblum.
Ray Pride is Newcity’s Senior Editor and Film Critic. He is a contributing editor of Filmmaker magazine.
Ray’s history of Chicago Ghost Signs is planned for publication next year. Previews of the project are on Twitter and on Instagram. More photography on Instagram.
