1 “The Godfather” In Concert At Fifty (Auditorium Theatre, November 12) Francis Coppola’s earliest masterpiece presented at half-a-century on with Nino Rota’s score performed by the Chicago Philharmonic.
2 Armageddon Time (Opens Friday, November 4) James Gray’s most personal picture; a story based on his experience of teenage betrayal in 1980s Queens. (The title is drawn from the Clash’s contemporary song “Armagideon Time.”)
3 The Fabelmans (Opens Wednesday, November 23) Steven Spielberg self-mythologizes his cinematic childhood from a screenplay by himself and frequent collaborator Tony Kushner (“Munich”).
4 Bones And All (Opens Wednesday, November 23) Cannibal cut-ups from stylish Italian Luca Guadagnino (“I Am Love,” “Call Me By Your Name”), with Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell on a toothsome and rubicund American road odyssey.
5 White Noise (In theaters November 25; streaming on Netflix December 30) Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s satire of the 1980s, 1980s movies and 1980s novels, featuring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig as a fucked-up middle-aged couple in an Ohio college town; shot by the estimable Lol Crawley (“Vox Lux,” “Ballast”).
Ray Pride is Newcity’s film critic and a contributing editor to Filmmaker magazine.
His multimedia history of Chicago “Ghost Signs” will be published soon. Previews of the project are on Twitter and on Instagram as Ghost Signs Chicago. More photography on Instagram.
