'Affair,' 'Casablanca' back on the big screen this week
Happy 60th anniversary, "An Affair to Remember." Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr and the Empire State Building star in this romantic classic (it inspired "Sleepless in Seattle," don't you know) arriving at 2 and 7 p.m. on both Sunday, Feb. 12, and Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Stratford Square Mall Theaters in Bloomingdale, the Addison 21 and the Deer Park 16. Go to fathomevents.com/events/an-affair-to-remember for tickets and directions.
<h3 class="briefHead">Valentine's Day films</h3>
Chicago's Music Box presents a Valentine's program with a "Casablanca" sweetheart singalong at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, and a 35 mm. print of the partially shot in Chicago "When Harry Met Sally" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago.
Both screenings will include wine and chocolate in The Music Box Theatre Lounge. For tickets, go to musicboxtheatre.com.
<h3 class="briefHead">Hemingway. A movie.</h3>
The Woodstock Theatre continues its Second Monday Film Club by offering "Papa Hemingway in Cuba," the story of Ernest Hemingway's stay in Cuba during the 1950s with journalist Denne Bart Petitclerc ("Sneaky Pete" star Giovanni Ribisi).
Catch the movie at 1 and 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, at the theater, 209 Main St., Woodstock. $6 admission for matinees and seniors; $8 at 7 p.m. Go to classiccinemas.com.
<h3 class="briefHead">'Eagle Huntress,' a doc</h3>
The After Hours Film Society presents director Otto Bell's first documentary feature "Eagle Huntress" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. Bell profiles a 13-year-old girl from Asia's Altai Mountains who defied tribal tradition. afterhoursfilmsociety.com.
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