Lake Forest College to honor alum Widmark
Lake Forest College pays tribute to one of its best-known alums, the late actor Richard Widmark, with a seven-movie festival highlighting his best work, including his electrifyingly portrait of amoral killer Tommy Udo in Henry Hathaway's "Kiss of Death" (1947). Widmark died March 24 at age 93. Go to lakeforest.edu/about/widmarkretrospective.asp or call (847) 234-3100.
Facts: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, ("Night and the City" starts) through Sunday, Nov. 23, at two venues on the Lake Forest College campus.
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The great Lon Chaney's 1923 silent classic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" gets a multimedia makeover with a light show and a live rock/pop score performed by eight singers and a four-piece band. Tickets cost $29. Call (630) 587-8400 or go to oshows.com.
Facts: 8 p.m. Saturday, Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles.
"Frozen River"
In a just universe, Melissa Leo should net an Oscar nomination to acknowledge her raw and transparent performance as a desperate single mother forced to help Misty Upham's Mohawk smuggler transport illegal aliens into the U.S. over the Canadian border. Writer/director Courtney Hunt's impressive drama sidesteps all the clichés while delivering a frosty cold look at two women's sad and valiant struggle to survive economic hardship. Admission $9 ($5 members). Call (630) 534-4528 or go to afterhoursfilmsociety.com. Presented by the After Hours Film Society. Rated R for language. 97 minutes.
Facts: 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Tivoli Theater, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.