The tenth annual edition of the Chicago Latino Film Festival, produced by Chicago Latino Cinema and Columbia College, continues from Friday, April 29, through Thursday, May 5. Film and video screenings will be at Pipers Alley, 1609 N. Wells; at Facets Multimedia Center, 1517 W. Fullerton; at the Three Penny, 2424 N. Lincoln; at the University of Chicago’s Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St.; at Northeastern University, 5500 N. Saint Louis; at Columbia College, 624 S. Michigan; at Spanish Coalition for Jobs, 2011 W. Pershing; and at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State. Ticket prices per program (apart from free screenings and closing night, which costs a lot extra) are $6; $5 for students, senior citizens, and disabled persons; and $4 for Chicago Latino Cinema members. Festival passes, good for all screenings except closing night, are $70, $60 for Chicago Latino Cinema members. For more information call 431-1330.
Last Train Out
Lori J. Shinseki’s U.S.-Mexican The Least of Our Brothers (1993) and, from the U.S., Aldo Romero’s Symbiosis (1993) and Lisa Gonzalez’s Graffiti Man (1992). (Facets Multimedia Center, 7:00)
Shadows in a Battle
This Mexican feature by Emilio Fernandez, based on John Steinbeck’s novel about a poor fisherman, is best known for its remarkable black-and-white cinematography by the masterful Gabriel Figueroa; with Pedro Armendariz and Maria Elena Marques (1948). (Three Penny, 9:00)
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The title hero of this 1933 Mexican feature directed by Fernando de Fuentes is a wealthy landowner who tries to survive the Mexican revolution through various ruses. (Pipers Alley, 11:00)
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
