For movies, come to 'Cabaret'
By DIANA YOUNKEN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
"What good is sitting alone, in your
room? Come hear the music play ."-. .
Life is a Cabaret, old chum . . . Come to
the Cabaret." Were the subtle promise
of this beckoning song as simple as it is
charming, movies would be a useless
art.
It's a joyous refuge, or at least has the
rumblings of one, but the world unlocked
' by Elsie with whom the singer "shared
jour sordid rooms in Chelsea" is as
,sinister as it appears safe and as
4 paralyzed as it feels free.
• With Christmas over and a new year to
contemplate, we could all use a
"Cabaret." The 1972 film, directed and
choreographed by Bob Fosse, is quite
'simply a marvelous musical an un
' sentimental, all-absorbing story set in
'Nazi Germany. The star is simply Liza
, Minnelli as Sally Bowles, a self
'destructive singer in a decadently
delightful Berlin bar. Michael York
plays her bisexual boyfriend with
touching elegance. The film won eight
,Academy Awards, including best ac
!tress for Minnelli, supporting actor for
7 Joel Grey, best director and musical
: score. At 7 and 9:15 tonight and Sunday,
,112 Kern. '
~, Also on campus:
"The International Animation
,Festival" includes award-winning short
-films from France, England, Belgium,
the United States, Yugoslavia and
Czechoslovakia that are far superior to
the Saturday morning TV fare. At 7 and 9
tomorrow and Monday night in 112 Kern.
"High Anxiety," directed by and
starring Mel Brooks, is too slow and
cumbersome at times, but it has some
- great parodies of Hitchcock's "The
'Birds" and "Psycho." The cast includes
Madeline Kahn, Claris Leachman and
Harvey Korman and is every bit as
-hilarious as one would expect. At 7:15, 9
and 10:45 tonight and tomorrow night,
' 7:15 and 9 p.m. Sunday in 121 Sparks.
)
"Bambi" and "The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre" make an odd double bill -
-sort of ' like "Snow White" opposite
"Dirty Harry," to get serious about this.
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday-Sunday, Jan. 5-7
Friday, Jan. 5
Deadline for applying for Graduate School Tuition Grants-in-Aid for Spring
Term 1979.
Sports: women's basketball, Penn State Invitational.
Commonsplace Theatre, Cabaret, 7 and 9:15 p.m., Room 112 Kern.
Commonsplace Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., Room 102 Kern.
Meetings:
Model Railroad Club, 7 p.m., HUB basement Club Room.
Wargamers, 7 p.m. through midnight Sunday, Room 132 EE East
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Saturday, Jan. 6 • -
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Last date for March graduates to deliver doctoral theses to committee.
Sports: women's basketball, Penn State Invitational; men's and women's
gymnastics, vs. Springfield, 7:30 p.m.
France-Cinema, International Animation Festival, 7 and 9 p.m., Room 112
Kern.
Artists Series, Blackstone Magic Show, 8:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium
Sunday, Jan. 7
University Chapel Service, 11 a.m., Eisenhower Chapel. Donald M. Crider,
rural sociology. •
Commonsplace Theatre, Cabaret; 7 and 9:15 p.m., Room 112 Kern.
Leonard Nimoy, Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams star in "Invasion of the
Body Snatchers" currently playing at the State Theater downtown.
"Chainsaw," said to be based on a true
story, is as gruesome as all get-out. At
least one critic said he found intellectual
symbolism beneath the gore. At 8 tonight
and tomorrow night, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday in Waring Lounge.
"Saturday Night Fever" with John
Travolta the dancing is convincing but
the script isn't. At 7, 9:15 and 11:30
tonight and tomorrow night, 108 Forum;
7:30 and 9:30 Sunday, Pollock Rec
Room.
"Sleeper" stars Woody Allen and
Diane Keaton. At 7, 9 and 11 tonight and
tomorrow night, 7:30 and,9:3o - Sunday,
Findlay Ree Room.
"From ' Russia With Love," starring
Sean Connery as James Bond. At 7, 9 and
11 tonight and tomorrow night, 7:30 and
9:30 p.m. Sunday, 105 Forum.
"Butterfly" is rated X. At 7:30, 9 and
10:30 tonight through Sunday, 10 Sparks.
Downtown:
"The Lord of the Rings," at the
Movies. See today's review.
"Superman," starring Christopher
Reeve and Margot Kidder. At the
Garden.
"Every Which Way But Loose," at the
Cinema. See today's review.
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers," at
the State. To be reviewed Monday.
"Oliver's Story," at the Cinema. To be
reviewed Monday.
"Magic,"at the Flick.
"Masterpiece," rated X,
Screening Room.
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