Filmed in the pre-museum, post-train station Gare d’Orsay in Paris,
Orson Welles’s noir adaptation of the Kafka novel boasts
fantastic sets and vertiginous cinematography. With Anthony Perkins
(Psycho) in the lead role, the subtext is exceedingly
gay. You must see this film, if only for the sight of the painter
Tintorelli’s herd of girl groupies peering through the slats of
his ramshackle apartment. In the book, they’re all hunchbacks,
but here, being stalked by an able-bodied little girl is frightening
enough. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 4:30, 7, and
9:15 pm, $8.50.)

Annie Wagner is The Stranger's former film editor. She was born and raised in Capitol Hill, but has since lived in such far-flung locales as Phoenix, AZ, Charlottesville, VA, and Wedgwood. After graduating...