Cleveland Cult Film Festival 9

During the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque cuts back its schedule and only screens films on Fridays and Saturdays. Those days make up the Cinematheque's annual Cleveland Cult Film Festival. Now in its ninth year, the festival kicks off tonight with a 7:30 screening of Performance, the 1970 Nicolas Roeg/Donald Cammell film that stars Rolling Stones' singer Mick Jagger as a former rock star who becomes infatuated with a criminal. Because of all the sex and drugs, it originally received an X rating, and Warner Bros. shelved the psychedelic psychodrama for nearly two years. Now it's regarded as a cult classic. The French anti-war film King of Hearts also screens tonight at 9:35. Performance makes a second appearance at 9:05 tomorrow night, and King of Hearts screens again tomorrow night at 7. Consult the website for admission prices. (Niesel)