Thursday, September 7, 8:30 p.m. “Challenges us to look at what’s right in front of us.” – Rhea Nayyar, Hyperallergic For nearly a half-century, Su Friedrich has played a pivotal role in American queer cinema and autobiographical film with her rich and often unflinching explorations of family, kinship, and society. Join us for two screenings featuring […]
Thursday, September 7, 6:00 p.m. “[A] personal chronicle about language, memory, and Dad that strikes hard, and deep.” – Manohla Dargis, The Village Voice “[Friedrich] creates a film like a perfect short story.” – Stuart Klawans, The Nation For nearly a half-century, Su Friedrich has played a pivotal role in American queer cinema and autobiographical film with her […]
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Thank you to everyone who made this year’s program possible! We are so appreciative of the outstanding artists who shared their works, time, and ideas with us: Renée Green, Lynda Benglis, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Pom Bunsermvicha, Tulapop Saenjaroen, Nazli Dinçel, Meriem Bennani, Andy Slater, Dani ReStack, Sheilah ReStack, and Nick Briz, as well as the artists […]
Thursday, October 28–Thursday, November 04 Recent films by Thai artist and filmmaker Tulapop Saenjaroen. Theatrical Screening A Room with a Coconut View, People on Sunday, Squish!, Notes from the Periphery Thursday, October 28, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings A Room with a Coconut View, People on Sunday October 29–November 4 Gene Siskel […]
Sunday, October 24, 6:00 p.m. Theatrical Screening Gene Siskel Film Center Anocha Suwichakornpong’s third feature, made in collaboration with filmmaker Ben Rivers, is a mischievous and delightfully mysterious portrait of the province of Krabi, a stunningly beautiful region in southwestern Thailand under threat by climate change and growing tourism. Fluidly slipping between documentary and fiction, […]
Saturday, October 23, 5:00 p.m. Theatrical Screening Gene Siskel Film Center The corporeal and the cosmic collide to mesmerizing effect in Anocha Suwichakornpong’s debut feature. Mundane History begins straightforwardly enough, as nurse Pun takes a new job caring for Ake, a paralyzed young man whose angry defiance gradually softens into grudging respect. But as the two men […]
Read More… from Anocha Suwichakornpong: Mundane History and Nightfall
Friday, October 22, 6:00 p.m Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Join Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha for a wide-ranging conversation about their collaborative projects, self-reflexive approach to media, and engagement with the history and politics of Thailand. Moderated by Melika Bass. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Anocha Suwichakornpong is a […]
Read More… from Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha in Conversation
Thursday, October 21–Thursday, October 28 Theatrical Screening with Lemongrass Girl (Pom Bunsermvicha, 2021) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings October 22–October 28 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema 2016, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand / France / Netherlands / Qatar, DCP, 105 minutes Over the last 15 years, Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong has emerged […]
Read More… from Anocha Suwichakornpong: By the Time It Gets Dark
Thursday, October 21–Thursday, November 04 Theatrical Screening with By the Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings October 29–November 4 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside down underneath an open sky. This […]
Friday, October 08, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Join Lynda Benglis and Molly Donovan, curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, for a wide-ranging look at Benglis’s groundbreaking 1970s videos and related projects. Donovan organized the National Gallery of Art’s exhibition Lynda Benglis, on view […]