Friday, October 6, 6:00 p.m. For more than 50 years, renowned Serbian director Želimir Žilnik has produced a body of trailblazing and politically committed films. A key member of Yugoslavia’s rebellious Black Wave film movement of the 1960s and a pioneer of docufiction, Žilnik’s perspective was shaped by atrocity at the hands of Nazis, Yugoslavia’s […]
Thursday, October 5, 6:00 p.m. For more than 50 years, renowned Serbian director Želimir Žilnik has produced a body of trailblazing and politically committed films. A key member of Yugoslavia’s rebellious Black Wave film movement of the 1960s and a pioneer of docufiction, Žilnik’s perspective was shaped by atrocity at the hands of Nazis, Yugoslavia’s […]
Thursday, September 14, 6:00 p.m. In 1976, an extraordinary group of Black feminist artists organized the first-ever Black women’s film festival: the Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts. Four decades later, a new generation of artists, curators, and scholars have revived the festival. INTERIOR LIVES opens a weekend of events at the Gene Siskel Film […]
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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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Thursday, April 27, 6:00 p.m. “MEMORIA is one of the greatest movies you’ll see—or hear—in a theater this year.” – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times “An emotionally wrenching and intellectually fulfilling experience.” – A.O. Scott, New York Times Mysterious and transfixing, MEMORIA stars Tilda Swinton as an expat scientist living in Colombia who is suddenly […]
Thursday, April 20, 6:00 p.m. “A meditation on the relationship of human beings to the natural world, and a reckoning with the authoritative posture of conventional documentary filmmaking. – David Markus, Frieze Since 2017, Beirut and Berlin-based artist Marwa Arsanios has been working on a series of remarkable films collectively titled WHO IS AFRAID OF […]
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Wednesday, April 19, 6:00 p.m. “A meditation on the relationship of human beings to the natural world, and a reckoning with the authoritative posture of conventional documentary filmmaking. – David Markus, Frieze Since 2017, Beirut and Berlin-based artist Marwa Arsanios has been working on a series of remarkable films collectively titled WHO IS AFRAID OF IDEOLOGY […]
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Thursday, March 30, 6:00 and 8:30 p.m. “Fuses the heart of a poet with the mind of a scientist.” – Chris Stults, ArtForum Award-winning filmmaker and School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum Deborah Stratman’s (BFA 1990) latest film is a profound exploration of the past and future of Earth through one of its most […]
Thursday, February 16, 6:00 p.m. “The films and videos of Los Ingrávidos are signed in solidarity under a collective banner… fashioned together in love and outrage.” – Stephen Broomer, CinemaScope “In its mode of organization, intersectional approach, and formal characteristics, [Los Ingrávidos] is one of the most singular contemporary Latin American film collectives.” – Raquel Schefer, Jump […]