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film &
video screenings in Chicago beyond the multiplex
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all screenings on film
unless otherwise indicated
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+ TITLE IN THIS FONT =
highest of the highly recommended
= link to essay(s) about director
and/or film
links to local venues below
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screenings
added on Feb-07, 2010:
week of Feb-19: "Stuart Sherman"
screenings added on Feb-05, 2010:
week of Feb-19: "Visitors: Jeonju Digital
Projects"
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continuing @ Music Box
4:30/7:00/9:30pm daily + 2:00pm on Sat-Sun
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Terry Gilliam, 2009, 122m)
Fri, Feb-05; see also Feb-09
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Queen Kelly (Erich von Stroheim, 1928, 101m)
Fri, Feb-05
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
Landscape Annihilates Consciousness (Sterling Ruby, 2002, 12m,
video)
Stranger Comes to Town (Jacqueline Goss, 2007, 29m, video)
Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure (Emily Vey Duke &
Cooper Battersby, 2007, 15m, video)
Apple Grown in Wind Tunnel (Steven Matheson, 2000, 26m, video)
Aya Mama (Brendan Fernandes, 2008, 8m, video)
Fri, Feb-05
7:00pm @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
"Hollis Frampton and His Legacy: Past, Present, and Future"
symposium
opening night:
Michael Snow performs Frampton's "A Lecture"
[pdf] & discusses
his relationship to Frampton
Manual of Arms (Hollis Frampton, 1966, 17m)
Gloria (Hollis Frampton, 1979, 10m)
+ reception at 6pm
Sat, Feb-06; see also Feb-07
beginning 9:30am @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
"Hollis Frampton and His Legacy: Past, Present, and Future"
symposium
- see program
[pdf] for details
Sat, Feb-06; see also Feb-07
11:30am @ Music Box
Le Cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970,
140m)
Sat, Feb-06
2:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Schulman (Eric Bricker,
2009, 83m, video)
Sat, Feb-06; see also Feb-10
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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Monsieur Hulot's Holiday [Les Vacances de M. Hulot] (Jacques Tati, 1953, 86m)
Sat, Feb-06; see also Feb-08
4:45pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Jour de fête (Jacques Tati, 1948, 76m)
Sat, Feb-06
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Imitation of Life (John M. Stahl, 1934, 111m)
Sun, Feb-07; see also Feb-06
beginning 9:30am @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
"Hollis Frampton and His Legacy: Past, Present, and Future"
symposium
- see program
[pdf] for details
Sun, Feb-07; see also Feb-06
11:30am @ Music Box
Le Cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970,
140m)
Sun, Feb-07; see also Feb-11
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Ward No. 6 (Karen Shakhnazarov, 2009, 83m)
Sun, Feb-07; see also Feb-08
4:45pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Uncle Vanya (Andrei Konchalovsky, 1970, 104m)
Sun, Feb-07
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Mad Wednesday (Preston Sturges, 1947, 78m)
Mon, Feb-08; see also Feb-06
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Jour de fête (Jacques Tati, 1948, 76m)
Mon, Feb-08
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
A Taste of Honey (Tony Richardson, 1964, 100m)
Mon, Feb-08; see also Feb-07
7:45pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Uncle Vanya (Andrei Konchalovsky, 1970, 104m)
Tue, Feb-09; see also Feb-05
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Queen Kelly (Erich von Stroheim, 1928, 101m)
Tue, Feb-09
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
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"Gregory Markopoulos 1947-1969" (total 107m)
Psyche (1947-48, 25m)
Lysis (1947-48, 30m)
Charmides (1947-48, 15m)
Flowers of Asphalt (1951, 7m)
Swain (1950, 24m)
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Sorrows (1969,
6m)
Wed, Feb-10; see also Feb-06
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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Monsieur Hulot's Holiday [Les Vacances de M. Hulot] (Jacques Tati, 1953, 86m)
Wed, Feb-10
7:00/9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990, 135m)
Thu, Feb-11
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"An Evening With Dara Birnbaum" (c.90m): "Birnbaum
will present an overview of her practice, with examples from her seminal early
videos (Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, 1978-79; Pop Pop
Video: General Hospital/Olympic Speed Skating, 1980), music videos and
commercial spots (Airbreak, MTV Inc., 1987), gallery installations (Tiananmen
Square: Break-In Transmission, 1989-90), large-scale, interactive outdoor
pieces (Rio Videowall, 1989), as well as her latest works"
Thu, Feb-11
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
Next Floor (Denis Villeneuve, 2008, 12m)
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, 1972, 102m)
Thu, Feb-11
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Quiet Man
(John Ford, 1952, 129m)
Thu, Feb-11; see also Feb-07
8:15pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Ward No. 6 (Karen Shakhnazarov, 2009, 83m)
Thu, Feb-11
9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
3 A.M. (Gary Graver, 1975, 86m)
Fri, Feb-12; see also Feb-16
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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Singin' in the Rain
(Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952, 102m)
Fri, Feb-12; see also Feb-14
6:30/9:00/11:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Capitalism:
A Love Story (Michael Moore, 2009, 120m)
Fri, Feb-12
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
Afterschool (Antonio Campos, 2009, 120m)
Fri, Feb-12
7:00pm @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall rm 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
Film About a Woman Who... (Yvonne Rainer, 1974,
90m)
Fri, Feb-12
8:00pm @ Chicago Filmmakers
"Gone
Rogue: An Iconoclastic Look at Church and State":
Campaign (Tom Palazzolo, 1968/2009, 12m)
Assembly Line (Morton Heilig, 1961, 30m)
Tattooed Lady (Tom Palazzolo, 1967/2009, 14m)
Vatican World (Tom Palazzolo, 1992, 20m)
+ Palazzolo in person
Sat, Feb-13; see also Feb-14
11:30am @ Music Box
Elevator to the Gallows [Ascenseur pour l'échafaud]
(Louis Malle, 1957, 88m)
Sat, Feb-13
2:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston) FREE
ADMISSION
Maurice (James Ivory, 1987, 140m, video)
Sat, Feb-13; see also Feb-17
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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Mon oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958, 116m)
Sat, Feb-13; see also Feb-15
5:15pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Traffic (Jacques Tati,
1971, 96m)
Sat, Feb-13; see also Feb-14 & week of Jan-22
7:00/9:15pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009, 109m)
Sat, Feb-13
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
History is Made at Night (Frank Borzage, 1937,
97m)
Sun, Feb-14; see also Feb-13
11:30am @ Music Box
Elevator to the Gallows [Ascenseur pour l'échafaud]
(Louis Malle, 1957, 88m)
Sun, Feb-14; see also Feb-15, Feb-17, Feb-18
tba @ Music Box DOUBLE FEATURE
The African Queen (John Huston, 1951, 105m)
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Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughon, 1955,
93m) essay;
essay;
essay
Sun, Feb-14; see also Feb-13 & week of Jan-22
1:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago) 2-for-1
admission when you kiss your partner on the cheek
Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009, 109m)
Sun, Feb-14
2:00pm @ Music Box
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942, 102m)
preceded by a sweetheart sing-along
Sun, Feb-14; see also Feb-18
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Seagull (Yuli Karasik, 1970, 99m)
Sun, Feb-14; see also Feb-12
3:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago) 2-for-1
admission when you kiss your partner on the cheek
Capitalism:
A Love Story (Michael Moore, 2009, 120m)
Sun, Feb-14; see also Feb-15
5:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
A Hunting Accident (Emil Loyanu, 1978, 109m)
Sun, Feb-14
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago) 2-for-1
admission when you kiss your partner on the cheek
Stromboli
(Roberto Rossellini, 1949, 107m)
Mon, Feb-15; see also Feb-14, Feb-17, Feb-18
tba @ Music Box DOUBLE FEATURE
The African Queen (John Huston, 1951, 105m)
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Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughon, 1955,
93m) essay;
essay;
essay
Mon, Feb-15; see also Feb-13
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Traffic (Jacques Tati,
1971, 96m)
Mon, Feb-15
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Pumpkin Eater (Jack Clayton, 1964, 118m)
Mon, Feb-15; see also Feb-14
8:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
A Hunting Accident (Emil Loyanu, 1978, 109m)
Tue, Feb-16; see also Feb-12
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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Singin' in the Rain
(Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952, 102m)
Tue, Feb-16
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
"James
Broughton 1948-1968" (total 115m):
Mother's Day (1948, 22m)
Adventures of Jimmy (1950, 11m)
Four in the Afternoon (1951, 15m)
Loony Tom, The Happy Lover (1951,
10m)
The Pleasure Garden (1953,
38m)
The Bed (1968, 19m)
Tue, Feb-16
9:35pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Hellzapoppin'
(H.C. Potter, 1941, 84m)
+ introduction by cartoonist & comics author Ivan
Brunetti
Wed, Feb-17; see also Feb-14, Feb-15, Feb-18
tba @ Music Box DOUBLE FEATURE
The African Queen (John Huston, 1951, 105m)
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Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughon, 1955,
93m) essay;
essay;
essay
Wed, Feb-17; see also Feb-13
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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Mon oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958, 116m)
Wed, Feb-17
7:00/9:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996, 110m)
Thu, Feb-18; see also Feb-14, Feb-15, Feb-17
tba @ Music Box DOUBLE FEATURE
The African Queen (John Huston, 1951, 105m)
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Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughon, 1955,
93m) essay;
essay;
essay
Thu, Feb-18
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"Long Live the Amorphous Law: Videos by Sterling Ruby"
(2002-2009, c.65m, video):
Hole (2002)
Transient Trilogy (2005-09)
Triviality (2009)
Dihedral (2006)
Cartographic Yard Work: Dog Behavior (2009)
+ Ruby in person
Thu, Feb-18
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston) FREE
ADMISSION
Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger (Bob Hercules, 2009,
58m, video)
+ Hercules in person
Thu, Feb-18
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
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The Searchers (John Ford, 1956, 119m)
Thu, Feb-18; see also Feb-14
8:15pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Seagull (Yuli Karasik, 1970, 99m)
Thu, Feb-18
9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
A Labor of Love (Robert Flaxman & Dan Goldman, 1976,
72m)
Fri, Feb-19
5:00pm @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall rm 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
lecture: "Quilombo and Utopia: The Aesthetic of Labor in Brazilian
Documentary" by Salomé Skvirsky
Fri, Feb-19; see also Feb-23
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
American Madness (Frank Capra, 1932, 75m)
Fri, Feb-19
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
The Cool World (Shirley Clarke, 1964, 105m)
Fri, Feb-19
8:00pm @ Chicago Filmmakers
"Films by Adele Friedman" (total 81m):
Northport (2010)
Christian and Michael (2006)
Marietta (2006)
Robert's Place (2004)
Untitled (Revenant) (2002)
Tree Studios (1989)
Pauline and Patrick, Le Marais, Paris (2008)
Chicago Triptych (1995)
Sarah and Norman (1983)
+ Friedman in person
Fri, Feb-19; see also Feb-20
8:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Celestial Navigations: The Short Films of Al Jarnow"
(1968-1987, total c.90m) *projected video* incl.: website;
website
The Owl and the Pussycat (1968)
Autosong (1976, 10m)
Shorelines (1977, 3m)
Cosmic Clock (1979)
Celestial Navigation (1984, 15m)
+ new half-hour documentary
Sat, Feb-20
2:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
"Love
Letters and Live Wires: Highlights from the GPO Film Unit" (various
directors, 1936-39, total c.80m) incl.:
Trade Tattoo [aka In Tune
With Industry] (Len Lye, 1937, 5m)
Night Mail (Harry Watt & Basil Wright,
1936, 25m)
Sat, Feb-20; see also Feb-22
5:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Parade (Jacques Tati,
1974, 88m)
Sat, Feb-20; see also Feb-21
7:00/9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
24 City (Jia Zhang-ke, 2008, 107m)
Sat, Feb-20
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
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Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin, 1947,
124m)
Sat, Feb-20
8:00pm @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall rm 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
"Pictures and Sounds": "re-imagined and improvised
soundtracks to new video work and classics of silent, experimental, and outsider
film"
Sat, Feb-20; see also Feb-19
8:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Celestial Navigations: The Short Films of Al Jarnow"
(1968-1987, total c.90m) *projected video* incl.: website;
website
The Owl and the Pussycat (1968)
Autosong (1976, 10m)
Shorelines (1977, 3m)
Cosmic Clock (1979)
Celestial Navigation (1984, 15m)
+ new half-hour documentary
Sun, Feb-21; see also Feb-25
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Lady With the Dog (Iosif Kheifitz, 1960, 89m)
Sun, Feb-21; see also Feb-20
3:45pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
24 City (Jia Zhang-ke, 2008, 107m)
Sun, Feb-21; see also Feb-22
4:45pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Chekhov's Motives (Kira Muratova, 2002,
120m)
Sun, Feb-21
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Vendetta (Mel Ferrer, 1950, 84m)
Sun, Feb-21
7:00pm @ The Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee)
"The Films of Stuart Sherman": *all projected video (except
Frye)* essay;
info
Globes (1977)
Scotty and Stuart (1977)
Skating (1978)
Tree Film (1978)
Edwin Denby (1978)
Camera/Cage (1978)
Flying (1979)
Baseball/TV (1979)
Fountain/Car (1980)
Rock/String (1980)
Elevator/Dance (1980, 3m)
Hand/Water (1979)
Piano/Music (1979)
Roller Coaster/Reading (1979)
Theatre Piece (1980)
Bridge Film (1981, 1m)
Racing (1981, 1m)
Typewriting (Pertaining to Stefan Brecht)
(1982, 2m)
Chess (1982)
Golf Film (1982, 1m)
Fish Story (1983)
Portrait of Benedicte Pesle (1984, 1m)
Mr. Ashley Proposes (Portrait of George) (1985,
1½m)
Eating (1986, 6m)
The Discovery of the Phonograph (1986, 6m)
+ Robert Beck is Alive and Well and Living in NYC (Brian
Frye, 2002)
+ introduction via Skype by John
Matturri
Mon, Feb-22; see also Feb-20
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Parade (Jacques Tati,
1974, 88m)
Mon, Feb-22
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Georgy Girl (Silvio Narizzano, 1966, 100m)
Mon, Feb-22; see also Feb-21
7:45pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Chekhov's Motives (Kira Muratova, 2002,
120m)
Mon, Feb-22
9:15pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Within Our Gates (Oscar Micheaux, 1919, 79m)
Tue, Feb-23; see also Feb-19
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
American Madness (Frank Capra, 1932, 75m)
Tue, Feb-23
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
"Shirley
Clarke 1954-1960" (total 67m)
Dance in the Sun (1954, 6m)
A Moment in Love (1957, 11m)
Bridges-Go-Round (1959, 7m)
In Paris Parks (1954, 13m)
Bullfight
(1955, 9m)
The Skyscraper (1958, 21m)
Wed, Feb-24
7:00/9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Lost Highway (David
Lynch, 1997, 135m)
Wed, Feb-24
8:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
White Light Cinema screening:
"Visitors (Jeonju Digital Projects 2009)" (total 123m,
video):
Lost in the Mountains (Hong Sang-soo)
Koma (Naomi Kawase)
Butterflies Have No Memories (Lav Diaz)
Thu, Feb-25
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"Dust: Videos by Moyra Davey" (2006-2009, c.90m, video):
Fifty Minutes (2006)
My Necropolis (2009)
+ Davey in person
Thu, Feb-25
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
The Firemen's Ball (Milos Forman, 1967, 71m)
Thu, Feb-25
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Horse Soldiers (John
Ford, 1959, 119m)
Thu, Feb-25; see also Feb-21
8:15pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Lady With the Dog (Iosif Kheifitz, 1960, 89m)
Thu, Feb-25
9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Through the Looking Glass (Jonas Middleton, 1976, 91m)
week of Feb-26 @ Gene Siskel Film Center; see also Mar-05
House [Hausu] (Obayashi Nobuhiko, 1977, 87m) essay;
interview
Fri, Feb-26 to Sat, Feb-27 @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
symposium: "The Material and the Code: Disciplinary Crossings of Cinema
and New Media" details tba
Fri, Feb-26; see also Mar-02
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon, 1933, 89m) [musical sequences
directed by Busby Berkeley]
Fri, Feb-26
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
Top Girl (Rebecca Johnson, 2008, 18m)
I'm Gonna Explode (Gerardo Naranjo, 2008, 106m)
Fri, Feb-26; see also Feb-28
7:00/9:00/11:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Promised Lands (Susan Sontag, 1974, 87m)
Sat, Feb-27; see also Feb-28
7:00/9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
RR (James Benning, 2007, 111m)
Sat, Feb-27
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
The Visit (Bernhard Wicki, 1964, 100m)
Sun, Feb-28; see also Feb-26
1:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Promised Lands (Susan Sontag, 1974, 87m)
Sun, Feb-28; see also Feb-27
3:15pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
RR (James Benning, 2007, 111m)
Sun, Feb-28; see also Mar-03
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Vanya on 42nd Street (Louis Malle, 1994, 119m)
Sun, Feb-28; see also Mar-01
5:15pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano (Nikita Mikhalkov, 1977,
100m)
Sun, Feb-28
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Conqueror (Dick Powell, 1956, 111m)
Mon, Mar-01; see also Feb-28
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano (Nikita Mikhalkov, 1977,
100m)
Mon, Mar-01
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
This Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson, 1963, 134m)
Tue, Mar-02; see also Feb-26
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon, 1933, 89m) [musical sequences
directed by Busby Berkeley]
Tue, Mar-02
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
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"Christopher Maclaine 1953-1959" (total 61m)
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The End (1953, 35m)
Beat
(1958, 6m)
The Man Who Invented Gold
(1957, 14m)
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Scotch Hop (1959,
5½m)
+ introduction by Fred
Camper
Wed, Mar-03; see also Feb-28
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Vanya on 42nd Street (Louis Malle, 1994, 119m)
Wed, Mar-03
7:00/9:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
eXistenZ (David Cronenberg, 1999, 97m)
Thu, Mar-04
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening in collaboration with Lampo:
"Video & Sound from Takeshi Murata & Robert Beatty"
(2003-2010, c.90m, live, multiple formats): "a solo performance by Beatty,
a screening of videos by Murata, and a new audio-visual performance, created
especially for this program, by both"
Thu, Mar-04
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston) FREE
ADMISSION
The Glass House (Hamid Rahmanian, 2009, 92m, video)
Thu, Mar-04
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford,
1962, 123m)
Thu, Mar-04
9:45pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Not a Love Story (Bonnie Sher Klien, 1981, 71m)
Fri, Mar-05; see also week of Feb-26
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
House [Hausu] (Obayashi Nobuhiko, 1977, 87m) essay;
interview
Sat, Mar-06
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
The Deep Blue Sea (Anatole Litvak, 1955, 96m)
Sun, Mar-07
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Jet Pilot (Joseph von
Sternberg, 1957, 112m)
Mon, Mar-08
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Only Two Can Play (Sidney Gilliat, 1962, 102m)
Tue, Mar-09
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
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"Robert Breer 1954-1970" (total 82m)
A Miracle (1954, 1m)
Recreation
(1956, 2m)
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A
Man and His Dog Out for Air (1957, 2m)
"One Man Show" compilation incl. Jamestown
Baloos, Blazes, Horse Over Tea Kettle, Pat's Birthday, Breathing,
Fist Fight, 66 (1957-1966, 50m)
Eyewash
(1959, 3m)
Inner and Outer Space (1960, 4m)
Homage to Jean Tinguely's Homage to New York
(1960, 10m)
69
(1969, 5m)
70
(1970, 5m)
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Fuji
(1973, 8.5m)
Wed, Mar-10
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
The Art of the Steal (Don Argott, 2009, 101m)
Wed, Mar-10
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006, 172m)
Thu, Mar-11
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"The Blindness Series" (Tran, T. Kim-Trang, 1992-2006, c.82m,
video): 5 works from "The Blindness Series'' cycle incl.:
ekleipsis (1998)
operculum (1993)
alexia (2000)
+ Tran in person
Thu, Mar-11
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Donovan's Reef (John Ford, 1963, 109m)
Thu, Mar-11
9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Roommates (Chuck Vincent, 1981, 89m)
week of Mar-12 @ Facets Cinémathèque
The Man From London (Béla Tarr, 2007,
132m)
Fri, Mar-12
7:00pm @ Block Museum (Northwestern Univ., Evanston)
Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009, 124m)
Fri, Mar-12
7:00pm @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall rm 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
The Connection (Shirley
Clarke, 1961, 110m)
Sat, Mar-13
7:00pm @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (Cobb Hall rm 307, 5811 S.
Ellis) FREE ADMISSION
The Last Happy Day (Lynne Sachs, 2009, 37m, DVD video)
Cosmetic Surgery For Corpses (Lynne Sachs, 2010, 10m, DVD video)
+ discussion with Sachs & Michèle Lowrie
Sat, Mar-13; see also Mar-14
7:00/9:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009, 87m)
Sat, Mar-13
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Dragonwyck (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1946, 103m)
Sun, Mar-14; see also Mar-13
1:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009, 87m)
Sat, Mar-20
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
God's Little Acre (Anthony Mann, 1958, 118m)
Sat, Mar-20
8:00pm @ Chicago Filmmakers
"Potter-Belmar Labs" (Leslie Raymond & Jason Jay
Stevens): "live cinema" incl. mixed image & sound elements
and audience participation
Thu, Mar-25
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"Naomi Uman: The Ukrainian Time Machine" (2008, c.70m):
Unnamed Film
Kalendar
Coda
+ Uman in person
Sat, Mar-27
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Dead of Night (Alberto Cavalcanti ["Christmas Party"
& "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"], Charles Crichton ["Golfing
Story"], Basil Dearden ["Hearse Driver" & "Linking
Narrative"], Robert Hamer ["The Haunted Mirror"], 1945,
103m)
Thu, Apr-01
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"On the Third Planet From the Sun: The Films of Pavel Medvedev"
(2003-2008, c.100m, 35mm & video):
Vacation in November (2002)
On the Third Planet from the Sun (2006)
Wedding of Silence (2003)
The Unseen (2007)
Sat, Apr-03
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
The Big Broadcast (Frank Tuttle, 1932, 80m)
Thu, Apr-08
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"Everything I Tell You Now is True: The Short Films of Emily Wardill"
(2005-2008, c.60m):
Born Winged Animals and Honey Gatherers of the Soul
(2005)
Basking in What Feels Like 'An Ocean Of Grace' I Soon
Realise That I'm Not Looking at It, But Rather I Am It, Recognising Myself
(2006)
Ben (2007)
Sick Serena and Dregs and Wreck and Wreck
(2007),
The Diamond (Descartes' Daughter)
+ Wardill in person
Sat, Apr-10
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987, 88m)
Thu, Apr-15
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
"Conversations at the
Edge" screening:
"Ryan Trecartin: New Work" (2009, c.90m, video) - two works
from "Trill-ogy Comp (2009-10)":
Sibling Topics (Section A)
(2009)
P.opular S.ky (section ish) (2009)
+ Trecartin in person
Sat, Apr-17
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
The Mark of Zorro (Rouben Mamoulian, 1940, 94m)
Sat, Apr-24
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
I'm No Angel (Wesley Ruggles, 1933, 87m)
Sat, May-01
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
A Canterbury Tale
(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1944, 124m)
Sat, May-08
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Ladies in Retirement (Charles Vidor, 1941, 91m)
Sat, May-15
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Lifeboat
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1944, 96m)
Sat, May-22
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Mr. Wu (William Nigh, 1927, 90m)
Sat, May-29
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Brute Force (Jules
Dassin, 1947, 98m)
Sat, Jun-05
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Decision at Sundown (Budd Boetticher, 1957, 77m)
Sat, Jun-12
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
For Me and My Gal (Busby Berkeley, 1942, 104m)
Sat, Jun-19
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
The Enchanted Cottage (John Cromwell, 1945, 91m)
Sat, Jun-26
8:00pm @ Bank of America Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
The Outlaw (Howard Hughes, 1943, 116m)
Block Cinema @ Northwestern University -map-
Chicago Indymedia [frequently lists political documentary screenings]
Cine-File.info ["Chicago Guide to Independent and Underground Cinema"]
David Drazin [pianist for silent film]
Eye & Ear Clinic @ SAIC
Film Studies Center @ Univ. of Chicago -map-
Odd Obsession video rentals -map-
Ocular Loci film & video screening calendar
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