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screenings added on May-15, 2008:
week of May-23: "Maxwell Street films"
screenings added on May-14, 2008:
week of May-16: "Mike Henderson & Robert
Nelson"
screenings added on May-13, 2008:
week of May-16: "Green Festival" screenings
screenings added on May-12, 2008:
week of May-16: [updated details for Bruce Nauman
symposium]
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Tue, May-13
5:10/9:30pm @ Music Box
Dr. No (Terence Young, 1962, 110m)
Tue, May-13
6:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Forest of the Hanged (Liviu Ciulei, 1964, 158m)
Tue, May-13
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Le ciel est a vous (Jean Grémillon, 1944, 105m)
Tue, May-13
7:20pm @ Music Box
From Russia With Love (Terence Young, 1963, 110m)
Wed, May-14
5:00/9:45pm @ Music Box
Thunderball (Terence Young, 1965, 130m)
Wed, May-14
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949, 104m)
Wed, May-14
7:00/9:15pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie, 1965, 109m)
Wed, May-14
7:30pm @ Music Box
Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964, 110m)
Wed, May-14
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
Jump the Gun (Les Blank, 1997, 124m)
Wed, May-14
8:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Sunday at Six (Lucian Pintilie, 1965, 102m)
Wed, May-14
8:00pm @ Sonotheque (1444 W. Chicago) age 21+
"The Actuality Show: Fundamentals of Cinema in Tracking Shots, Nature
and Kissing (1893 - 1905)" (total c. 90m), incl.: **all
projected DVD**
Passage Through a Tunnel (Lumičres)
The Goldfish Bowl (Louis Lumičre, 1895, 1m)
Prof. Weston's Boxing Cats ([Edison Co.], 1894,
1m)
The May-Irwin Kiss (William Heise [Edison Co.],
1896, 1m)
Interior New York Subway (G.W. Bitzer, 1905,
6m)
The Westinghouse Works (G.W. Bitzer, 1904, 6m)
The Georgetown Loop ([Biograph Co.], 1903, 3m)
The Kiss in the Tunnel (George Albert Smith,
1899, 1m)
+ live musical accompaniment by students of Columbia
College's MFA Music Composition for the Screen program: Elon Arbiture,
Jordan Balagot, Duncan Blickenstaff, Joseph Cooper, Mae Crosby, Andrew Edwards,
Victor Hernandez-Sumpfhauser, Robert Ramos, Marjorie Rusche, Nathaniel Smith,
& Michelle Tyler
Thu, May-15
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
La Perla (Emilio Fernandez, 1947, 85m)
Thu, May-15
7:20pm @ Music Box
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L'Année dernière à Marienbad [Last Year at
Marienbad] (Alain Resnais, 1961, 90m)
Thu, May-15
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
Into Great Silence (Philip Gröning, 2005, 162m) essay;
essay; essay;
capsule
Thu, May-15
9:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (Willis
H. O'Brien, 1915, 5m)
The Lost World (Harry O. Hoyt, 1925, 100m)
Fri, May-16
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Gangster VIP (Masuda Toshio, 1968, 93m)
Fri, May-16; see also May-18
6:30/9:00/11:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968, 112m) *new print*
Fri, May-16
7:00pm @ Chicago Cultural Center, Cassidy Theater FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago Film Archives presents
"Out of the Vault 2008":
The Right to Dissent: A Press Conference (The
Film Group, 1968,
9m)
Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Avenue
(The Film Group, 1968, 11m)
Law and Order vs. Dissent (The Film Group,
1968, 11m)
What Trees Do They Plant? (Henry Ushijima
Productions, 1968, 60m) *DVD from original broadcast tape*
+ Q&A with Bill Cottle (producer of
the Film Group's Urban Crisis films) and Ruth Ratney (writer of What
Trees Do They Plant?)
Fri, May-16
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.) FREE
ADMISSION
"Planet Earth - Episode 4: Caves" (Alastair Fothergill,
2007, 58m, HD video)
"Planet Earth - Episode 7: Great Plains" (Alastair
Fothergill, 2007, 58m, HD video)
Fri, May-16; see also May-17
8:00pm @ Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N Clark)
"Chicago 360 v.3"
Sat, May-17
10am to 5pm @ Film Studies Center, Univ. of Chicago (5811 S. Ellis; Cobb Hall
307) FREE ADMISSION
symposium: "The Early Films of Bruce Nauman: Between Art
History and Film Studies" incl.:
Thighing (Blue) (1967, 4˝m) webpage
Bouncing Two Balls Between the Floor and Ceiling with
Changing Rhythms (1967-68)
Playing a Note on the Violin While I Walk Around the
Studio (1967-68)
Violin Film #1 (Playing the Violin as Fast as I Can)
(1967-68)
Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter
of a Square (1967-68)
Black Balls (1969)
Bouncing Balls (1969)
Gauze (1969, 8m) webpage
Pulling Mouth (1969, 8m) webpage
+ keynote address by Constance Lewallen
+ roundtable discussion moderated by Jennifer Wild feat. Fred
Camper, Gabrielle Gopinath (Yale Univ.), Mark Hansen (Univ. of Chicago),
Christine Mehring (Univ. of Chicago), & Jennifer Wild (visiting, Univ. of
Chicago)
Sat, May-17; see also May-18
11:30am @ Music Box
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, 1939, 129m)
Sat, May-17 @ Navy Pier (600 E. Grand), room 301/303
"Chicago
Green Festival" screenings (all video?):
12noon: "Lost Film
Fest" program
2:30pm: BRAD: One More Night on the Barricades (Miguel
Castro, 55m)
4:00pm: Young Arabs (25m)
5:00pm: Before Spring (15m)
5:30pm: Raw Reality: Reversing Diabetes Naturally (91m)
Sat, May-17; see also May-22
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Pale Light of Sorrow (Iulian Mihu, 1978, 147m)
Sat, May-17
5:45pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Lost Sorrows of Jean Eustache (Angel Diaz, 1997, 52m)
Le Cochon [The Pig] (Jean Eustache &
Jean-Michel Barjol, 1970, 50m)
Sat, May-17; see also May-16
8:00pm @ Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N Clark)
"Chicago 360 v.3"
Sat, May-17
8:00pm @ LaSalle Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Platinum Blonde (Frank Capra, 1931, 103m)
+ Flash Gordon, Episode 7: Shattering Doom (Frederick
Stephani, 1936)
Sun, May-18; see also May-17
11:30am @ Music Box
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, 1939, 129m)
Sun, May-18 @ Navy Pier (600 E. Grand), room 301/303
"Chicago
Green Festival" screenings (all video?):
12noon: The Book of Green (6m) + discussion
2:00pm: Renewal (Marty Ostrow & Terry Kay Rockefeller,
90m) + panel discussion
Sun, May-18
12:30pm @ Facets Cinémathèque $5
admission / FREE for members
Los Traidores [The Traitors] (Raymundo Gleyzer, 1973,
105m) *projected DVD*
Sun, May-18; see also May-20
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Mes petites Aamoureuses [My Little Loves] (Jean Eustache,
1974, 123m)
Sun, May-18; see also May-16
3:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968, 112m) *new print*
Sun, May-18; see also May-19
5:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Microphone Test (Mircea Daneliuc, 1979, 108m)
Sun, May-18
6:30/9:00pm @ The Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee)
White Light Cinema screening:
Tearoom (William E. Jones, 1962/2007, 56m, video) webpage
Mansfield 1962 (William E. Jones, 2006, 9m, video) webpage
+ Jones in person
Sun, May-18
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Green Hell (James Whale, 1940, 87m)
Sun, May-18
8:30pm @ Cinema Borealis (1550 N. Milwaukee, 4th floor) FREE
ADMISSION
"Blues and Funk! Films by Mike Henderson & Robert
Nelson":
Dufus (Mike Henderson, 1970, 8m)
Mother's Day (Mike Henderson, 1970, 15m)
Down Hear (Mike Henderson, 1973, 12m)
Pitchfork and the Devil (Mike Henderson, 1979,
15m)
Hot Leatherette (Robert Nelson, 1967, 5m)
Deep Westurn (Robert Nelson, 1974, 6m)
Special Warning (Robert Nelson, 1976/98, 8m)
King David (Mike Henderson & Robert Nelson,
1970/2003, 9m)
Worldly Woman (Mike Henderson & Robert
Nelson, 1973, 8m)
Mon, May-19; see also May-18
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Microphone Test (Mircea Daneliuc, 1979, 108m)
Mon, May-19
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Quick Billy (Bruce Baillie, 1967-70, 72m) interview
Tue, May-20; see also May-18
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Mes petites Aamoureuses [My Little Loves] (Jean Eustache,
1974, 123m)
Tue, May-20
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Le Dames du Bois de Boulogne (Robert Bresson, 1945, 85m)
Wed, May-21
7:00/9:15pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
These Are the Damned [aka The Damned] (Joseph Losey, 1962,
96m)
Wed, May-21
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
Black Girl (Ousmane Sembene, 1966, 65m)
Thu, May-22; see also May-17
6:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Pale Light of Sorrow (Iulian Mihu, 1978, 147m)
Thu, May-22
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
La Virgen que forjó una patria (Julio Brancho, 1942, 110m)
Thu, May-22
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
"Sonic Celluloid" details tba
Thu, May-22
9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Land Unknown (Virgil W. Vogel, 1957, 78m)
starting May-23 @ Music Box
"The Animation Show 4" website
with program
week of Fri, May-23 @ Facets Cinémathèque
"6th Annual
Human Rights Watch Film Festival"
Fri, May-23
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Roughneck (Hasebe Yasuharu, 1969, 69m)
Fri, May-23; see also May-26
8:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
A Girl's Tear (Iosif Demian, 1980, 83m)
Sat, May-24; see also May-25
11:30am @ Music Box
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Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, 112m)
Sat, May-24 @ Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater FREE
ADMISSION
"Blues Season Maxwell Street Film Series" screening:
1:00pm: And This is Free (Mike Shea, Howard Alk & Gordon
Guinn, 1963, 48m)
2:15pm: At Maxwell Street (Tom Palazzolo, 1983, 36m)
3:15pm: The Church on Maxwell Street (Marvin Newman &
Yasuhiro Ishimoto, 1951, 7m)
3:45pm: Maxwell Street Blues (Linda Williams & Raul
Zaritsky, 1980, 56m)
+ Quinn, Palazzolo, Newman & Zaritsky in person
Sat, May-24; see also May-27
3:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Return of the Banished (Malvina Ursianu, 1979, 148m)
Sat, May-24; see also May-28
7:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Mother and the Whore [La maman et la putain]
(Jean Eustache, 1973, 215m)
Sat, May-24
8:00pm @ LaSalle Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
This Land is Mine (Jean Renoir, 1943, 103m)
+ Flash Gordon, Episode 8: Tournament of Death (Frederick
Stephani, 1936)
Sun, May-25; see also May-24
11:30am @ Music Box
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Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, 112m)
Sun, May-25
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Hieronymous Bosch's Garden of Delights (Jean Eustache, 1979, 34m)
Alix's Photos (Jean Eustache, 1980, 18m)
A Dirty Story (Jean Eustache, 1977, 47m)
Sun, May-25; see also May-29
5:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Contest [aka Orienteering] (Dan Pita, 1980, 104m)
Sun, May-25
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922, 90m)
with
live piano accompaniment by Daniel Sefik
Mon, May-26; see also May-23
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
A Girl's Tear (Iosif Demian, 1980, 83m)
Mon, May-26
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Finnegan's Wake (Mary Ellen Bute, 1965-67, 97m) essay
Tue, May-27; see also May-24
6:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Return of the Banished (Malvina Ursianu, 1979, 148m)
Tue, May-27
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Le Silence de la Mer (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1949, 88m)
Wed, May-28
1:30pm @ Portage Theater (4050 N. Milwaukee) $4
admission
Dark Victory (Edmund Goulding, 1939, 104m)
Wed, May-28; see also May-24
6:30pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Mother and the Whore [La maman et la putain]
(Jean Eustache, 1973, 215m)
Wed, May-28
7:00/9:15pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965, 104m)
Wed, May-28
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
Ali:
Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, 94m)
Thu, May-29
5:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.) FREE
ADMISSION
Mechina: A Preparation (Maital Guttman, 2008, 48m, DVD)
Thu, May-29; see also May-25
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Contest [aka Orienteering] (Dan Pita, 1980, 104m)
Thu, May-29
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
María Candelaria (Emilio Fernandez, 1944, 102m) *in Spanish with
no subtitles*
Thu, May-29
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
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Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959, 125m)
Thu, May-29
9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (Fukuda June, 1966, 87m)
Fri, May-30; see also Jun-01, Jun-04
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
It Always Rains on Sunday (Robert Hamer, 1947, 92m) essay
Fri, May-30
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.) FREE
ADMISSION
"Planet Earth - Episode 9: Shallow Seas" (Alastair
Fothergill, 2007, 58m, HD video)
"Planet Earth - Episode 11: Ocean Deep" (Alastair
Fothergill, 2007, 58m, HD video)
Sat, May-31; see also Jun-04
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Circus Performers (Elisabeta Bostan, 1981, 93m)
Sat, May-31; see also Jun-02
5:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Sequences (Alexandru Tatos, 1982, 98m)
Sat, May-31
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.) FREE
ADMISSION
"Planet Earth - Episode 8: Jungles" (Alastair Fothergill,
2007, 58m, HD video)
Sat, May-31
8:00pm @ LaSalle Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
The Narrow Margin (Richard Fleischer, 1952, 71m)
+ Flash Gordon, Episode 9: Fighting the Fire Dragon
(Frederick Stephani, 1936)
Sun, Jun-01; see also Jun-05
3:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Robinson's Place (Jean Eustache, 1963, 42m)
Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes (Jean Eustache, 1966, 47m)
Sun, Jun-01; see also May-30, Jun-04
5:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
It Always Rains on Sunday (Robert Hamer, 1947, 92m) essay
Sun, Jun-01
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
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Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927, 126m)
with
live piano accompaniment by Daniel Sefik
Mon, Jun-02; see also May-31
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Sequences (Alexandru Tatos, 1982, 98m)
Mon, Jun-02
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Wisconsin Death Trip (James Marsh, 1999, 76m)
Tue, Jun-03
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Numéro Zéro (Jean Eustache, 1971/2003, 104m)
Tue, Jun-03
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Les Parents terrible (Jean Cocteau, 1948, 105m)
Wed, Jun-04
1:30pm @ Portage Theater (4050 N. Milwaukee) $4
admission
Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936, 103m)
Wed, Jun-04; see also May-30, Jun-01
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
It Always Rains on Sunday (Robert Hamer, 1947, 92m) essay
Wed, Jun-04
7:00/9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
The Collector (William Wyler, 1965, 119m)
Wed, Jun-04
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995, 96m) essay
Wed, Jun-04; see also May-31
8:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Circus Performers (Elisabeta Bostan, 1981, 93m)
Thu, Jun-05; see also Jun-01
6:00pm @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Robinson's Place (Jean Eustache, 1963, 42m)
Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes (Jean Eustache, 1966, 47m)
Thu, Jun-05
7:00pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
La Zandunga (Fernando de Fuentes, 1938, 107m)
Thu, Jun-05
8:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, 1993, 113m)
Thu, Jun-05
9:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993, 127m)
Fri, Jun-06
9:00pm @ Block Cinema (Northwestern Univ.)
Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, 2003, 82m)
Sat, Jun-07; see also Jun-08
6:30/9:00/11:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar-wai, 2007, 111m)
Sat, Jun-07
8:00pm @ Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N Clark)
"Heather's Short Shorts: A Blast From the Past - Vintage 16mm
Commercials & Other Rare TV Clips" curated & hosted by Heather
McAdams
Sat, Jun-07
8:00pm @ LaSalle Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Call Northside 777 (Henry Hathaway, 1948, 111m)
+ Flash Gordon, Episode 10: The Unseen Peril (Frederick
Stephani, 1936)
Sun, Jun-08; see also Jun-07
3:30pm @ Doc Films (Univ. of Chicago)
My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar-wai, 2007, 111m)
Sat, Jun-14
8:00pm @ LaSalle Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Forbidden (Frank Capra, 1932, 83m)
+ Flash Gordon, Episode 11: The Claws of the Tigron
(Frederick Stephani, 1936)
Wed, Jun-18
1:30pm @ Portage Theater (4050 N. Milwaukee) $4
admission
Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon, 1959, 102m) essay
Jun-19 thru Jun-22 @ Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N Clark)
"Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival" details tba
Sat, Jun-21
8:00pm @ LaSalle Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
D.O.A. (Rudolph Maté, 1950, 83m)
+ Flash Gordon, Episode 12: Trapped in the Turret (Frederick
Stephani, 1936)
Sat, Jun-28
7:00pm @ Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N Clark) FREE
ADMISSION
open screening
Sat, Jun-28
8:00pm @ LaSalle Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park)
Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938, 102m)
+ Flash Gordon, Episode 13: Rocketing to Earth (Frederick
Stephani, 1936)
Wed, Jul-30
8:00pm @ Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion FREE
ADMISSION
A Throw of Dice [Prapancha Pash] (Franz Osten, 1929, 74m)
with live score composed by Nitin Sawhney
performed by the Grant
Park Orchestra
Tue, Jul-15
8:57pm @ Grant Park FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago
Outdoor Film Festival screening:
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950, 138m)
+ discussion with Richard Roeper at 8:15pm
Tue, Jul-22
8:51pm @ Grant Park FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago
Outdoor Film Festival screening:
The Odd Couple (Gene Saks, 1968, 105m)
Tue, Jul-29
8:44pm @ Grant Park FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago
Outdoor Film Festival screening:
The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980, 133m)
Tue, Aug-05
8:35pm @ Grant Park FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago
Outdoor Film Festival screening:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951, 92m) essay
Tue, Aug-12
8:25pm @ Grant Park FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago
Outdoor Film Festival screening:
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Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958, 110m)
Tue, Aug-19
8:15pm @ Grant Park FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago
Outdoor Film Festival screening:
An Affair to Remember (Leo McCarey, 1957, 119m)
Tue, Aug-26
8:03pm @ Grant Park FREE
ADMISSION
Chicago
Outdoor Film Festival screening:
Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978, 110m)
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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