Barbara Loden: WANDA (1970)
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, September 9th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
Tuesday, September 9, 6:00 p.m. & Sunday, September 14, 12:00 p.m. | After giving up custody of her children and leaving her husband, Wanda drifts through Pennsylvania’s coal country in quiet detachment. Hidden behind her passive and silent presence is a search for something unspoken, perhaps unknown even to herself. Barbara Loden’s 1970 feature was a landmark in American independent cinema, one of the first films written, directed by, and starring a woman, depicting a haunting portrait of female interiority and alienation.
Awards & Nominations
Winner – Pasinetti Award, Best Foreign Film, Venice Film Festival
Interiority on Screen Lecture Series | Fall 2025
This series focuses on cinematic works that depict the subjectivities and mental states of their characters in unconventional, intimate, and poetic manners. Tuesday film screenings will be accompanied by lectures, where these films will be discussed not only from the standpoint of critical spectatorship but also from a filmmaker’s point of view. Select titles offered with Sunday encores. Tickets for Sunday encores are regular price and do not include the lecture. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. Lecturer: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Assistant Professor of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu
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