Onion City: Closing Night – Gangsterism
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, April 12th, at 7PM
Co-presented by OFF CENTER, Gene Siskel Film Center
Celebrate closing night of Onion City Experimental Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center with Isiah Medina’s latest feature. GANGSTERISM (2025, Canada, 84 min) updates the gangster film as the tale of director-gangster Clem, who ponders the politics of film circulation, financing, and representation while his artist cronies track down an old comrade rumored to be a leaker. Isiah Medina and composer Kieran Daly are scheduled to attend for a post-screening conversation.
“There are few filmmakers working today, who are more committed to the inordinate possibilities of the cut and the transformative power of montage than Isiah Medina.” —Daniel Turner, ICA London
“Taking his recondite method into consideration, we ascertain that Medina is himself a student, but one who has graduated to the ranks of the Canadian greats.” —Craig Keller
“If classical shot-reverse-shot form observes conversational propriety, Medina’s flickering approach demonstrates a cinema capable of moving at the pace of thought—ideas which fit jaggedly into one another, not flowing so much as butting heads.” —Dylan Adamson, In Review
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Tags: Chicago, Chicago Filmmakers, Gene Siskel Film Center, Isiah Medina, Loop, Off-Center, Onion City Experimental Film Festival
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