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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Category Archive for \"Screening\"
OFF CENTER: KUCHAR XMAS
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME – Picture Restart 16mm Series
6PM @
Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Porcelain War
7PM - 9PM @
Chopin Theater
1543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642
Doc Chicago Conference
noon - 5PM @
Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Theater, first floor
78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Doc Chicago Shorts
7PM - 9PM @
Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Adolfo Arrieta: The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (1974)
9:30PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet Us Where We’re At… With Artist Mary Patten
5PM - 7PM @
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Visual AIDS: Day With(out) Art | Meet Us Where We’re At
2PM - 3:30PM @
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
SOLO SUNNY (1980) in 35mm
7 PM - 9 PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Michael Wallin: The Place Between Our Bodies / As the Wheel Turns / Sleepwalk / Kali’s Revue (1975 / 1973 / 1973 / 1972) ·
9:30PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
The Chicago Film Society Presents: EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS (1933) dir. Mikio Naruse on 35mm, silent with live musical accompaniment by the MIYUMI Project Japanese Experimental Ensemble
11:30 AM @
Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Malt Adult #33
7PM @
Color Club
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Reel Politik: PUTNEY SWOPE (1969) with cartoonist Nathan Gelgud
7PM - 9:30 PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Curt McDowell: Kathleen Trailer (for Underground Cinema 12) / A Visit to Indiana / Truth for Ruth / Ronnie / Peed Into the Wind (1972 / 1970 / 1972 / 1972 / 1972)
9:30PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Richard Beymer’s THE INNERVIEW (1973) with film preservationist Ross Lipman
7PM - 9:30PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
DIVIDED HEAVEN (1964)
6PM - 9PM @
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago IL, 60601
Comfort Film Presents: True Patriot Love: A Double Feature of Canadian Experimental Film
7PM - 10PM @
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
The Chicago Film Society Presents: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) on 35mm
7PM @
Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Tam Ochiai: Shopping Bag: Screening
11AM - 5PM @
Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
ELLBOGEN (2024)
3PM - 5PM @
FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Threading Images: Films & Expanded Cinema Performance with Christina Nguyen
7PM - 9:30 PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Curt McDowell: Ainslie Trailer / Confessions / Wieners and Buns Musical / True Blue and Dreamy / Dora Myrtle / The Mean Brothers “Get Stood Up” / Stinky-Butt / Beaver Fever (1972 / 1971 / 1972 / 1974 / 1973 / 1973 / 1974 / 1974)
9:30PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
The Chicago Film Society Presents – International Sweethearts of Rhythm: Jazz and Blues Films from the Bob Koester Collection on 16mm
8PM @
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Laura Huertas Millán: Pharmakon Ecologies
6PM - 8PM @
Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Ari Benjamin Myers: Marshall Allen, 99, Astronaut
6PM - 8PM @
Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Homeroom Presents – Spectralina: Residency Film Remix Screening
8PM @
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution
6PM - 8PM @
Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, 8th Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Hollis Frampton: The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I / The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV / The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII / Matrix [First Dream] / Palindrome / Noctiluca (1977 / 1977 / 1980 / 1979 / 1969 / 1974)
7PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
BUÑUEL: MASTER OF DREAMS: The Unveiling of Luis Buñuel
12PM @
International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
CHICAGO HOME MOVIE DAY 2025 — with live accompaniment from pianist David Drazin!
11AM - 3PM @
Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
A Page of Madness: Film screening with live original score by BananaAcid
7PM - 9PM @
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, Il 60302
Paul Morrissey: Blood for Dracula (1974)
9:30PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
THE FOOL KILLER (1965) in 16mm
7 PM - 9 PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Hollis Frampton: Surface Tension / Carrots and Peas / Lemon / Prince Ruperts Drops / Artificial Light / Less (1968 / 1969 / 1969 / 1969 / 1969 / 1973)
7PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
The Chicago Film Society Presents: LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (1934) on 35mm – FREE SCREENING
7PM - 9PM @
Film Studies Center - Logan Center for the Arts
The University of Chicago, 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
INVOKING JUSTICE (2011) with filmmaker Deepa Dhanraj
7 PM - 9:30 PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Barbara Hammer: Double Strength / Sappho / The Great Goddess / Multiple Orgasm (1978 / 1979 / 1977 / 1976)
9:30PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Films By Diego Marcon and Others
8PM @
Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
TOBACCO EMBERS and SOMETHING LIKE A WAR with guest Deepa Dhanraj
7 PM - 9:30 PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
PARENTS (1989) on 35mm
8:45PM @
Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Hollis Frampton: Manual of Arms / Information / States / Heterodyne / Snowblind / Works and Days (1966 / 1966 / 1967 / 1967 / 1968 / 1969)
7PM @
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Culture is Our Weapon: The Power of the Word – Amiri Baraka
2PM - 4PM @
Front Porch Arts Center
5851 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60644
Culture is Our Weapon: Lucille Clifton and Sonia Sanchez, Good Women and Baddd
2PM - 4PM @
Front Porch Arts Center
5851 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60644
‘It’s Just a Fucking Opening’ Zine Launch & Premiere After Party
6:30PM - 9PM @
Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, #1, Chicago, IL 60622
THE LEOPARD MAN (1943) in 35mm
7PM - 9PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
WOLFEN (1981) in 35mm
7PM - 9PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now Program 6 — Celluloid City Chicago
5PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now Program 5 — Celluloid City Seoul
2:30PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now Program 3 — To the Lamphouse: Light & Lenses for Projection Explained
12PM @
Chicago Film Society Office
RSVP for address
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now Program 2 — Notes & Threads
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now Program 1 — Light & Noise
8PM @
Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Sharon Hayes: Ricerche: four
6PM - 8PM @
Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now 2025 (October 9 – 12)
@
Constellation, Gene Siskel Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Celluloid Now Program 4 — Revolvey & Bullwinkle
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Matwaala Mehfilm: First-Ever South Asian Poetry Film Festival
2PM - 5PM @
South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
THE WITCH’S MIRROR (EL ESPEJO DE LA BRUJA, 1962)
7PM - 9:30PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Jordan Lord: Shared Resources
6PM - 8PM @
Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Celluloid Is Out: Queer Freedom and Subculture of the 1970s
@
Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
OFF CENTER: ANALOG DREAMING
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
THE FOREIGNER and ASCENDING/DESCENDING (Amos Poe/Sandra Binion, 1978)
7PM - 9:30PM @
Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60608
Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver: Endless Cookie
6PM - 8PM @
Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Chris + Heather’s Big Screen Blowout #2 on 16mm
7PM @
Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Chris + Heather’s Big Screen Blowout #2 on 16mm
7PM @
Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Willea Zwey: Et Sic Videmus
7PM - 8PM @
21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E. Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
The Chicago Film Society Presents: COOKIE’S FORTUNE (1999) on 35mm
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Comfort Film and Tone Glow present Don’t Hang Up
7PM - 9PM @
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
32nd Chicago Underground Film Festival
Multiple @
Multiple
Multiple
Lucretia Martel: THE HEADLESS WOMAN LA MUJER SIN CABEZA (2008)
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Film Society Presents: BLIND HUSBANDS (1919) on 35mm with live musical accompaniment by David Drazin
11:30 AM @
Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Faisal Anwar
@
TheMART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Arts of Life
@
TheMART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
‘Texture’ Film Screening
7:30PM @
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Barbara Loden: WANDA (1970)
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Funeral at the Movies (Week 4: Maxi Cohen, Gerhard Richter, Julie Zando)
6PM - 8PM @
Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Marina Resende: Ground Value
6PM - 10PM @
Watershed Art and Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
He Never Dies: Films from Kalil Haddad and Luther Price
7PM @
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
@
Landmark Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers’ Firehouse Cinema
Landmark Century Centre Cinema: 2828 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657 and Chicago Filmmakers’ Firehouse Cinema: 1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Lynne Ramsay: RATCATCHER (1999)
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Funeral at the Movies (Week 3: Frank Heath, Noah Barker & Dora Budor, Yvo Cho, Christopher Harris)
6PM - 8PM @
Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
OFF CENTER: DOUBLE TROUBLE
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Funeral at the Movies (Week 2: Aurelia Mihai, Cecelia Condit, Alix Pearlstein)
6PM - 8PM @
Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
FUGUE STATE Film Festival
7PM - 10PM @
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Funeral at the Movies (Week 1: Gary Hill, Leslie Thornton & Ron Vawter, Mike Kelley, Renée Green)
6PM - 8PM @
Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
FOREVER YOUNG: PICTURE RESTART 16MM SERIES
6PM @
Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Fetish Film Forum – The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
7PM - 10PM @
Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
The Act of Recording is an Act of Love: The South Side Home Movie Project
6PM - 8PM @
Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Tone Glow Presents “The Body Electric: Six Films By Paul Sharits”
7PM - 9PM @
International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
CFS Presents: Music of the Spheres: Films by Jordan Belson
8:30PM @
Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Funeral at the Movies
@
Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
NEW YORK CITY INFERNO: A Bijou Video Screening
7PM - 9PM @
Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Artist Film Screening: Tam Ochiai & Bettina
10am - 9PM @
Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St
Ripples: The 10th Anniversary Invitational at Project 1612
6PM - 9PM @
Project 1612
813 E Jefferson St, Morton, IL 61550
Film Screening – Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992
6PM - 7:30PM @
Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
subVersion Summer Camp
Multiple @
Multiple
Multiple
Full Spectrum Features presents Cyberslime at FACETS
7PM - 12AM @
FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
A Collection of Short Films from the CFA Media Mixer
7PM - 9PM @
Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Comfort Films Presents: A program of short works by Nick Liberatore aka royb0t
8PM - 10PM @
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
L for Leisure 10th Anniversary Screening
7PM - 9PM @
The Music Box
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
OFF CENTER: FIVE FILMS BY ROSE LOWDER
6PM @
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
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