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The Gene Siskel Film Center selects and presents significant world cinema in a non-commercial context that sets aesthetic, critical and entertainment standards. Can't find what you're looking for? Contact us.

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THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE

Francisca Alegría's stunning debut THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE is a lyrical, magical rumination on nature, renewal, and rebirth. Learn more here.

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WHITE BALLS ON WALLS

With unprecedented access, Vos’s revealing documentary WHITE BALLS ON WALLS chronicles the fraught process of auditing and challenging the lack of diversity and inclusion in Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art. Learn more here.

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GOOD GUY WITH A GUN

Join director John Mossman in-person for select showtimes of GOOD GUY WITH A GUN, a taut Chicago-made thriller that presents a unique portrait of trauma and an American family. Learn more here.

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June 5 - 21
Science on Screen

Science on Screen presents four classic films paired with lively discussions from experts in the fields of science and technology. Featuring films from Sidney Lumet, Ingmar Bergman, and Akira Kurosawa. View full series. 

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TWILIGHT

New 4K restoration of TWILIGHT (SZÜRKÜLET), a much-admired but long-unavailable masterpiece by influential Hungarian auteur and regular Béla Tarr collaborator György Fehér. Learn more here.

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June 16 - 29
Daddy Issues

In this ten-film series we take a closer look at the foundational father figure in film. From the heroic to the delinquent, from the absent to the affable, the fathers of Daddy Issues have raised us, onscreen and off. View full series.

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FALCON LAKE

In her quiet and eerie directorial debut, FALCON LAKE, Charlotte Le Bon assuredly blends coming-of-age genre conventions and crafts a moody love story with a rich, gothic ambience. Learn more here.

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NOW PLAYING

woman walking through shallow lake water
THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE
Francisca Alegría2023
two boys hugging on sidewalk outside
GOOD GUY WITH A GUN
John Mossman2023
man doing magic trick with man covered with sheet hovering off of ground
THE MAGICIAN: PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Ingmar Bergman1958
two young people sitting in grassy hill
FALCON LAKE
Charlotte Le Bon2023
black and white image of young children sitting at school desks looking forward
TWILIGHT
György Fehér1990
women sitting in conference room turning heads towards man
WHITE BALLS ON WALLS
Sarah Vos2022
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COMING SOON

black and white basketball court with studio lights on court
Nightingale Projects: SPORTS MYSTICISM
Various directors / 1981, 2023
man wearing red shirt holding shirtless man upside down
WILL-O'-THE-WISP
João Pedro Rodrigues / 2023
close up of hand holding dry beans over blue bucket
CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY FILMMAKER EXCHANGE
Pegah Pasalar, Tania Hernández Velasco / 2014, 2018
man sitting on swing in the rain
IKIRU: C'MON GET HAPPY
Akira Kurosawa / 1952
woman looking in mirror with blonde dye in hair
BLUE JEAN
Georgia Oakley / 2022
man and woman riding on motorcycle
WÙLU
Daouda Coulibaly / 2016
young couple dancing
DANCING THE TWIST IN BAMAKO
Robert Guédiguian / 2021
woman holding pen and sitting at table talking to two others
MOVE WHEN THE SPIRIT SAYS MOVE
Rachel Ferro, Deborah C. Hoard / 2023
men in suits sitting around conference room desk looking ahead
12 ANGRY MEN: YOU TELL ME!
Sidney Lumet / 1957
man in suit sitting on stage
National Theatre Live: GOOD
Dominic Cooke / 2023
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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. IL Arts council 

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