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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 School of the Art Insitute of Chicago
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August 2 - September 4
Pioneers of Queer Cinema

In partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents Pioneers of Queer Cinema! The series introduces and reacquaints audiences with landmark queer works and their makers, while inspiring new conversations and renewed action surrounding the complex obstacles LGBTQ+ communities continue to face.

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1972 - 2022
50/50 Series

Join our 50th anniversary celebration with a year-long series of films commemorating each year of our history, starting in 1972. 

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September 7 - October 12
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini: Poetry, Passion & Provocation

One hundred years after his birth and nearly fifty years after his death, the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini continue to shock and provoke audiences. Pasolini challenged the boundaries of filmmaking, self expression, and censorship, leaving him with a legacy of distinctive and singular work.

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September 12 - October 3
Tsai Ming-Liang Series + Lecture

Celebrate select works from Tsai Ming-Liang, one of the most prominent film directors of the new cinema movement in Taiwan. Plus, join us for an in-person lecture with Tsai Ming-Liang followed by an audience Q&A on October 3.

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Thank you for supporting the Film Center

Thank you for supporting the Film Center! As our 50th Anniversary fundraising initiative continues, take a look back at our recent 50th anniversary gratitude event 'Matt Damon in Conversation with Robert Downey, Jr.' 

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NOW PLAYING

young girl with glasses in classroom
LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE
Director: Kevin Shaw, Producer: Rachel Dickson2022
girls looking in mirror
GIRL PICTURE
Alli Haapasalo2022
woman looking away with man in suit looking at her
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
Wong Kar Wai2000
woman in suit sitting in office chair at desk
PRIMA FACIE
Justin Martin2022
man in white shirt and lei holding hand up in fist in street parade
THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK
Robert Epstein1984
young boy in city street running and looking behind him
CITY OF GOD
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund2002
man on the beach in leather jacket and lowering his sunglasses
PARTING GLANCES
Bill Sherwood1986
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COMING SOON

woman in red dress with gold jewelry sitting with arms outstretched at table looking straight ahead
QUEEN OF GLORY
Nana Mensah / 2021
large wooden ship in mountains with woman and child looking up at it in grass
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
Hayao Miyazaki / 2004
two woman leaning on each other in black and white with flashes of light
NITRATE KISSES
Barbara Hammer / 1992
woman standing in front of bookshelf on the phone looking at seated man at table
CACHÉ
Michael Haneke / 2005
woman touching other woman's face
DESERT HEARTS
Donna Deitch / 1986
two girls on balcony wearing flower crowns and dancing
DAISIES
Věra Chytilová / 1966
group of people in colorful outfits posing and blowing kisses
PARIS IS BURNING
Jennie Livingston / 1990
woman and young girl in forest with lit candles around them
ALMA'S RAINBOW
Ayoka Chenzira / 1994
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The Gene Siskel Film Center presents a curated collection of international, independent, and classic cinema reflective of Chicago’s diverse community.

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