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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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Now Playing Exclusively at the Film Center
FRAMING AGNES

Chase Joynt's innovative cinematic exercise that blends fiction and nonfiction, and widens the frame through which trans history is viewed in FRAMING AGNES. Plus, Q&A with filmmaker and crew members on February 2 at 6:15pm.

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NO BEARS

Iranian New Wave master Jafar Panahi’s poignant and powerful meta reflection on creativity and love in the face of oppression and authority NO BEARS (KHERS NIST) is now playing!

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February 3 - 9
Argento 1970s

Be our bloody valentine this February with ARGENTO: 1970s. Six films from Italian horror master Dario Argento. Presented in partnership with Cinecittà, Rome. 

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SAINT OMER

From acclaimed documentarian Alice Diop (WE), comes her feature narrative debut, SAINT OMER. "Startling, scary, and unforgettable." Winner of the Silver Lion, Grand Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival.

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January 7 - February 4
Settle In

Binge watching a television show or catching a double feature? Child’s play. Prove your passion for pacing with five films that test the limits of runtimes, that lean into their length, and invite you to Settle In. Bottomless popcorn, coffee, and stretching breaks included.

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January & February Gazette

The first 2023 issue of the Gazette is hot off the presses! Read online now and
pick up a copy at your next visit to the Film Center. Read Now!

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January 31 - May 9
Gore Capitalism: Lecture Series

The Film Center is delighted to welcome the return of our long-running lecture series with GORE CAPITALISM. Tuesdays at 6pm. Lecture series led by SAIC's Professor Daniel R. Quiles.

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two men tied to stake with bayonets pointed at them
WAR AND PEACE
Sergei Bondarchuk1965
close up of Black woman looking sideways with orange mesh veil in front of face
FRAMING AGNES
Chase Joynt2022
five Black women sitting in back of van with one in middle smiling and holding young child
A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE
Zara Katz, Lisa Riordan Seville2022
man in military uniform holding up large globe
THE GREAT DICTATOR
Charles Chaplin1940
man in public park wearing dress clothes and squatting down aiming camera
NO BEARS
Jafar Panahi2022
woman taking stand at trial looking outwards
SAINT OMER
Alice Diop2022
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man, girl, and woman leaning over bridge pointing and looking into distance
ONE FINE MORNING
Mia Hansen-Løve / 2022
black leather glove covering woman with terrified face
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE
Dario Argento / 1970
stop motion animation of group of children wearing winter gear in snow in front of cabin
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
Claude Barras / 2017
man with sunglasses on sitting in chair with young girl
THE CAT O' NINE TAILS
Dario Argento / 1971
woman in white nightgown against black backdrop
FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET
Dario Argento / 1971
two men on street with one holding rifle
THE FIVE DAYS
Dario Argento / 1973
man and woman on hillside at a meal with man drinking from soup ladle
BACURAU
Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles / 2019
young boy with blond curly hair holding bloody knife in front of face
DEEP RED
Dario Argento / 1975
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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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