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GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
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.
Join us as we review the best and biggest films from 2024––from favorite titles that graced the Film Center’s screens, to movies that thrilled audiences across the country. A mini reflection on this cinematic year that was, BE KIND, REWIND provides a survey of the movies of the year. Read more
Legendary documentarian Wang Bing's YOUTH (HARD TIMES) and YOUTH (HOMECOMING) are now playing exclusively at the Film Center. Read more
Raoul Peck's ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND is now playing exclusively at the Film Center. Official selection of the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival and winner of the Golden Eye at Cannes Film Festival. Read more
Flyover country, the third coast, the rust belt. The American Midwest has plenty of nicknames, and is arguably more difficult to outline on a map than the east or west coasts. With Heartland, we search for the Midwest's cinematic definition—how is middle America defined by big screen style and story, and when the lights go down, do we like what we see of our cinematic selves (however realistic or fantastical) reflected back at us? Read more
Payal Kapadia's "early majestic masterwork," ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT, is now playing exclusively at the Film Center. New York Times Critic's Pick and winner of the Grand Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Read more
A unique movie tradition comes to the Gene Siskel Film Center with Cinema Interruptus: four days of communal film criticism centered around a single movie, Paul Thomas Anderson's PHANTOM THREAD. Led by Josh Larsen—critic, author, and co-host of the Chicago-based podcast and radio program Filmspotting. Read more
Director Whit Stillman joins us in person for a special screening of his disarmingly funny social critique, METROPOLITAN. An Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay, winner of the Best First Feature prize at the Independent Spirit Awards, and hailed by critics as one of the best films of 1990. Read more
Members save more at every film. If you join or renew before 2025, we'll add two additional months for FREE to your standard 12-month annual membership. It's our best deal all year. And remember—current members don’t lose any time on their membership by renewing early. Read more
Check out what's coming to our screens through the end of the year. The November/December issue of the Gazette is now available to read online and pickup in person. Read now
Our Propaganda and Counterculture Lecture Series explores the complex world of propaganda in cinema and how film shapes and reflects the socio-political landscapes of our world. Presented by SAIC professors Jennifer D. Lee and Mechtild Widrich. Read more
