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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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October 1 - 14
Gentle Giants
Gentle Giants Series
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Mondays at 6:00PM | September 6 - November 8
TALKING PICTURES VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES
World Cinema of the 1960s with Jonathan Rosenbaum Virtual Lecture Series
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Updated Covid Protocols
Updated Covid-19 Protocols
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Fellini Retrospective
Fellini Retrospective

We are proud to be screening nine digitally restored Fellini favorites from August - October, 2021 in commemoration of master Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini's 100th birthday

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VIRTUAL FILM CENTER
Film Center from Your Sofa

With our doors closed, you may be missing the Gene Siskel Film Center -- but we don't want you to miss out on the latest art house films

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Support the Film Center

If you have the means consider investing in the future of the Gene Siskel Film Center. While our theatrical programming is suspended there are many ways that you can continue to support the Film Center!

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NOW PLAYING

Man and woman at party in formal wear
THE CAPOTE TAPES
Ebs Burnough2021
Man and woman at table in bar
THE CARD COUNTER
Paul Schrader2021
Beach at sunset
USEDOM: A CLEAR VIEW OF THE SEA
Heinz Brinkmann2017
Man in uniform looking at woman looking away
WIFE OF A SPY
Kiyoshi Kurosawa2021
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Renée Green: Partially Buried, Partially Buried Continued, and Mise-en-scène: Commemorative Toile
Renée Green1996, 2020
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AKILLA'S ESCAPE
Charles Officer2021
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COMING SOON

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THE FIRST DEGREE
Edward Sedgwick / 1923
woman laying on hood of car
TITANE
Julia Ducournau / 2021
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EL PLANETA
Amalia Ulman / 2021
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NEWS FROM HOME
Chantal Akerman / 1976
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PARIS, TEXAS
Wim Wenders / 1984
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AMARCORD
Federico Fellini / 1973
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MUSEUM HOURS
Jem Cohen / 2012
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THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Maria Finitzo / 2020
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October 15 - 23
Chicago Palestine Film Festival

The Chicago Palestine Film Festival (CPFF) is an independent organization based in Chicago that exhibits and promotes films by Palestinian directors and films about Palestine. CPFF is dedicated to presenting a film festival that is open, critical, and reflective of the culture, experience and vision of the filmmakers.

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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency 

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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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