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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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New 4K Digital Restoration
Fear and Desire

New 4K Digital restoration of Stanley Kubrick's debut film, FEAR AND DESIRE is now playing. Preceded by Kubrick's 1953 short THE SEAFARERS. Learn more here.

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Four Daughters

Winner of the Best Documentary prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Kaouther Ben Hania's FOUR DAUGHTERS is a compelling and ambitious work of nonfiction cinema. Learn more here. 

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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Winner of the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT is a magnetic portrait of poet and activist Nikki Giovanni’s Afrofuturist-feminist philosophical outlook. Learn more here.

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November 27 & 30
Touristic Intents

Mat Rappaport's absorbing documentary TOURISTIC INTENTS poses a question: can a building be guilty? Screening November 27 & 30 with a post-screening panel discussion with director on November 30. Learn more here.

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December 1-10
The Sounds of Ryuichi Sakamoto

Soak in iconic scores from legendary Japanese composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Featuring Nagisa Ōshima, Pedro Almodóvar and Bernardo Bertolucci on 35mm; THE REVENANT; and Koreeda's latest film, MONSTER. View full series here.

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Member Presale Happening Now
The Boy and the Heron

In his first film in a decade, Hayao Miyazaki returns with a profound visual feast, THE BOY AND THE HERON. Opening December 8 at the Film Center. Advance tickets available now for Film Center members. General Public tickets available November 17. Learn more here.

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November/December Gazette

Read the double issue of our November/December Gazette that includes the 29th Black Harvest Film Festival program guide. Read online now and pick up a copy at your next visit to the Film Center. Read Now!

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September 5 - December 12
Fall Lecture Series

Our fall Lecture Series, hosted by Professor Daniel Eisenberg celebrates 30 years of essential contributions to moving-image culture that alums from the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (FVNMA) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) have produced. View full series.

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NOW PLAYING

woman standing on stage with hands outstretched looking at large cloud
GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT
Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson2023
four girls laying on each other in bed
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania2023
man in army uniform holding woman's mouth shut from behind
FEAR AND DESIRE
Stanley Kubrick1952
group of buildings near seaside from above
TOURISTIC INTENTS
Mat Rappaport2021
young teen in blue shirt standing in middle of street holding sign that says "Bad Press"
BAD PRESS
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler2023
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COMING SOON

two young boys running outside through tropical forest
MONSTER
Hirokazu Kore-eda / 2023
group of chefs standing around table
MENUS-PLAISIRS LES TROISGROS
Frederick Wiseman / 2023
blonde man in military uniform standing with arms crossed
MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE
Nagisa Ōshima / 1983
children's wagon in snow
STAN BRAKHAGE: IMAGINATION AND PERCEPTION
Stan Brakhage / 1955, 1995
two women in red pant suits sitting with hands crossed on laps
HIGH HEELS
Pedro Almodóvar / 1991
person being recorded on film in front of building
FIRST VOICE GENERATION
Cynthia Martinez / 2023
young boy looking at troll like man in kitchen table
THE BOY AND THE HERON
Hayao Miyazaki / 2023
woman wearing red dress, sunglasses, and red beret and man wearing collared shirt and sunglasses sitting next to each other in desert
THE SHELTERING SKY
Bernardo Bertolucci / 1990
bearded man outside in snow with beard covered in ice and snow
THE REVENANT
Alejandro G. Iñárritu / 2015
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Nightingale Projects: AS, IS
Various directors / 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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