Saturday, August 8, 3:30 p.m. | On rare occasions a film's marketing tagline is accurate, and this is one of them: "All this picture has is SEX, GANGSTERS, STRIPPERS, A MILLION STOLEN BUCKS, 3 STIFFS IN A COFFIN and some of the other little Happenings in life." Robert Ryan and Sid Caesar star as members of a Chicago criminal outfit on a wild goose chase for a missing dead body (a fatal BBQ accident victim) holding a pile of cash. Based on a novel by crime fiction master Donald Westlake, the film features some mildly ghoulish touches fitting of director Castle, beautiful exterior shots of '60s Chicago, Dom DeLuise as a mortician, and a young Richard Pryor in his film debut. (Rebecca Lyon, Chicago Film Society)
Chicago Film Society Presents: Technicolor Weekend | August 7–9, 2026
The Chicago Film Society returns for its fourth iteration of Technicolor Weekend, a series which showcases prints made using the Technicolor printing process. All of the films in this series will be projected from prints that were at one point or another saved by private collectors. They were intended to last only through their initial runs, but instead have endured hundreds of screenings, studio mergers, film exchange closures, and multiple private owners. These unlikely survivors offer us a view of what these films looked like before digital color correction and other modern restoration techniques, and are stunning examples of an incredibly complex industrial process that delighted millions. Synopses courtesy of Chicago Film Society. Learn more at chicagofilmsociety.org.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu