Gene's Favorites

November 28–December 29, 2026

To wrap up our 25 Years on State Street celebration, we are pleased to present five films championed by our namesake, Chicago film critic, Gene Siskel.

Series Films

THE RULES OF THE GAME

LA RÈGLE DU JEU

Directed by: Jean Renoir

France | 1939

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Considered by Siskel to be one of the greatest films ever made, THE RULES OF THE GAME (LA RÈGLE DU JEU) by Jean Renoir is a scathing critique of corrupt French society… more

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DO THE RIGHT THING

Directed by: Spike Lee

USA | 1989

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Siskel chose DO THE RIGHT THING as his number one movie of 1989. On the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, pizza delivery man Mookie… more

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA

Directed by: Sergio Leone

USA/Italy | 1984

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In the late ’60s, decades after he was a career criminal, elderly David Aaronson (Robert De Niro) returns to New York City to reflect on his life, from his childhood in… more

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THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich

USA | 1971

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Directed by the late, great Peter Bogdanovich and released in 1971 to critical acclaim, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW garnered not only a place in Siskel’s top five films of the… more

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BABE

Directed by: Chris Noonan

Australia/USA/UK | 1995

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The tale of a shy, orphaned Yorkshire piglet made Siskel’s top five of 1995. After being awarded as a prize in a county fair contest, Babe lands at Hoggett Farm amid a… more

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