<em>Dead Alive</em> (1992)

Film

Dead Alive

Today @ Music Box Theatre

Before Lord of the Rings brought him Oscar hardware and international geek love, Peter Jackson wowed smaller (but no less devoted)... 

<em>The Shining</em> (1980)

Film

The Shining

Today @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

The Shining opens with John Alcott's aerial shots of empty Colorado byways with their eerie, edge-of-the-world beauty. This gorgeous yet unsettling... 

<em>Wild River</em> (1960)

Film

Wild River

Wednesday 5/30 @ Portage Theater

Montgomery Clift is an agent for the Tennessee Valley Authority (created by FDR's New Deal to stop the flooding of the... 

35 Shots of Rum

Film

35 Shots of Rum

Thursday 5/31 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

(Claire Denis, 2008, France/Germany, 35mm, 100 min.)   The critically-acclaimed 35 Shots of Rum is the delicate and moving story of... 

<em>I Wish</em>

Film

I Wish

Friday 6/ 1 @ Music Box Theatre

Twelve-year-old Koichi lives with his mother and retired grandparents in Kagoshima, in the southern region of Kyushu, Japan. His younger brother... 

<em>Moonrise Kingdom</em>

Film

Moonrise Kingdom

Friday 6/ 1 @ Various Chicago theaters

Wes Anderson was teetering on the brink of self-parody when the stop-motion animated Fantastic Mr. Fox breathed fresh air into the... 

<em>Master of the Flying Guillotine</em> (1976) and <em>The Fists of the White Lotus</em> (1980)

Film: Double Feature

Master of the Flying Guillotine and The Fists of the White Lotus

Friday 6/ 1 @ Portage Theater

The Chicago Cinema Society made an auspicious programming debut last year by pairing Alex de la Iglesia's violent carnivalesque The Last... 

Paris Blues

Film

Paris Blues

Friday 6/ 1 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

(Martin Ritt, 1961, USA, 35mm, 95 min.)   One of famed director Martin Ritt’s (Hud, Sounder, Norma Rae) earliest films, Paris... 

The Sign of Leo (Le signe du lion)

Film

The Sign of Leo (Le signe du lion)

Thursday 6/ 7 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

(Eric Rohmer, 1962, France, 35mm, 100 min.)   Rohmer’s debut feature focuses on Leo, an American living on modest means in... 

Summer (Le Rayon Vert)

Film

Summer (Le Rayon Vert)

Friday 6/ 8 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

(Eric Rohmer, 1986, France, 35mm, 98 min)   In the heat of summer most Parisians flee the city, but Delphine finds...