GREEN Opens September 6 @ Silver Eye Eye Center for Photography

GREEN Provokes Viewers to Discover  New Meanings Through Photography Group Exhibition Connects Varied Concept of "Green" On view September 6 - October 5, 2013 Opening Reception, Friday, September 6, 6 - 8 pm   PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 29, 2013 - Silver Eye Center for Photography proudly announces GREEN, a collaborative exhibition showcasing a survey of contemporary aesthetics in photography, all connected by one common, purposely varied idea: green. The exhibition runs September 6 through October 5, 2013. An opening reception takes place on Friday, September 6 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Silver Eye's Southside gallery. It is free and open to the public. The exhibition is organized by Dylan Vitone, a Pittsburgh-based photographer, associate professor in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, and Silver Eye board member. "Green," by definition, can be a noun, adjective, idea, color, lifestyle, and much more. Both photographers and artists alike might be interested in the greenery of nature; the greens on our plates, the greenbacks in our pockets; putting greens, and the laborers who tend them; the effects of greenhouse gases; or simply the portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue. "From infancy, we are taught to interpret colors and shapes, light and texture. We learn to navigate places, read faces, and decipher meaning in the subtleties of how people move. Common to each of us is a basic, visual language. And, yet, there are as many ways to interpret our visual world as there are people seeing it," said Dylan Vitone. "GREEN acknowledges that, in a way, we are all like siblings. We share the same home, but take from it experiences that are unique to each of us." The variety of works in GREEN offers the viewer the opportunity to challenge what the word and concept means to them. Going "green" might have been an unconscious choice for the photographers in the exhibition. Curator Dylan Vitone chose the following photographers to showcase selected works from particular projects they have completed: Sue Abramson (Pittsburgh, PA), From the Same Bulb; Adam Amengual (Brooklyn, NY), Day Laborers; Kim Beck (Pittsburgh, PA), The Grass is Greener; Peter Beste (Santa Fe, NM), Houston Rap; Joe Johnson (Columbia, MO), The Playing Field; Judy Natal (Chicago, IL), Future Perfect; and Ed Panar (Pittsburgh, PA), City of Champions. About the Artists & Curator Sue Abramson is an associate professor at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA. For over twenty years, she has experimented with alternative photographic methods in connection with the garden. Her work has been acquired for many permanent collections, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; The Polaroid Corporation; the University of Pittsburgh; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; and Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania. She has received awards and commissions from Silver Eye Center for Photography, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and Pittsburgh Society of Artists. Abramson simultaneously explores the process of grief and grieving in her work, and has lectured on art and grief at the F295 2012 Symposium, a Pittsburgh event that explores the movements in 21st century photography, and the Good Grief Center of Pittsburgh. For more information, please visit http://www.sueabramson.com/.  Adam Amengual is a photographer based in Brooklyn, NY. After studying the basics of photography in high school, he continued his photographic education at Massachusetts College of Art and Parsons School of Design, New York. Amengual's current clients include Time Magazine, The U.S. State Department via Lipman Hearne, Inc. Magazine, Time Out New York, Men's Health, New York Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine, Sony BMG, NDLON, Nobu, and Wieden+Kennedy NYC. His work has been shown in galleries at THIS Los Angeles and the University of Massachusetts Boston. For more information, please visit  http://www.adamamengual.com/ .    Kim Beck is an associate professor in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. She received an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA from Brandeis University. Her work is currently on view at 100 Acres Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and has been shown at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY; Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY; and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, International Studio & Curatorial Program, and Cité Internationale des Arts, amongst others. Beck is represented by Mixed Greens in New York and Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia. For more information, please visit  http://www.idealcities.com/ .  Peter Beste is an American documentary photographer based in Santa Fe, NM. He has had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Tokyo, Oslo, Prague, Madrid, Los Angeles, and Portland, amongst others. Beste's work has appeared in American Photo, the British Journal of Photography, Dazed & Confused, the London Observer, VH1, and MTV. Houston Rap, a 280-page hardcover collaboration with writer Lance Scott Walker will be released in November 2013 by Sinecure Books. Providing astonishing and important insight into a great American cultural narrative, the book gives an in-depth look into the lives of the city's rappers, dope dealers, and community leaders. For more information, please visit  http://www.peterbeste.com/ . Joe Johnson is the head of the Art Photography program at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been reviewed and/or published in Art in America, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Esquire Magazine Russia, and YVI Magazine in the Netherlands. Johnson was a runner-up for the 2008 Aperture Portfolio Prize and was nominated for SF Camerawork's 2010 Baum Award and the 2011 Santa Fe Prize. He has participated in exhibitions at the Cleveland Art Museum; The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York City; Flatfile Gallery, Chicago; and Gallery Kayafas, Boston. Johnson has lectured at a number of universities including Carnegie Mellon University; Indiana University; the Massachusetts College of Art; Rhode Island College, the DeCordova Museum, and the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University. For more information, please visit  http://www.joejohnsonphoto.com/ .    Judy Natal is a professor of photography and graduate coordinator for photography at Columbia College Chicago.  Her work has been exhibited at Projects International, Washington, DC; Photograph Gallery and Jack Hanley Gallery, New York City; and the Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil. Her work is part of the permanent collections of the California Museum of Photography at the University of California Riverside; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, amongst others. She has received numerous grants and fellowships including a Fulbright Travel Grant, Illinois Arts Council Photography Fellowships, Polaroid Grants, and New York Foundation for the Arts Photography Fellowships. Natal is the author of EarthWorks (LightWork, 2004) and Neon Boneyard Las Vegas A-Z (Center for American Places, 2006). For more information, please visit  http://www.judynatal.com/ . Ed Panar is a photographer, publisher, and co-founder of Spaces Corners, an artist-run project space and bookshop in Pittsburgh. He has published numerous photo-books including Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes (Spaces Corners, 2013); Salad Days (Gottlund, 2011-12); Animals That Saw Me (The Ice Plant, 2011); Same Difference (Gottlund, 2010), and Golden Palms (J&L Books, 2007). His photographs and books have been published and exhibited internationally including The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; The New York Photography Festival; The Armory Show, New York City; nofound Photography Fair, Paris; and the Cleveland Museum of Art. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. For more information, please visit  http://www.edpanar.com/ . Dylan Vitone, curator, is a photographer based in Pittsburgh, where he is an associate professor in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. His photographs have been widely exhibited and collected by museums including The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; Portland Art Museum; the Polaroid Collection; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Vitone received an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and a BA from St. Edward's University, Austin, TX. His photographic projects are based around geographic location, where he uses those locations to speak about greater social and cultural phenomenon. For more information, please visit  http://www.dylanvitone.com/ .  Related Programs Opening Reception Friday, September 6, 2013, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Free and open to the public What is Green? Wednesday, September 25, 2013; Reception 6:30 - 7:00 pm, Panel begins at 7:00 pm Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Free; Space is limited, RSVP requested to eabeyta@silvereye.org What is green? Is it a color, a lifestyle, a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb? Explore this varied concept with GREEN curator Dylan Vitone and the photographers in the exhibition for a lively discussion of their work and the ideas behind the show. Local photographers will be on-site with out-of-town photographers joining the conversation via Google+ hangout projected in the gallery.   About Silver Eye Center for Photography Silver Eye Center for Photography is a nationally-recognized, non-collecting institution exclusively dedicated to contemporary photography. Founded in 1985, Silver Eye has been at the forefront of celebrating photography, both as an expressive art form and as a medium that brings to light the telling details and larger stories that influence and inform an understanding of ourselves and the world. With our singular commitment to exhibiting and promoting contemporary photography and photo-based multimedia, we are unique in Pittsburgh and the surrounding region. Silver Eye is located at 1015 East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's historic Southside. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Silver Eye is handicap accessible. Silver Eye Center for Photography is generously supported by our members and individual donors and by the Allegheny Regional Asset District, The Heinz Endowments, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation. For additional information, press images, or to arrange for interviews and tours, please contact: Juliana Zipay, Marketing and Membership Manager, 412.431.1810, ext. 12, jzipay@silvereye.org. Photo Credits (left to right): Adam Amengual, Landscaper, Los Angeles, CA, from the Day Laborer series, 2011. Courtesy of the artist; Joe Johnson, Casino Entrance 1, from The Playing Field series, 2012. Courtesy of the artist; Judy Natal, Las Vegas: Saguaro, from the Future Perfect series, 2007-2012. Courtesy of the artist.

GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER (GSFC) OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC) SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 3, 2013

GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER (GSFC)

OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC)

SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 3, 2013

Series:

The Faces of Recent Turkish Cinema (September 9-October 3) features the latest trends in one of the world’s most vital national cinemas. In 2013, Turkish films ranked the fourth best in the world and higher than any European country at the box office and garnered awards at international festivals. Featured in the series are hippie-dippie/artsy-fartsy satire Ecotopia; dark-comedy, human-nature allegory Beyond the Hill; Inside, a transposition of Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground; and Present Tense, an absorbing character study of a young divorcee caught between dreams and uncertainty. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/turkishcinema2013

2013 UCLA Festival of Preservation (September 8-October 2) is a touring series of 10 programs culled from the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s latest restoration efforts and a rare chance to experience the increasingly rare 35mm format. Films include Robert Altman’s breakthrough That Cold Day in the Park; Charles Vidor’s intense drama Double Door; Cary Grant in rom-com Thirty Day Princess; cult film Gun Crazy; recently rediscovered film noir The Chase; Clara Bow’s breakthrough flapper film Mantrap with live accompaniment by David Drazin; Midnight Madness, a modern-day variation on The Taming of the Shrew, with live accompaniment by David Drazin; borderline horror film Supernatural; bizarre comedy International House, starring W.C. Fields and George Burns & Gracie Allen; and Oscar-winning poet portrait Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World on the same bill as Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer, a documentary about the English photographer. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/UCLA2013

Public Enemies: The Gangster/Crime Film (August 30-December 10) is our fall film/lecture series which examines the status and historical contexts of the criminal in American and international cinema. Featured in September are Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; Fritz Lang’s M; Michael Curtiz’s Angels with Dirty Faces; Raoul Walsh’s White Heat; and Jean-Luc Godard’s Band of Outsiders. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/publicenemies

Conversations at the Edge (September 19-November 14), a dynamic weekly series of screenings, artist talks, and performances by media artists of yesterday and today, features the following programs in September and early October: An Evening with Ximena Cuevas, the first video artist to have work featured in the Museum of Modern Art, with Cuevas in person; Tomomi Adachi and Takahiko Iimura: Films and Performances, Japanese film and sound artists, respectively, presenting their work in person; and What Manner of a Person Art Thou?, a selection of recent shorts plus a tour-de-force animation, which bears the same name as the program’s title, presented by Los-Angeles-based artist Erin Cosgrove in person. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/cate

Runs:

Chicago premiere! Una noche (September 6-12): The streets of Havana come alive as Elio and his co-worker Raul set their sights on America. The launch of their homemade raft becomes complicated when Elio’s twin sister Lila discovers their plan, and Elio’s secret desire for ladies’ man Raul precipitates an awkward love triangle. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/unanoche

Chicago premiere! Filmmakers in person! The Muslims are Coming (September 12-19) is a look at how Muslim stand-up acts like Negin Farsad, Dean Obeidallah, Omar Elba, Maysoon Zayid, and others use comedy as an effective and hilarious weapon in the face of ethnic and religious prejudice. Included on their tour are such stunts as “Hug a Muslim” in Salt Lake City and testing Bible and Koran knowledge in the Bible Belt. Director-comedians Farsad and Obeidallah will be present for audience discussion at the film’s Special Premiere on Thursday, September 12. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/muslimsarecoming

New 35mm print! Two week run! Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia (September 13-26) is a deeply personal story about a Russian musicologist—Andrei—who leaves Russia for Italy to research the life of an exiled composer. Andrei is pursued by his beautiful Italian interpreter and encounters a mad prophet who inspires him to attempt a final act of faith. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/nostalghia

Chicago premiere! Comedy-drama C.O.G. (September 20-26), based on an essay by humorist David Sedaris from his anthology Naked, concerns a prissy Ivy Leaguer slumming as a comically clueless orchard worker in Oregon but soon hits a darker road on which he encounters a flirty forklift driver, a short-tempered evangelical, and Jesus Himself. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/cog

Chicago premiere! Mother of George (September 27-October 3): A lavish and exuberantly colorful wedding in Brooklyn’s Yoruba community unites restaurant-owner Ayodele (De Bankolé) and beautiful new Nigerian arrival Adenike (Danai Guirire, star of Walking Dead and playwright of Eclipsed), but all is not well as the fledgling marriage is threatened by the bride’s failure to conceive and her imperious mother-in-law’s scandalous plan for producing the all-important heir. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/motherofgeorge

September Repertory (on select days from September 7 through October 2): Couplets of such films as Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and The Shining explained in Room 237; the Henry James-focused What Maisie Knew and François Truffaut’s The Green Room; Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and its inspiration, the classic Spaghetti Western Django; and David Mamet’s House of Games and the documentary about Mamet regular Ricky Jay and his secretive world of magic in Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/repertory-september2013

Limited engagements:

The 40th anniversary release of The Harder They Come (September 7), which shook the music and movie worlds upon its 1972 release, is filled with reggae rhythms, blaxploitation swagger, and radical street-fighter politics. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/hardertheycome

Special guests in person! Chicago premiere! Red Obsession (September 7, 9, 10, 11) looks at the current global mania behind the highly prized Bordeaux wine which commands staggering prices. This worldwide obsession examines the coterie of obsessed oenophiles, tours the most exclusive vineyards, and explores the affinity of new-money Chinese millionaires for venerable Bordeaux vintages. Appearing in person to lead a discussion with the audience after the September 7 screening is Elysabeth Alfano, host of The Dinner Party at City Winery. Rachel Driver Speckan, City Winery’s Beverage Director and Certified Sommelier, will lead an educational discussion including a blind taste test of three different wines following the September 9 screening. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/redobsession

Chicago premiere! Seth Kramer in person! Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (September 19) about the flamboyant 1980s TV host/shock jock’s short-lived fame and how he was a precursor to such media personalities as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and also worked at Chicago’s now-defunct WMAQ Radio before making the national spotlight. Co-director Kramer will appear in person for audience discussion. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/evocateur

Chicago premiere! Filmmakers in person! Sole Survivor (September 21 and 26), directed by Ky Dickens (Fish Out of Water), is a look at the only survivors of large-scale commercial plane crashes, including the controversial 2006 crash of Comair flight 5191 from which the co-pilot was the sole survivor. Dickens and producer Amy McIntyre will be present for audience discussion at both screenings. On Saturday, September 21 only, they will be joined by Shawn Pruchnicki, Amy Clay, and crash survivors George Lamson and Jim Polehinke, who appear in the film. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/solesurvivor

This live discussion is a look at the ongoing fascination with the French woman warrior in Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed (September 22) with Chicago Opera Theater general director Andreas Mitisek. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/joanofarc

Chicago premiere! Danielle Gardner in person! Out of the Clear Blue Sky (September 28) is filmmaker Gardner’s personal story of survival and healing after she lost her brother--an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald--in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She also delves into the story of the Cantor Fitzgerald family and its controversial CEO Howard Lutnick, first a media hero as a tearful face of the tragedy, and then a hated villain for stopping paychecks to widows and orphans. Gardner will appear in person for audience discussion. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/outoftheclearbluesky

Chicago premiere! Nicky’s Family (September 29 and 30; October 3) is the story of the Oskar Schindler-like British stockbroker Nicholas Winton who arranged for the secret transport of Jewish children to the safety of homes in the U.K. and Sweden. Fifty years later, the astounding 104 year-old hero is acknowledged, and many of Winton’s “children” tell their own stories. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/nickysfamily

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All screenings and events are at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, located at 164 N. State St.

Tickets to each screening--unless stated otherwise--are $11/general admission, $7/students, and $6/Film Center members. All tickets may be purchased at the Film Center Box Office. Both general admission and Film Center member tickets are available through Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com

, and all Ticketmaster outlets. The Film Center and its box office are open 5:00 to 8:30 pm, Monday through Friday; 2:00 to 8:30 pm Saturday; and 2:00 to 5:30 pm Sunday.

Please note the following special admission prices, discounts, and offers:

Lecture series discount: Gene Siskel Film Center members pay discounted admission of $4 to any screening in the series Public Enemies: The Gangster/Crime Film.

UCLA Double-Bill discount! Buy a ticket at our regular prices for the first UCLA film on any Sunday through September 22, and get a ticket for the second UCLA film that day at this discount rate (tickets must be purchased at the same time): $7/general admission; $5/students; $4/Film Center members. (This discount rate applies to the second film only.)

Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed discount! When using the code JOANCOT, all Film Center members will receive 20% of any Chicago Opera theater tickets to Verdi: St. Joan, and all Chicago Opera Theater subscribers will receive the $6 Film Center member price for tickets to Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed.

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A Gene Siskel Film Center membership is a year-round ticket to great movies for only $6 per screening! Memberships are $50 (Individual) and $80 (Dual). For more information, call 312-846-2600 or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org/content/membership

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Discounted parking is available for $14 for nine hours at the InterPark SELF-PARK at 20 E. Randolph St. A rebate ticket can be obtained from the Film Center Box Office. 

The Film Center is located near CTA trains and buses. Nearest CTA L stations are Lake (Red line); State/Lake (Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple lines); and Washington (Blue line). CTA bus lines serving State St.: 2, 6, 10, 29, 36, 62, 144, and 146. 

For more information about the Film Center, call 312-846-2800 (24-hour movie hotline) or 312-846-2600 (general information, 9:00 am-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday), or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org

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GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER (GSFC) OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC) SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 3, 2013

GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER (GSFC)

OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC)

SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 3, 2013

Series:

The Faces of Recent Turkish Cinema (September 9-October 3) features the latest trends in one of the world’s most vital national cinemas. In 2013, Turkish films ranked the fourth best in the world and higher than any European country at the box office and garnered awards at international festivals. Featured in the series are hippie-dippie/artsy-fartsy satire Ecotopia; dark-comedy, human-nature allegory Beyond the Hill; Inside, a transposition of Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground; and Present Tense, an absorbing character study of a young divorcee caught between dreams and uncertainty. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/turkishcinema2013

2013 UCLA Festival of Preservation (September 8-October 2) is a touring series of 10 programs culled from the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s latest restoration efforts and a rare chance to experience the increasingly rare 35mm format. Films include Robert Altman’s breakthrough That Cold Day in the Park; Charles Vidor’s intense drama Double Door; Cary Grant in rom-com Thirty Day Princess; cult film Gun Crazy; recently rediscovered film noir The Chase; Clara Bow’s breakthrough flapper film Mantrap with live accompaniment by David Drazin; Midnight Madness, a modern-day variation on The Taming of the Shrew, with live accompaniment by David Drazin; borderline horror film Supernatural; bizarre comedy International House, starring W.C. Fields and George Burns & Gracie Allen; and Oscar-winning poet portrait Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World on the same bill as Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer, a documentary about the English photographer. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/UCLA2013

Public Enemies: The Gangster/Crime Film (August 30-December 10) is our fall film/lecture series which examines the status and historical contexts of the criminal in American and international cinema. Featured in September are Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; Fritz Lang’s M; Michael Curtiz’s Angels with Dirty Faces; Raoul Walsh’s White Heat; and Jean-Luc Godard’s Band of Outsiders. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/publicenemies

Conversations at the Edge (September 19-November 14), a dynamic weekly series of screenings, artist talks, and performances by media artists of yesterday and today, features the following programs in September and early October: An Evening with Ximena Cuevas, the first video artist to have work featured in the Museum of Modern Art, with Cuevas in person; Tomomi Adachi and Takahiko Iimura: Films and Performances, Japanese film and sound artists, respectively, presenting their work in person; and What Manner of a Person Art Thou?, a selection of recent shorts plus a tour-de-force animation, which bears the same name as the program’s title, presented by Los-Angeles-based artist Erin Cosgrove in person. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/cate

Runs:

Chicago premiere! Una noche (September 6-12): The streets of Havana come alive as Elio and his co-worker Raul set their sights on America. The launch of their homemade raft becomes complicated when Elio’s twin sister Lila discovers their plan, and Elio’s secret desire for ladies’ man Raul precipitates an awkward love triangle. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/unanoche

Chicago premiere! Filmmakers in person! The Muslims are Coming (September 12-19) is a look at how Muslim stand-up acts like Negin Farsad, Dean Obeidallah, Omar Elba, Maysoon Zayid, and others use comedy as an effective and hilarious weapon in the face of ethnic and religious prejudice. Included on their tour are such stunts as “Hug a Muslim” in Salt Lake City and testing Bible and Koran knowledge in the Bible Belt. Director-comedians Farsad and Obeidallah will be present for audience discussion at the film’s Special Premiere on Thursday, September 12. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/muslimsarecoming

New 35mm print! Two week run! Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia (September 13-26) is a deeply personal story about a Russian musicologist—Andrei—who leaves Russia for Italy to research the life of an exiled composer. Andrei is pursued by his beautiful Italian interpreter and encounters a mad prophet who inspires him to attempt a final act of faith. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/nostalghia

Chicago premiere! Comedy-drama C.O.G. (September 20-26), based on an essay by humorist David Sedaris from his anthology Naked, concerns a prissy Ivy Leaguer slumming as a comically clueless orchard worker in Oregon but soon hits a darker road on which he encounters a flirty forklift driver, a short-tempered evangelical, and Jesus Himself. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/cog

Chicago premiere! Mother of George (September 27-October 3): A lavish and exuberantly colorful wedding in Brooklyn’s Yoruba community unites restaurant-owner Ayodele (De Bankolé) and beautiful new Nigerian arrival Adenike (Danai Guirire, star of Walking Dead and playwright of Eclipsed), but all is not well as the fledgling marriage is threatened by the bride’s failure to conceive and her imperious mother-in-law’s scandalous plan for producing the all-important heir. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/motherofgeorge

September Repertory (on select days from September 7 through October 2): Couplets of such films as Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and The Shining explained in Room 237; the Henry James-focused What Maisie Knew and François Truffaut’s The Green Room; Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and its inspiration, the classic Spaghetti Western Django; and David Mamet’s House of Games and the documentary about Mamet regular Ricky Jay and his secretive world of magic in Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/repertory-september2013

Limited engagements:

The 40th anniversary release of The Harder They Come (September 7), which shook the music and movie worlds upon its 1972 release, is filled with reggae rhythms, blaxploitation swagger, and radical street-fighter politics. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/hardertheycome

Special guests in person! Chicago premiere! Red Obsession (September 7, 9, 10, 11) looks at the current global mania behind the highly prized Bordeaux wine which commands staggering prices. This worldwide obsession examines the coterie of obsessed oenophiles, tours the most exclusive vineyards, and explores the affinity of new-money Chinese millionaires for venerable Bordeaux vintages. Appearing in person to lead a discussion with the audience after the September 7 screening is Elysabeth Alfano, host of The Dinner Party at City Winery. Rachel Driver Speckan, City Winery’s Beverage Director and Certified Sommelier, will lead an educational discussion including a blind taste test of three different wines following the September 9 screening. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/redobsession

Chicago premiere! Seth Kramer in person! Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (September 19) about the flamboyant 1980s TV host/shock jock’s short-lived fame and how he was a precursor to such media personalities as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and also worked at Chicago’s now-defunct WMAQ Radio before making the national spotlight. Co-director Kramer will appear in person for audience discussion. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/evocateur

Chicago premiere! Filmmakers in person! Sole Survivor (September 21 and 26), directed by Ky Dickens (Fish Out of Water), is a look at the only survivors of large-scale commercial plane crashes, including the controversial 2006 crash of Comair flight 5191 from which the co-pilot was the sole survivor. Dickens and producer Amy McIntyre will be present for audience discussion at both screenings. On Saturday, September 21 only, they will be joined by Shawn Pruchnicki, Amy Clay, and crash survivors George Lamson and Jim Polehinke, who appear in the film. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/solesurvivor

This live discussion is a look at the ongoing fascination with the French woman warrior in Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed (September 22) with Chicago Opera Theater general director Andreas Mitisek. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/joanofarc

Chicago premiere! Danielle Gardner in person! Out of the Clear Blue Sky (September 28) is filmmaker Gardner’s personal story of survival and healing after she lost her brother--an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald--in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She also delves into the story of the Cantor Fitzgerald family and its controversial CEO Howard Lutnick, first a media hero as a tearful face of the tragedy, and then a hated villain for stopping paychecks to widows and orphans. Gardner will appear in person for audience discussion. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/outoftheclearbluesky

Chicago premiere! Nicky’s Family (September 29 and 30; October 3) is the story of the Oskar Schindler-like British stockbroker Nicholas Winton who arranged for the secret transport of Jewish children to the safety of homes in the U.K. and Sweden. Fifty years later, the astounding 104 year-old hero is acknowledged, and many of Winton’s “children” tell their own stories. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/nickysfamily

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All screenings and events are at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, located at 164 N. State St.

Tickets to each screening--unless stated otherwise--are $11/general admission, $7/students, and $6/Film Center members. All tickets may be purchased at the Film Center Box Office. Both general admission and Film Center member tickets are available through Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com

, and all Ticketmaster outlets. The Film Center and its box office are open 5:00 to 8:30 pm, Monday through Friday; 2:00 to 8:30 pm Saturday; and 2:00 to 5:30 pm Sunday.

Please note the following special admission prices, discounts, and offers:

Lecture series discount: Gene Siskel Film Center members pay discounted admission of $4 to any screening in the series Public Enemies: The Gangster/Crime Film.

UCLA Double-Bill discount! Buy a ticket at our regular prices for the first UCLA film on any Sunday through September 22, and get a ticket for the second UCLA film that day at this discount rate (tickets must be purchased at the same time): $7/general admission; $5/students; $4/Film Center members. (This discount rate applies to the second film only.)

Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed discount! When using the code JOANCOT, all Film Center members will receive 20% of any Chicago Opera theater tickets to Verdi: St. Joan, and all Chicago Opera Theater subscribers will receive the $6 Film Center member price for tickets to Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed.

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A Gene Siskel Film Center membership is a year-round ticket to great movies for only $6 per screening! Memberships are $50 (Individual) and $80 (Dual). For more information, call 312-846-2600 or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org/content/membership

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Discounted parking is available for $14 for nine hours at the InterPark SELF-PARK at 20 E. Randolph St. A rebate ticket can be obtained from the Film Center Box Office. 

The Film Center is located near CTA trains and buses. Nearest CTA L stations are Lake (Red line); State/Lake (Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple lines); and Washington (Blue line). CTA bus lines serving State St.: 2, 6, 10, 29, 36, 62, 144, and 146. 

For more information about the Film Center, call 312-846-2800 (24-hour movie hotline) or 312-846-2600 (general information, 9:00 am-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday), or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org

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The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago celebrates 41 years of presenting cutting edge programs, independent and international cinema, premieres, retrospectives, and classic films. Internationally recognized for its original film programming, the Film Center is a vibrant cultural destination in Chicago that attracts a diverse and creative annual audience of over 80,000. www.siskelfilmcenter.org

 

A leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars since 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers nationally accredited undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to nearly 3,200 students from around the globe. Located in the heart of Chicago, SAIC has an educational philosophy built upon an interdisciplinary approach to art and design, giving students unparalleled opportunities to develop their creative and critical abilities, while working with renowned faculty who include many of the leading practitioners in their fields. SAIC's resources include the Art Institute of Chicago and its new Modern Wing; numerous special collections and programming venues provide students with exceptional exhibitions, screenings, lectures, and performances. For more information, please visit www.saic.edu

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GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER (GSFC) OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC) SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 3, 2013

GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER (GSFC)

OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC)

SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 3, 2013

Series:

The Faces of Recent Turkish Cinema (September 9-October 3) features the latest trends in one of the world’s most vital national cinemas. In 2013, Turkish films ranked the fourth best in the world and higher than any European country at the box office and garnered awards at international festivals. Featured in the series are hippie-dippie/artsy-fartsy satire Ecotopia; dark-comedy, human-nature allegory Beyond the Hill; Inside, a transposition of Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground; and Present Tense, an absorbing character study of a young divorcee caught between dreams and uncertainty. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/turkishcinema2013

2013 UCLA Festival of Preservation (September 8-October 2) is a touring series of 10 programs culled from the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s latest restoration efforts and a rare chance to experience the increasingly rare 35mm format. Films include Robert Altman’s breakthrough That Cold Day in the Park; Charles Vidor’s intense drama Double Door; Cary Grant in rom-com Thirty Day Princess; cult film Gun Crazy; recently rediscovered film noir The Chase; Clara Bow’s breakthrough flapper film Mantrap with live accompaniment by David Drazin; Midnight Madness, a modern-day variation on The Taming of the Shrew, with live accompaniment by David Drazin; borderline horror film Supernatural; bizarre comedy International House, starring W.C. Fields and George Burns & Gracie Allen; and Oscar-winning poet portrait Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World on the same bill as Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer, a documentary about the English photographer. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/UCLA2013

Public Enemies: The Gangster/Crime Film (August 30-December 10) is our fall film/lecture series which examines the status and historical contexts of the criminal in American and international cinema. Featured in September are Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; Fritz Lang’s M; Michael Curtiz’s Angels with Dirty Faces; Raoul Walsh’s White Heat; and Jean-Luc Godard’s Band of Outsiders. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/publicenemies

Conversations at the Edge (September 19-November 14), a dynamic weekly series of screenings, artist talks, and performances by media artists of yesterday and today, features the following programs in September and early October: An Evening with Ximena Cuevas, the first video artist to have work featured in the Museum of Modern Art, with Cuevas in person; Tomomi Adachi and Takahiko Iimura: Films and Performances, Japanese film and sound artists, respectively, presenting their work in person; and What Manner of a Person Art Thou?, a selection of recent shorts plus a tour-de-force animation, which bears the same name as the program’s title, presented by Los-Angeles-based artist Erin Cosgrove in person. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/cate

Runs:

Chicago premiere! Una noche (September 6-12): The streets of Havana come alive as Elio and his co-worker Raul set their sights on America. The launch of their homemade raft becomes complicated when Elio’s twin sister Lila discovers their plan, and Elio’s secret desire for ladies’ man Raul precipitates an awkward love triangle. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/unanoche

Chicago premiere! Filmmakers in person! The Muslims are Coming (September 12-19) is a look at how Muslim stand-up acts like Negin Farsad, Dean Obeidallah, Omar Elba, Maysoon Zayid, and others use comedy as an effective and hilarious weapon in the face of ethnic and religious prejudice. Included on their tour are such stunts as “Hug a Muslim” in Salt Lake City and testing Bible and Koran knowledge in the Bible Belt. Director-comedians Farsad and Obeidallah will be present for audience discussion at the film’s Special Premiere on Thursday, September 12. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/muslimsarecoming

New 35mm print! Two week run! Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia (September 13-26) is a deeply personal story about a Russian musicologist—Andrei—who leaves Russia for Italy to research the life of an exiled composer. Andrei is pursued by his beautiful Italian interpreter and encounters a mad prophet who inspires him to attempt a final act of faith. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/nostalghia

Chicago premiere! Comedy-drama C.O.G. (September 20-26), based on an essay by humorist David Sedaris from his anthology Naked, concerns a prissy Ivy Leaguer slumming as a comically clueless orchard worker in Oregon but soon hits a darker road on which he encounters a flirty forklift driver, a short-tempered evangelical, and Jesus Himself. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/cog

Chicago premiere! Mother of George (September 27-October 3): A lavish and exuberantly colorful wedding in Brooklyn’s Yoruba community unites restaurant-owner Ayodele (De Bankolé) and beautiful new Nigerian arrival Adenike (Danai Guirire, star of Walking Dead and playwright of Eclipsed), but all is not well as the fledgling marriage is threatened by the bride’s failure to conceive and her imperious mother-in-law’s scandalous plan for producing the all-important heir. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/motherofgeorge

September Repertory (on select days from September 7 through October 2): Couplets of such films as Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and The Shining explained in Room 237; the Henry James-focused What Maisie Knew and François Truffaut’s The Green Room; Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and its inspiration, the classic Spaghetti Western Django; and David Mamet’s House of Games and the documentary about Mamet regular Ricky Jay and his secretive world of magic in Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/repertory-september2013

Limited engagements:

The 40th anniversary release of The Harder They Come (September 7), which shook the music and movie worlds upon its 1972 release, is filled with reggae rhythms, blaxploitation swagger, and radical street-fighter politics. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/hardertheycome

Special guests in person! Chicago premiere! Red Obsession (September 7, 9, 10, 11) looks at the current global mania behind the highly prized Bordeaux wine which commands staggering prices. This worldwide obsession examines the coterie of obsessed oenophiles, tours the most exclusive vineyards, and explores the affinity of new-money Chinese millionaires for venerable Bordeaux vintages. Appearing in person to lead a discussion with the audience after the September 7 screening is Elysabeth Alfano, host of The Dinner Party at City Winery. Rachel Driver Speckan, City Winery’s Beverage Director and Certified Sommelier, will lead an educational discussion including a blind taste test of three different wines following the September 9 screening. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/redobsession

Chicago premiere! Seth Kramer in person! Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (September 19) about the flamboyant 1980s TV host/shock jock’s short-lived fame and how he was a precursor to such media personalities as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and also worked at Chicago’s now-defunct WMAQ Radio before making the national spotlight. Co-director Kramer will appear in person for audience discussion. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/evocateur

Chicago premiere! Filmmakers in person! Sole Survivor (September 21 and 26), directed by Ky Dickens (Fish Out of Water), is a look at the only survivors of large-scale commercial plane crashes, including the controversial 2006 crash of Comair flight 5191 from which the co-pilot was the sole survivor. Dickens and producer Amy McIntyre will be present for audience discussion at both screenings. On Saturday, September 21 only, they will be joined by Shawn Pruchnicki, Amy Clay, and crash survivors George Lamson and Jim Polehinke, who appear in the film. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/solesurvivor

This live discussion is a look at the ongoing fascination with the French woman warrior in Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed (September 22) with Chicago Opera Theater general director Andreas Mitisek. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/joanofarc

Chicago premiere! Danielle Gardner in person! Out of the Clear Blue Sky (September 28) is filmmaker Gardner’s personal story of survival and healing after she lost her brother--an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald--in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She also delves into the story of the Cantor Fitzgerald family and its controversial CEO Howard Lutnick, first a media hero as a tearful face of the tragedy, and then a hated villain for stopping paychecks to widows and orphans. Gardner will appear in person for audience discussion. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/outoftheclearbluesky

Chicago premiere! Nicky’s Family (September 29 and 30; October 3) is the story of the Oskar Schindler-like British stockbroker Nicholas Winton who arranged for the secret transport of Jewish children to the safety of homes in the U.K. and Sweden. Fifty years later, the astounding 104 year-old hero is acknowledged, and many of Winton’s “children” tell their own stories. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/nickysfamily

* * *

All screenings and events are at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, located at 164 N. State St.

Tickets to each screening--unless stated otherwise--are $11/general admission, $7/students, and $6/Film Center members. All tickets may be purchased at the Film Center Box Office. Both general admission and Film Center member tickets are available through Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com

, and all Ticketmaster outlets. The Film Center and its box office are open 5:00 to 8:30 pm, Monday through Friday; 2:00 to 8:30 pm Saturday; and 2:00 to 5:30 pm Sunday.

Please note the following special admission prices, discounts, and offers:

Lecture series discount: Gene Siskel Film Center members pay discounted admission of $4 to any screening in the series Public Enemies: The Gangster/Crime Film.

UCLA Double-Bill discount! Buy a ticket at our regular prices for the first UCLA film on any Sunday through September 22, and get a ticket for the second UCLA film that day at this discount rate (tickets must be purchased at the same time): $7/general admission; $5/students; $4/Film Center members. (This discount rate applies to the second film only.)

Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed discount! When using the code JOANCOT, all Film Center members will receive 20% of any Chicago Opera theater tickets to Verdi: St. Joan, and all Chicago Opera Theater subscribers will receive the $6 Film Center member price for tickets to Joan of Arc: The Icon Revealed.

* * *

A Gene Siskel Film Center membership is a year-round ticket to great movies for only $6 per screening! Memberships are $50 (Individual) and $80 (Dual). For more information, call 312-846-2600 or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org/content/membership

.

Discounted parking is available for $14 for nine hours at the InterPark SELF-PARK at 20 E. Randolph St. A rebate ticket can be obtained from the Film Center Box Office. 

The Film Center is located near CTA trains and buses. Nearest CTA L stations are Lake (Red line); State/Lake (Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple lines); and Washington (Blue line). CTA bus lines serving State St.: 2, 6, 10, 29, 36, 62, 144, and 146. 

For more information about the Film Center, call 312-846-2800 (24-hour movie hotline) or 312-846-2600 (general information, 9:00 am-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday), or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org

. 

* * *

The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago celebrates 41 years of presenting cutting edge programs, independent and international cinema, premieres, retrospectives, and classic films. Internationally recognized for its original film programming, the Film Center is a vibrant cultural destination in Chicago that attracts a diverse and creative annual audience of over 80,000. www.siskelfilmcenter.org

 

A leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars since 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers nationally accredited undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to nearly 3,200 students from around the globe. Located in the heart of Chicago, SAIC has an educational philosophy built upon an interdisciplinary approach to art and design, giving students unparalleled opportunities to develop their creative and critical abilities, while working with renowned faculty who include many of the leading practitioners in their fields. SAIC's resources include the Art Institute of Chicago and its new Modern Wing; numerous special collections and programming venues provide students with exceptional exhibitions, screenings, lectures, and performances. For more information, please visit www.saic.edu

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