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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
###
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
###
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
.
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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