With a nod to this week’s Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, capsules from the archives about avant-garde cinema
Tag: Melika Bass
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The shorter end of the Chicago International Film Festival: A talk with shorts programmer Sam Flancher
“When people come up to me after screenings to tell me that they loved one of the shorts but hated another, I feel like I’ve done my job well.”
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There are Chicagoans in the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival!
A mostly complete local viewing guide
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The Chicago International Film Festival returns, this time with more experiments and work by female directors
It lacks some of the buzzier movies from the international festival circuit, but there’s still plenty worth seeing. Our critics weigh in on 24 offerings.
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The next month is the time to catch the thriving local experimental-video-art scene
A preview of programs by local and formerly local artists Jake Barningham, Michele Smith, Jesse Malmed, and Melika Bass
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This week in Claire Denis: A correspondence with Melika Bass and Lori Felker about The Intruder and Bastards
A discussion about the groundbreaking French director’s formal strategies with two artists who have worked in film
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Journey through the past (or something like it) with Melika Bass
Previewing a program of recent work by the local artist and filmmaker, which screens tonight at Doc Films
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Doc Films kicks off its summer season tomorrow
Previewing the Doc Films program through the end of August
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The new Sigur Ros video by Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass
Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass unveils her contribution to Sigur Ros’s “Valtari Mystery Film Experiment”
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The only way to see Nocturama: from the outside
A show at the Comfort Station can be viewed only through windows and after dark
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Chicago Underground Film Festival resurfaces
The 18th Chicago Underground Film Festival runs Thursday, June 2, through Thursday, June 9, at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, 312-846-2800. Tickets are $10, $7 for students, and $5 for Film Center members. Following are selected programs; for a full schedule see siskelfilmcenter.org. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye This edgy […]