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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: For the love of experimental film

by Ben Sachs March 19, 2019August 18, 2021

With a nod to this week’s Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, capsules from the archives about avant-garde cinema

Posted inBlogs

The shorter end of the Chicago International Film Festival: A talk with shorts programmer Sam Flancher

by Kat Sachs October 12, 2018August 18, 2021

“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.”

Posted inBlogs

There are Chicagoans in the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival!

by Kat Sachs October 10, 2018August 18, 2021

A mostly complete local viewing guide

Posted inFilm

The Chicago International Film Festival returns, this time with more experiments and work by female directors

by Chicago Reader October 9, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

The next month is the time to catch the thriving local experimental-video-art scene

by Ben Sachs January 20, 2015August 18, 2021

A preview of programs by local and formerly local artists Jake Barningham, Michele Smith, Jesse Malmed, and Melika Bass

Posted inBlogs

This week in Claire Denis: A correspondence with Melika Bass and Lori Felker about The Intruder and Bastards

by Ben Sachs December 4, 2013August 19, 2021

A discussion about the groundbreaking French director’s formal strategies with two artists who have worked in film

Posted inBlogs

Journey through the past (or something like it) with Melika Bass

by Ben Sachs July 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Previewing a program of recent work by the local artist and filmmaker, which screens tonight at Doc Films

Posted inBlogs

Doc Films kicks off its summer season tomorrow

by Ben Sachs June 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Previewing the Doc Films program through the end of August

Posted inBlogs

The new Sigur Ros video by Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass

by Peter Margasak August 13, 2012August 19, 2021

Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass unveils her contribution to Sigur Ros’s “Valtari Mystery Film Experiment”

A screen shot of "Nocturama"
Posted inArts & Culture

The only way to see Nocturama: from the outside

by Sam Worley June 5, 2012August 19, 2021

A show at the Comfort Station can be viewed only through windows and after dark

Snow on tha Bluff
Posted inFilm

Chicago Underground Film Festival resurfaces

by Andrea Gronvall, J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs June 2, 2011August 19, 2021

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 […]

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