A crew of cinephiles tracked down a rare print of Corn’s-a-Poppin’ and set about restoring Robert Altman’s 1955 musical comedy.
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Speaking of porno culture, Fred Halsted’s L.A. Plays Itself (1972) screens this weekend
Previewing the groundbreaking gay hardcore film, which screens this weekend in a new digital restoration.
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This week in New German Cinema
Previewing a screening of the experimental German film Studies for the Decay of the West, screening this Sunday at the Nightingale
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Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival
Chicago Filmmakers presents the 24th Onion City experimental festival
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Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival: start peeling
Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, the 23rd Onion City festival runs Thu-Sun 6/23-6/26. Following are selected works from the opening-night program (Thu 6/23, 8 PM) at Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, and the nine subsequent programs (showtimes below) at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark. For more information call 773-293-1447; a complete schedule is available […]
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Facets Film School
The winter session of Facets Film School begins Monday 2/22 with weekly screenings and lectures on musicals of the 70s and 80s, screwball comedy star Carole Lombard, Billy Wilder’s buddy comedies, and neorealism and its descendants.