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.
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
Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival
Chicago Filmmakers presents the 24th Onion City experimental festival
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 […]
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.