Alan Rudolph's REMEMBER MY NAME (1978) screens at @docfilmschicago, 7pm, on 35mm.
"Right when a conventional movie would be grinding to a climax, you realize that Rudolph is only getting started and nowhere near done with [its] characters."
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Brian De Palma's PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) screens tonight at the @musicboxtheatre, 11pm, on 35mm.
"An exercise in audacity and confusion and suspense."
More info here: bit.ly/CF1129120524
The latest in Wang Bing's YOUTH trilogy, YOUTH (HARD TIMES) and YOUTH (HOMECOMING), screen today at the @filmcenter, 2pm and 6:30pm, respectively, with Wang in person after HOMECOMING.
More info about both films here: bit.ly/CF1129120524
I wrote about Fred Halsted's uncompromisingly perverse SEXTOOL for this weeks @cinefile. You can catch it tomorrow at midnight at @musicboxtheatre or pick it up from @AltInnocence as part of their amazing Halsted bluray set.
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H. Tjut Djalil's LADY TERMINATOR (1989) screens tonight at the @musicboxtheatre, 11pm, on 35mm.
"For those unacquainted with Indonesian horror, LADY TERMINATOR is an ideal entry point."
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Ray Enright and Busby Berkeley’s DAMES (1934) screens tonight at @facetschicago, 7:30pm.
"Feels pretty exemplary of what the genre does best."
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Victor Erice's CLOSE YOUR EYES (2023) screens today at @docfilmschicago, 7pm.
"An epic eulogy for cinema as it was originally produced, exhibited, and preserved."
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Frank Borzage's MAN'S CASTLE (1933) screens today at @docfilmschicago, 4pm.
"Borzage's concluding show of faith is one of the great revelations of American cinema."
More info: cinefile.info/cine-list/2024…
Screening today as part of the Black Harvest Film Festival at the @filmcenter:
📽️ Celia Boussebaa’s AMAKKI at 3pm
📽️ Yashaddai Owens's JIMMY at 5:30pm
📽️ David Fortune's COLOR BOOK at 7:30pm
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Walt Disney's FANTASIA (1940) screens this morning at the @musicboxtheatre, 11:30am, on 35mm.
"Arguably the only movie from the Walt Disney Animation Studios that could be labeled a full-on Art Film."
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Ann Hui’s VISIBLE SECRET (2001) screens tonight at the @alamodrafthouse Chicago, 9:30pm, as part of @workhusband's Terror Tuesday series.
"A mid-career return to [Hui's] roots."
More info: bit.ly/CF1108111423
Elaine May's MIKEY AND NICKY (1976) screens today at the @musicboxtheatre, 11:30am.
"Watching May's collaboration with two great method actors in their prime is worth savoring until the credits roll."
More info: bit.ly/CF1108111423
Barry Sonnenfeld's MEN IN BLACK (1997) screens at the @musicboxtheatre, midnight, on 35mm.
"Succeeds w/ its blend of imaginative special effects, sharp satire & standout performances."
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Raoul Peck's ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND (2024) screens today at the @filmcenter, 6pm, as part of the Black Harvest Film Festival.
"Cole’s work is ultimately reclaimed as the invaluable archive it is."
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Tsai Ming-liang's ABIDING NOWHERE (2024) screens today at @docfilmschicago, 7pm.
"Invite viewers to become entrained to a body whose languor is explicitly counterposed against the speed and efficiency of globalized modern life."
More info: bit.ly/CF1108111423
Elaine May's MIKEY AND NICKY (1976) screens today at the @musicboxtheatre, 11:30am.
"Watching May's collaboration with two great method actors in their prime is worth savoring until the credits roll."
More info: bit.ly/CF1108111423
.@thefilmsociety presents King Vidor’s THE PATSY (1929) at the @musicboxtheatre, 8pm, on 35mm.
"Davies is, to put it simply, adorable... her demeanor is one of a skilled comedian whose gift has proven timeless."
More info: bit.ly/CF1101110724