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Gene Siskel Film Center

The Plea for Black Visibility

The restoration of “Naked Acts” and the burial of Black cinema

Behind the Scenes

A look at the magic of Gene Siskel Film Center, with projectionist Lillian Hardester.

Eternal Labors

A conversation with the organizers of the Re:Working Labor exhibition.

A New Restoration of the Russian “War and Peace” at the Gene Siskel Film Center

The Soviet state was heavily involved in this, a project I would not hesitate to call transcendent and genuine.

Conversations at the Edge: The Film-Poems of Margaret Tait

Tait's work centers on her home in Orkney, exploring relationships with nature, time, and her community.

Hopeless Romantic

Director Haifaa al-Mansour's film on the iconic writers fails as a credible portrayal of the creative mind.

The Apfel of Fashion’s Eye

Style and doesn't lessen with age...just look at 93 year-old fashion maven Iris Apfel.

Twelve Movies Disguised As One

“How do you plan a twelve-year production?” “You don’t,” said Richard Linklater, in an interview with The Guardian. “There’s always a life metaphor. How do we plan for our own futures? You do your best but you have to live in the present.”

Mortified Nation

A new documentary highlights a Chicago tradition of re-reading adolescent angst.

A Flower Between the Cracks

A look at "The Interrupter's" showing this month at the Gene Siskel Film Center.