Hello Everyone! We are super excited to announce that our 35mm print of THE KILLING OF SATAN, the only known 35mm print of this film in existence, will be screening as part of The Music Box of Horrors in October! The Music Box of Horrors is at, of course, The Music Box Theatre on October […]

Hello Everyone! It has been a little while since we have been able to have in person events.  We are currently waiting for more predictability in terms of our partner venues being able to host events consistently and for restrictions to subside so that our patrons are able to attend such events with equity. We […]

  Hi! Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we will be rescheduling this event. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates or check back here! 🙂 Thank you. Event Type: Lecture/presentation and film screening Intro: Join us for a presentation of Mexican genre cinema guided by Mexico’s Morbido Film Festival head programmer Abraham […]

Hello Everyone! We just wanted to note that Doc Films at The University of Chicago will be screening our 35mm print of WILD AT HEART from our film archive. Here are the details for the screening: WILD AT HEART (35mm print) Location: Doc Films at The University of Chicago Address: 1212 E 59th St, Chicago, […]

Hello Everyone! We are really excited to be hosting the Chicago Premiere of the incredibly fun MEGA TIME SQUAD with our friends at Chicago Filmmakers. MEGA TIME SQUAD has been receiving many accolades on the Film Festival circuit over the last year and we are happy to be able to share it with you! Check […]

We are incredibly excited to be hosting two screenings of one of the most beloved films currently on the festival circuit, TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (aka: Vuelven), with our friends at Chicago Filmmakers. Stephen King tweeted “this is one terrific film, both tough and touching.” Guillermo del Toro declared it one of the ten best […]

The Chicago Cinema Society in association with the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) and Bleeding Skull! brings a wild double feature of cult insanity to Chicago Filmmakers for one night only! CCS co-director Jason Coffman recently published a book of his collected film reviews, THE UNREPENTANT CINEPHILE, and we’re celebrating with two of the most […]

Describing a Sion Sono film is always a challenge, but this time, the creator of the masterpieces LOVE EXPOSURE and SUICIDE CLUB surpasses himself! With LOVE & PEACE, he fuses together tokusatsu films, the musical and fantastic comedy, throwing in talking toys that inhabit a fairlyland in the Tokyo sewers and casting a critical but […]

With SUNRISE, Partho Sen-Gupta reveals himself to be, not unlike Anurag Kashyap (UGLY, GANGS OF WASSEYPUR), one of India’s most promising independent filmmakers. Staying off Bollywood’s beaten path, he instead offers with SUNRISE a poignant and maddening noir-inflected thriller, set in Mumbai’s child-trafficking industry. Deliberately provocative, structurally challenging and exquisitely stylized, in alternating Refn-esque garish […]

Following several memorable projects, such as ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU, auteur Shunji Iwai surprises us with a more playful tone in a first foray into the world of animated film, which weds rotoscoping and digital animation. While he tackles touchy subjects such as divorce and bullying, THE CASE OF HANA & ALICE remains first and […]