We are incredibly excited to be hosting the Chicago Premiere of the wonderful Italian atmospheric horror film ACROSS THE RIVER with our wonderful friends over at Chicago Filmmakers. This screening will be on June 7th at 8pm. For more information, here is the synopsis: “A wildlife biologist has set up a variety of trophy cameras […]

We are proud to be able to bring to America one of the most fascinating films that we had seen in all of 2013, THE BURNING BUDDHA MAN, with our friends over at Chicago Filmmakers on April 5th at 8:00pm. This insane, one-of-a-kind movie wowed audiences at film festivals all over the world! Created by first-time […]

The Chicago Cinema Society and Little Cabin Films Inc present a special “sneak preview” of Vannin’ – The Movie at the Patio Theater on Saturday, November 16th! Doors at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:00 p.m. $5 – CASH ONLY Discussion with Filmmakers and Vanners to follow screening. (Nick Nummerdor, Andrew Morgan, Howard Furtak, & David “Matchstick” Brooks) “Vannin’ – Its a […]

  ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT PAY THE FEES FOR FANS FOR LIVING TO BECOME A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING VISUAL ARTS EDUCATION TO KIDS IN CHICAGO!!! Co-Presented by Chicago Cinema Society and Fans For Living. Fans For Living Screening Room 920 W. Wilson Ave Chicago Illinois 60640 $6 at the door. Show starts at 7 […]

The Chicago Cinema Society is excited to be partnering up with our good friends over at Fangoria to present a FREE SCREENING of the Chicago premiere of FRIGHT NIGHT 2: NEW BLOOD which is directed by Eduardo Rodriguez (CURANDERO, FEAR ITSELF) and written by Matt Venne (BAG OF BONES, MASTERS OF HORROR, WHITE NOISE 2). FRIGHT […]

  The Chicago Cinema Society and Facets Night School present a rare 35mm screening of Andy Milligan’s “Guru, The Mad Monk” as part of this year’s Fright School! The 35mm print is from The Chicago Cinema Society Film Archive. This screening takes place Friday night, October 11th at Midnight at Facets Multi-Media! Presented by CCS programmer Jason Coffman, […]

Chatham 14 Theaters in association with Black World Cinema, South Side Projections & the Chicago Cinema Society present a very special screening in memory of Jim Kelly, and a 40th anniversary screening of “Enter the Dragon” along with martial arts demonstrations and a screening of the documentary “South Side Warriors!” For more information, stay tuned […]

Hello Everyone! Hope that you all are having a great summer thus far. We just wanted to provide some brief updates as to what the Chicago Cinema Society has been up to as of late. As you may know, the Patio Theater is semi-closed over the summer due to inability to fund repairs to their […]

The Chicago Cinema Society is bringing Brandon Cronenberg’s brilliant debut feature Antiviral to The Patio Theater for an exclusive theatrical run on: April 19th thru April 24th 9:00 pm daily Tickets: $7.00 This is one of the very best horror/sci-fi films of the year, and is not to be missed on the big screen! Syd […]

The Chicago Cinema Society was formed out of our immense love for cinema. We have been very fortunate to have been able to track down and screen 35mm prints for films that we love that have been thought to be lost and/or no longer exist. On April 13th, we will be sharing with you one […]