We will be screening The Bengali Detective at Facets Multi-Media on March 31st as a part of their “Reel People” doc and biopic series. Tickets will be $5.00 and we will have a link in our ticket section once they are available online.

The Bengali Detective was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival; has screened at numerous festivals, including Sitges Film Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Los Angeles Asian Film Festival, HotDocs, and the Margaret Mead International Film Festival. Fox Searchlight has just picked up the remake rights for a fictional version of the documentary.

We are proud to host the Chicago Premiere for The Bengali Detective and hope to see all of you there!

Hello Everyone!

We hope that the new year has been stellar for all of you so far. We want to thank those of you who were able to attend our screening of Santa Sangre, The Last Circus and Bobby Yeah; we had such a great time. We really appreciate your support, especially for a screening of two feature films that were only two clicks away from viewing from the comforts of your own home. There is no substitute for being able to experience an art form in the medium which it was meant to be transmitted. We are very fond of celluloid and hope that you enjoyed the 35mm prints that we had brought in for the screening.

We are currently working on our next 2-3 events/screenings. We have a Chicago premiere(s) just about finalized for March and should be making an announcement very soon with more details. We also have a few events booked for a little later in the year and will provide details in a timely manner. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter so as to stay up to date as best as possible. That is all for now, we will have more updates soon, take care!

CCS

The Chicago Cinema Society, in conjunction with our friends at Magnet Releasing and Severin Films, present:

7:30pm: SANTA SANGRE (Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky, very rare 35mm print, 123 mins)

9:45pm BOBBY YEAH (Dir: Robert Morgan, digital projection, 22mins)

10:15pm: THE LAST CIRCUS (Dir: Alex de la Iglesia, 35mm print, 107 mins)

$5.00 pre-sale tickets (SOLD OUT!)
$7.50 in advance (SOME STILL AVAILABLE)

$10.00 at the door (cash only at the door).

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE!!:

http://chicagocinemasociety.eventbrite.com/

This event will take place at the Portage Theatre on December 17th 2011.
Doors Open at 7:00 pm Sharp!

Here are some brief details on the films with trailers in the posts below

SANTA SANGRE

The Chicago Cinema Society is very proud to present the only North American 35mm print of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s masterpiece “Santa Sangre.” A film which Roger Ebert cites in his 4 star review as “a throwback to the golden age, to the days when filmmakers had bold individual visions and were not timidly trying to duplicate the latest mass-market formulas.”

BOBBY YEAH

Next, we will be presenting the wonderfully innovative animated short BOBBY YEAH by animator Robert Morgan. Bobby Yeah has won Best British Film at the London Animation Festival and Best Animated Short at the Fantasia International Film Festival. We are proud to provide this film with its Midwest Premiere.

BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA (THE LAST CIRCUS)

“The Last Circus” was awarded the Silver Lion prize for Best Director and Best Script at the 2010 Venice International Film Festival by Quentin Tarantino, President of the Jury. The film also received the bulk of the nominations at the Goya Awards – the most prominent film awards in Spain. It had been nominated in 15 categories including Best Film, Best Script, and Best Actor – to name just a few. The Chicago Cinema Society is proud to present the Chicago Theatrical (35mm print) Premiere of Alex de la Iglesia’s incredible new film.

PLUS: Special Musical guests performing selections from the Santa Sangre & The Last Circus soundtracks.

PHOTOBOOTH by: GlitterGuts (www.glitterguts.com)

Free Parking at: Sears Lot

Please follow us on Facebook so as to stay up to date on this and other Chicago Cinema Society events:
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and also follow us on twitter:

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We are happy to announce that Robert Morgan’s amazing short film “BOBBY YEAH” has been selected for Sundance 2012! Congratulations Robert! We will be screening BOBBY YEAH on December 17th (well before Sundance) along with Santa Sangre (35mm) and The Last Circus (35mm). Pick up your tickets today! $7.50 in advance via this link:

http://chicagocinemasociety.eventbrite.com/

and $10.00 at the door. If you have not seen it already, here is the trailer for BOBBY YEAH

http://youtu.be/jaS_S5Gt7L0

That’s Right! Tickets can be purchased online at this very moment for one of these:

$5.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For a very limited time. Thereafter tickets will be $7.50 in advance and $10.00 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at our eventbrite page:

http://chicagocinemasociety.eventbrite.com

The Chicago Cinema Society, in conjunction with our friends at Magnet Releasing and Severin Films, present:

Santa Sangre (Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky, 35mm print, 123 mins)
The Last Circus (Dir: Alex de la Iglesia, 35mm print, 104 mins)
Bobby Yeah (Dir: Robert Morgan, digital projection, 22 mins)

At the Portage Theatre on December 17th 2011 at 7pm. Tickets will be on sale online next week at a presale price of $6 for a very limited time. This line up is not necessarily final as we have more surprises in the works. Read below this post for details on the individual films. Stay tuned for updates . . . . . .

The Portage Theatre is located at 4050 N Milwaukee Ave, 60641

And Lastly, The Chicago Cinema Society is very proud to present the only North American 35mm print of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s masterpiece “Santa Sangre.” A film which Roger Ebert cites in his 4 star review as “a throwback to the golden age, to the days when filmmakers had bold individual visions and were not timidly trying to duplicate the latest mass-market formulas.”

Next, “The Last Circus” was awarded the Silver Lion prize for Best Director and Best Script at the 2010 Venice International Film Festival by Quentin Tarantino, President of the Jury. The film also received the bulk of the nominations at the Goya Awards – the most prominent film awards in Spain. It had been nominated in 15 categories including Best Film, Best Script, and Best Actor – to name just a few. The Chicago Cinema Society is proud to present the Chicago Theatrical (35mm print) Premiere of Alex de la Iglesia’s incredible new film.:

First, we will be presenting the wonderfully innovative animated short BOBBY YEAH by animator Robert Morgan. Bobby Yeah has won Best British Film at the London Animation Festival and Best Animated Short at the Fantasia International Film Festival. We are proud to provide this film with its Midwest Premiere:

Our next event will be at The Portage Theatre on December 17th at 7:00pm. Information for the films will be listed individually.