Filth and Freedom: Selections from the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive
Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents
In the late aughts, young Chicagoan and Odd Obsession video counter clerk Joe Rubin began amassing a huge collection of vintage adult films on 16mm an... Read more
Sun, Mar 15
Blood Brothers (& Other Delights)
Part of: Beyond Chicago
"Infamous for his arrest, trial and conviction - in the 1990s for his self-published comic, artist Mike Diana also made a string of homemade films. St... Read more
Sat, Apr 4
Boorman and the Devil
Part of: Beyond Chicago
"In the wake of box-office titans POINT BLANK and DELIVERANCE, John Boorman was granted the opportunity of a lifetime: to direct the sequel to THE EXO... Read more
Sun, Apr 5
Cool Hand Luke
Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape
"Natural-born world-shaker" Luke Jackson (Paul Newman, in the first of four collaborations with director Stuart Rosenberg) joins the barracks of a Sou... Read more
Sat, Apr 11
Stir Crazy
Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape
"With Gene Wilder, it was no problem. We fell in love instantly." - Richard PryorWhen a case of mistaken identities lands two friends with big ambitio... Read more
Sun, Apr 12
Real Life
Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents
"I shouldn't be allowed to do this! Why did I pick reality? I don't know anything about it!" Albert Brooks, one of cinema's greatest comic minds and d... Read more
Sat, Apr 18
Holes
Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape
“HOLES jumps the rails, leaves all expectations behind, and tells a story that’s not funny ha-ha but funny peculiar.” - Roger EbertBased on Louis Sach... Read more
Sun, Apr 19
A Man Escaped
Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape
With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped.... Read more
Sat, Apr 25
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Part of: Animation Adventures
When THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED premiered in Germany on September 23, 1926, it was hailed as the first full-length animated film. More than seven... Read more