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
Sun, Apr 26
CFCA Shorts Program #1
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
SHORTS INCLUDEDCandy Bar - A young girl thinks a man in the candy bar line looks like her dad. Directed by Nash Edgerton. (6 min.) Vampire - A young m... Read more
Sat, May 2
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution
Part of: The Chicago Critics Film Festival
On June 1, 1972, a humble production of a hit musical retelling of the Book of Matthew officially opened its run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in dow... Read more