Swordsman
Part of: Merciless Mayhem: Martial Arts Midnights, Matinees, & More!
Initiated by legendary filmmaker King Hu though ultimately completed by a team of directors led by producer Tsui Hark, this dizzying wuxia whirlwind r... Read more
Sat, Sep 5
Swordsman II
Part of: Merciless Mayhem: Martial Arts Midnights, Matinees, & More!
Virtually the entire cast of Part I was replaced for the sequel, one of the biggest successes of Tsui Hark’s Film Workshop. The story picks up a year... Read more
Sun, Sep 6
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
Part of: Merciless Mayhem: Martial Arts Midnights, Matinees, & More!
Jet Li and Chin Siu-ho are two young Shaolin monks unjustly kicked out of the monastery and forced to adapt to live in the secular world. The power-hu... Read more
Sat, Sep 12
Sparrows
Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents
At age 33, Mary Pickford had reigned for a decade as Hollywood's most popular and powerful actress, enjoying unprecedented control over her production... Read more
Sun, Sep 13
Mafalda: La Pelicula
Part of: Crucemos al Otro Lado
Quino Lavado’s charming comic strip, Mafalda, comes to life in this delightful animated film. Mafalda is a headstrong little girl with a unique outloo... Read more
Sat, Sep 19
Chicago, Alli, y Mas
Part of: Crucemos al Otro Lado
Filmmakers in person for post-film Q&A.SHORTS FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAMMe Gustas Cuando Callas - Dir. Duncan Analco, 8 minDepicting the intimacies of l... Read more
Sun, Sep 20
Chris + Heather's 16mm Big Screen Blowout #3
Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents
Heather McAdams has been projecting and collecting 16mm film since she was a kid. Many 16mm folks look for feature films or cartoons, and trade prints... Read more
Sat, Sep 26
The Spirit of the Beehive
Part of: Crucemos al Otro Lado
In a small Castilian village in 1940, in the wake of Spain’s devastating civil war, six-year-old Ana attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein an... Read more
Sun, Sep 27
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Part of: Merciless Mayhem: Martial Arts Midnights, Matinees, & More!
After becoming the face of the martial-arts sword-fighting movie (wuxia pian) craze with his legendary performance in Chang Cheh’s The One Armed Boxer... Read more