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Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long: ‘How do we overcome the convenience that exists on...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCHICAGO — Halfway through coffee with Emily Long, the new executive director of the Gene Siskel Film...
Sergio Mims, cofounder of the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Black Harvest Film Festival, dies at 67
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoSergio Mims, longtime film historian and co-founder of the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Black Harvest...
Chicagoan of the Year for Film: Rebecca Fons of the Gene Siskel Film Center. ‘I’m programming for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRebecca Fons: Not a lot of pretense there. “Lively. Friendly. To the point!” is how she prefers her...
The Siskel & Ebert rivalry, and its legacy, comes alive in the new book ‘Opposable Thumbs’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLike any great rivalry, the competition and, later, the lucrative partnership between Chicago...
‘Return To Dust’, Arthouse Film Pulled From Release In China Last Year, Bows In U.S. – Specialty...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 9 months agoReturn To Dust, an arthouse hit in China last summer before being pulled from release, opens...
‘The Unknown Country’ review: At the Siskel Film Center, a beautiful debut film starring Lily...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe sign above the highway-located Conoco gas station says it plainly: WELCOME TO MID-AMERICA. Continuing its Chicago premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center through Aug. 30, writer-director ...
From Devo to women’s soccer, Doc10 film fest shows us the real world
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCHICAGO — They are older women now, their faces flashing across the screen in “Copa 71,” a film that...
Chicago Int'l Film Festival is now open: Here’s a list of 8 to get you going
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCHICAGO — This week the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, the oldest juried festival of its...
‘Contra/Banned’ at the Siskel Center: Sex, religion, Jayne Mansfield and other movie troublemakers
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe history of film tells a parallel history of censorship, protest and moral guardians, such as the Catholic Legion of Decency, determined to keep certain notorious movies away from inquiring ...
Sun and Stars International Film Festival returns for second year in Palm Beaches
The Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA film festival that launched last year in support of the nonprofit health care and educational...