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[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

The first Gazette of 2025 is here! We're proud to present the first issue of volume 53 of the Gazette. Read online at https://t.co/H9N2XwK0QX and pick up a copy at your next visit!

Cheers to another year of great cinema.

[Chicago Int'l Film Festival @chifilmfest]

See #ChiFilmFest selections on screens around town this weekend:

🇨🇦 UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE at the @filmcenter
🇺🇸 NICKEL BOYS at AMC River East
🇳🇴 ARMAND at the @filmcenter
🇧🇷 I'M STILL HERE at AMC NEWCITY & other theaters
🐈‍⬛ FLOW at @facetschicago, AMC River East, & other theaters

[Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait @CaringAcrossGen]

🎬 CHICAGO! Join us next Friday, February 7th, at the @filmcenter for a special screening of "Time Passages."

After the screening, don’t miss the Q&A with director Kyle Henry and our regional organizing manager, Zahna Woodson. 🌟 https://t.co/Lasbqlkwb5

[Daniella @DaniellaMazzio]

I haven't watched nearly as much as Joe has, but it's been a delight finally digging into some of Wiseman's filmography; NEAR DEATH for six hours at GSFC yesterday especially was a rare, transcendent experience. Don't miss these remaining Wiseman screenings, y'all.

[Chicago Int'l Film Festival @chifilmfest]

#ChiFilmFest selection I'M STILL HERE — nominated for 3 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actress — opens today at the @filmcenter. 🇧🇷

Get tickets now for this "gripping, profoundly touching" political and family drama starring Fernanda Torres: https://t.co/P3Mi7ANWAx

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

This Week in the Worlds of Wiseman! https://t.co/xlf4zCt5eB

Fri 1/24
★ 5:15 ASPEN
★ 8:15 ZOO

Sat 1/25
★ 11:00 NEAR DEATH
★ 5:15 HIGH SCHOOL
★ 7:00 HIGH SCHOOL II

Sun 1/26
★ 11:30 BALLET

Wed 1/29
★ 5:30 LA COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE

Thu 1/30
★ 6:00 PUBLIC HOUSING

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

👋 Frederick Wiseman on front! Read all about him and our 33-film retrospective in this week's issue of the @Chicago_Reader!

Full piece from @JoeEngleman at https://t.co/RFXqP2Mmdr

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Three Academy Award nominations for Walter Sales's I'M STILL HERE! Opening tomorrow at the Film Center https://t.co/ahZIXi5zPX

#Oscars
Best Picture
Best Actress, Fernanda Torres
Best International Film

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

"Watching Wiseman opens a series of portals that offer the possibility of moving toward a new way of thinking. That future is one portal Wiseman can’t show us, but the portals he’s opened can help us get there."-@Chicago_Reader Worlds of Wiseman ends 2/5.
https://t.co/FxZKdxowcr

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

@OpinionsAreGood Do it. It's a balmy 21 degrees today. :-)

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Join us Saturday and Sunday, January 25 and 26 at 2pm for an encore presentation of @NationalTheatre Live's PRIMA FACIE, starring Jodie Comer (in an Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance) as a young, brilliant barrister facing an unexpected event.
https://t.co/Z22WDBPWhO

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Join Jonathan Rosenbaum in conversation tonight at 5:30 p.m. for Joan Crawford in Nicholas Ray's 1954 JOHNNY GUITAR! Tickets include signed copy of Rosenbaum's new book.

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Join film critic and scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum on Wed., Jan. 22 at 5:30pm, for a screening of JOHNNY GUITAR (1954, dir. Nicholas Ray, USA, 110 min.), followed by a discussion of his new book, In Dreams Begin Responsibilities: A Jonathan Rosenbaum Reader.
https://t.co/ShaqyixCbu

[Chicago Palestine Film Festival @ChiPalFilmFest]

Tickets selling fast for our January 26th screening of "Life is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza" at Gene Siskel Film Center @filmcenter. Grab your tickets now before they sell out at https://t.co/aJU0VEgIjl 🍉🎬

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns for ADFF:CHICAGO 2025!

Presented in collaboration with @chiarchitecture, join us January 31–February 2 for nine films dedicated to the creative spirit of architecture and design.
🎟️ https://t.co/1uY2FNS3k1

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Presented as part of both Settle In and our Worlds of Wiseman series, Frederick Wiseman's NEAR DEATH is, as The New York Times' Janet Maslin called it, “a total immersion. Those who see it will find themselves irrevocably altered."
Sat., Jan. 25, 11am
https://t.co/ck5vNvEFOf

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

On Mon., Jan. 27, 6pm, Barbara Rubin’s transgressive CHRISTMAS ON EARTH will be presented as it was meant to be seen: on two 16mm projectors running simultaneously, accompanied by rock music from 1963. Part of our Off Center series. https://t.co/uB2He23nwL

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Tonight, in our The Worlds of Wiseman series:
ADJUSTMENT AND WORK: 5:30pm
MULTI-HANDICAPPED: 8pm
https://t.co/MPVGlw5KTD

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

36th Festival of Films from Iran 🇮🇷 February 7–13

We celebrate this groundbreaking festival with a selection of 10 films that have defined Iranian cinema since the festival began in 1989. https://t.co/Yb5ZK0vdIe

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Walter Salles's I'M STILL HERE is officially a @nytimes Critic's Pick! ✔️

Led by a powerhouse performance from Fernanda Torres, winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama. Opening at the Film Center January 24.

https://t.co/C0Q7rvDeuX

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

This Week in The Worlds of Wiseman! Get tickets https://t.co/xlf4zCt5eB

Fri 1/17
★ 5:30 THE STORE
★ 8:00 RACETRACK

Mon 1/20
★ 5:15 DEAF
★ 8:15 BLIND

Tue 1/21
★ 5:30 ADJUSTMENT & WORK
★ 8:00 MULTI-HANDICAPPED

Wed 1/22
★ 8:30 MISSILE

Thu 1/23
★ 6:00 CENTRAL PARK

[Siskel Film Center @filmcenter]

Acclaimed auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s (ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, VOLVER) first English-language film, the "stunning" THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, is continuting this week at the Film Center!
https://t.co/CVMY3qNOy4