Siskel Film Center

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For more than 50 years, the Gene Siskel Film Center has welcomed cinephiles and curious newcomers alike to experience a curated collection of the world’s most compelling films.

One of the most original films of the 1990s returns in 35mm.In Tsai Ming-liang's haunting, darkly funny masterpiece, two...
07/23/2026

One of the most original films of the 1990s returns in 35mm.

In Tsai Ming-liang's haunting, darkly funny masterpiece, two lonely neighbors forge an unexpected connection as the world around them quietly falls apart. Blending deadpan comedy, melancholy, and unforgettable musical interludes, THE HOLE remains one of the defining works of contemporary world cinema.

🎞️ Presented in 35mm

Opens July 24

🎟️ Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/hole

☆ Chicago Film Society Presents Technicolor Weekend ☆ Seven Original 35mm and 16mm Prints ☆ August 7–9 ☆Featuring SINGIN...
07/22/2026

☆ Chicago Film Society Presents Technicolor Weekend ☆ Seven Original 35mm and 16mm Prints ☆ August 7–9 ☆

Featuring SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, HORROR OF DRACULA, MEET ME AT THE FAIR, THE BUSY BODY, THE GODFATHER PART II, THAT DARN CAT!, and HATARI!

Reserve Your Seats Now: siskelfilmcenter.org/technicolor

All films in the fourth iteration of Technicolor Weekend will be projected from prints that were at one point or another saved by private collectors. They were intended to last only through their initial runs, but instead have endured hundreds of screenings, studio mergers, film exchange closures, and multiple private owners. These unlikely survivors offer us a view of what these films looked like before digital color correction and other modern restoration techniques, and are stunning examples of an incredibly complex industrial process that delighted millions.

Michael Haneke's controversial 2001 adaptation of Nobel-winner Elfriede Jelinek's novel, THE PIANO TEACHER stars Isabell...
07/21/2026

Michael Haneke's controversial 2001 adaptation of Nobel-winner Elfriede Jelinek's novel, THE PIANO TEACHER stars Isabelle Huppert as a rigid and brilliant piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory. A talented student (Benoît Magimel) sets out to become both the protégé and lover of the repressed spinster. Winner of the Grand Prix and dual acting awards for its stars at Cannes.

Friday, July 24–Wednesday, July 29 in our 25 For 25 Series!

Get Tickets Now at siskelfilmcenter.org/piano-teacher

Director Carolina Cavalli joins us in person for a special preview Q&A screening of her off-beat comedy THE KIDNAPPING O...
07/20/2026

Director Carolina Cavalli joins us in person for a special preview Q&A screening of her off-beat comedy THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA! Thursday, July 30, 6pm → siskelfilmcenter.org/kidnapping-arabella

"A stylized road movie full of impish hijinks… a whimsical, deadpan, and delightfully bizarre coming-of-age in reverse." - Chicago International Film Festival

Additional tickets and showtimes to be added for July 31–August 6.

“A mesmerizing study in time, light, movement, and moisture that traces the shifting relations between clouds and earth,...
07/19/2026

“A mesmerizing study in time, light, movement, and moisture that traces the shifting relations between clouds and earth, nature, and people… If you’re expecting a test or an ordeal, you could be as surprised by this masterpiece, and as grateful for it, as I was.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum

OFF CENTER presents James Benning's 2004 TEN SKIES next Monday, July 27 at 6pm!

One Show Only! 🎟 siskelfilmcenter.org/ten-skies

🎞 Newly struck 35mm print of Taiwan-based filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang's 1998 THE HOLE opens exclusively on our screens nex...
07/18/2026

🎞 Newly struck 35mm print of Taiwan-based filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang's 1998 THE HOLE opens exclusively on our screens next Friday, July 24!

Combining deadpan humor with an austere view of loneliness and a couple of unexpected musical numbers, Tsai Ming-Liang crafted one of the most original films of the 1990s.

Tickets coming soon. Details at siskelfilmcenter.org/hole

🎭 National Theatre Live returns with Les Liaisons Dangereuses.BAFTA Award winner Lesley Manville (PHANTOM THREAD) and Ai...
07/17/2026

🎭 National Theatre Live returns with Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

BAFTA Award winner Lesley Manville (PHANTOM THREAD) and Aidan Turner (Rivals) star in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of the classic novel. Filmed live at London's National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this acclaimed production of seduction, deception, and social warfare.

📅 Sat. Jul. 18, 11:00 a.m.
📅 Sun. Jul. 19, 1:30 p.m.

🎟️ Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/les-liaisons-dangereuses

For the season of road trips and action-adventure blockbusters, we present VROOM, SCREECH, a series of movies that celeb...
07/16/2026

For the season of road trips and action-adventure blockbusters, we present VROOM, SCREECH, a series of movies that celebrate and complicate the car chase. Featuring iconic automotive set-pieces, impressive stunt work, and serious car psychology, this slate crosses multiple lanes. 8-Film Series, July 31–August 27! 🛞🏎️💨

Reserve Your Seats → siskelfilmcenter.org/vroom

BULLITT (1968, dir. Peter Yates)
GUN CRAZY (1949, dir. Joseph H. Lewis)
WEEKEND (1971, dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015, dir. George Miller)
TRAFIC (1971, dir. Jacques Tati)
DEATH PROOF (2007, dir. Quentin Tarantino)
THE FRENCH CONNECTION on 35mm (1971, dir. William Friedkin)
MOTORWAY (2012, dir. Soi Cheang)

🔥 You asked—we added encores.Missed it the first time? Due to popular demand, we've added two encore screenings of our ...
07/16/2026

🔥 You asked—we added encores.

Missed it the first time? Due to popular demand, we've added two encore screenings of our 4K restoration of AMORES PERROS!

One of the defining films of 21st-century cinema, Alejandro G. Iñárritu's electrifying debut returns as part of our 25 for 25 series celebrating 25 years on State Street.

📅 Saturday, July 25
🕑 2:00 p.m.
🕢 7:30 p.m.

🎟️ Get tickets now: siskelfilmcenter.org/amores-perros

“Kiarostami, like no other filmmaker, has a vision of human scale that is simultaneously epic and precisely minuscule.” ...
07/15/2026

“Kiarostami, like no other filmmaker, has a vision of human scale that is simultaneously epic and precisely minuscule.” - Stephen Holden, New York Times

Abbas Kiarostami's "life-affirming" 1997 Palme d'Or winner TASTE OF CHERRY plays July 17–22 in our 25 For 25 anniversary series. Get Tickets Now at siskelfilmcenter.org/taste-cherry

A truly haunting film, TASTE OF CHERRY inspired critics to use phrases like “life-affirming” without a trace of irony. A middle-aged intellectual has resolved to commit su***de for reasons that are never revealed. In the course of a search for someone who will agree to bury his body at the appointed time, he picks up hitch-hikers in his SUV, including a soldier and a maintenance worker, and makes his odd pitch. The film and the quest are one, ultimately a profound process of discovery about life’s meaning and the sum of its worth. TASTE OF CHERRY was initially banned in Iran for its forbidden theme of su***de, and it went on to win the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. (BS) Screened in 2019 as part of Abbas Kiarostami.

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