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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.

💥 A landmark of q***r independent cinema returns.Newly restored in 4K, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK follows two unforgettable out...
06/24/2026

💥 A landmark of q***r independent cinema returns.

Newly restored in 4K, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK follows two unforgettable outsiders—a small-town dreamer with a messiah complex and a wisecracking grifter—in a raw, funny, and deeply moving journey through friendship, trust, and self-invention.

Praised by IndieWire as a film that "cements its place in q***r cinema history," this groundbreaking trans and butch buddy film remains as daring and vital today as when it first premiered.

📅 Opens June 26
🎟️ Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/hook-or-crook

Siskel Film Center exclusive.

A q***r Moroccan jackal in New York. A mother in Casablanca. A film struggling to be born.When writer’s block stalls her...
06/24/2026

A q***r Moroccan jackal in New York. A mother in Casablanca. A film struggling to be born.

When writer’s block stalls her first feature, Bouchra begins making difficult—and long overdue—phone calls home. As conversations with her mother deepen, they begin to reshape not only her film, but her understanding of identity, family, love, and belonging.

Blending animation, documentary, visual art, and intimate family drama, BOUCHRA is a visually stunning and emotionally rich debut from acclaimed artists Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki (2 Lizards). Deeply personal, unexpectedly funny, surprisingly sexy, and formally daring, it's one of the year's most distinctive films.

"One of the most intimate and political animations of the year... BOUCHRA insists on new forms and a new cinematic language." — John Lynn, International Cinephile Society

Opens June 26.

🎟️ Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/bouchra

“Remains one of art film's most powerful gateway drugs, still haunting in its painful simplicity, laced with the unforge...
06/23/2026

“Remains one of art film's most powerful gateway drugs, still haunting in its painful simplicity, laced with the unforgettable behavioral moments that may be De Sica's greatest claim to posterity.” - Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice

De Sica’s neorealist classic, BICYCLE THIEVES, returns to our screens this weekend in our 25 For 25 series! Presented at our State Street home in 2002 for the Kudos to Kino: 25 Years of Classic and Cutting-Edge Cinema series. siskelfilmcenter.org/bicycle-thieves

🎬 Chicago Film Society Presents✨ Veronica Lake casts a spell in *I MARRIED A WITCH*.See René Clair's enchanting 1942 fan...
06/23/2026

🎬 Chicago Film Society Presents

✨ Veronica Lake casts a spell in *I MARRIED A WITCH*.

See René Clair's enchanting 1942 fantasy-comedy on **35mm**, featuring Lake at her most witty, mischievous, and irresistible as a centuries-old witch determined to wreak havoc on the descendant of her Puritan persecutor.

🎞️ Includes the rarely screened 35mm short *DAY OF THE DEAD* (1957) by Charles and Ray Eames.

📅 Thursday, June 25, 6:00 p.m.
🎤 Introduction by Andrew Whitmore, Archives Technician at the Library of Congress

🎟️ Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/i-married-witch

Don't miss HONEYJOON—the award-winning debut feature that's been called “a thrill ride” (The Hollywood Reporter) and “ma...
06/19/2026

Don't miss HONEYJOON—the award-winning debut feature that's been called “a thrill ride” (The Hollywood Reporter) and “magnetic” (Movie Archer).

Set against the stunning backdrop of the Azores, this darkly funny, unexpectedly sexy story follows a mother and daughter navigating grief, desire, and new beginnings.

✨ Director Lilian T. Mehrel will appear in person for a Q&A following the Saturday, June 20, 7:00 p.m. screening.

📅 Opens Friday, June 19
🎟️ Get tickets at link in bio
siskelfilmcenter.org/honeyjoon

Siskel Film Center exclusive.

Before PARASITE, before the Oscars, there was BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE.See Oscar-winning director B**g Joon-ho's wildly i...
06/19/2026

Before PARASITE, before the Oscars, there was BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE.

See Oscar-winning director B**g Joon-ho's wildly inventive feature directorial debut on 35mm—a darkly funny blend of social satire, slapstick, and macabre humor that introduced one of contemporary cinema's most singular voices. Part of our 25 For 25 series.

🎞️ 35mm screenings
📅 June 20–24

🎟️ Get tickets at link in bio
siskelfilmcenter.org/barking-dogs

Due to popular demand, we've added two encore screenings of AMORES PERROS in its stunning 4K restoration!🔥 Saturday, Jun...
06/19/2026

Due to popular demand, we've added two encore screenings of AMORES PERROS in its stunning 4K restoration!

🔥 Saturday, June 20, 8:00 p.m.
🔥 Tuesday, June 23, 8:30 p.m.

An Oscar-nominated international sensation and the explosive debut that launched Alejandro G. Iñárritu's career, AMORES PERROS remains one of the defining films of modern Mexican cinema.

🎟️ Tickets are selling fast—reserve yours today:
siskelfilmcenter.org/amores-perros

⚫⚪ TEKKONKINKREET (4K Restoration)"A beautiful looking kinetic film that's always in movement." — Film ThreatOne of anim...
06/18/2026

⚫⚪ TEKKONKINKREET (4K Restoration)

"A beautiful looking kinetic film that's always in movement." — Film Threat

One of anime's most visually astonishing cult classics returns to the big screen in a stunning new 4K restoration.

In the sprawling streets of Treasure Town, orphaned boys Black and White have built a life all their own. But when developers, yakuza, and hired killers threaten to transform their city forever, Black will stop at nothing to protect both his home and the person he loves most.

Directed by Michael Arias and based on the acclaimed manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, TEKKONKINKREET combines breathtaking animation, unforgettable world-building, and an emotionally powerful story about friendship, loyalty, and the bonds that help us survive a changing world.

🎟 Opens June 19
🎬 New 4K Restoration
📍 Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/tekkonkinkreet

🎬 Summer Sneaks: Brought to You by IND/EXGet an early look at some of the summer's most exciting independent films befor...
06/17/2026

🎬 Summer Sneaks: Brought to You by IND/EX

Get an early look at some of the summer's most exciting independent films before their wider release!

Presented in conjunction with the Independent Film Exhibition Conference (IND/EX), these special sneak-preview screenings are free for IND/EX badge holders (with conference registration confirmation) and open to the public.

📍 June 21–22 at the Gene Siskel Film Center

• YOU HAD TO BE THERE — Sunday, June 21, 6:00 p.m.
• ABOUT A HERO — Sunday, June 21, 6:15 p.m.
• SUMMER TOUR — Monday, June 22, 9:00 a.m.
• ORFEO — Monday, June 22, 9:15 a.m.
• UNION COUNTY — Monday, June 22, 11:00 a.m.
• THE SCOUT — Monday, June 22, 11:15 a.m.

🎟️ Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/sneaks

🌊 Opens Friday, June 19 | Siskel Film Center ExclusiveWhat do we lose when the glaciers disappear?From Oscar-nominated F...
06/16/2026

🌊 Opens Friday, June 19 | Siskel Film Center Exclusive

What do we lose when the glaciers disappear?

From Oscar-nominated FIRE OF LOVE director Sara Dosa, TIME AND WATER is a visually stunning and deeply moving meditation on memory, family, climate change, and the fragile beauty of our world. Through personal archives, folklore, and the rapidly changing Icelandic landscape, acclaimed writer Andri Snær Magnason creates a cinematic time capsule for future generations.

“A stirring record of human hopes and regrets.” — RogerEbert.com

🎟️ Get tickets: siskelfilmcenter.org/time-and-water

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