Visions of Oshii
Thursday, June 11
Anime Club brings together two essential works from visionary filmmaker Mamoru Oshii, pairing a landmark political techno-thriller with a rare and dreamlike early OVA experiment.
alterotics presents: The Future Is a Fuck (SOLD OUT)
Friday, June 12
Optical Noise presents a program of short films curated by alterotics.
Two Films by Maria Beatty: Ladies of the Night: Les Vampyres + The Black Glove
Friday, June 12
Optical Noise presents two experimental films of dark, sapphic eroticism by Maria Beatty.
Forbidden Fruits
June 13-21, 2026
Meredith Alloway's satirical slasher Forbidden Fruits, starring Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, and Lola Tung, is a glorious entry into what Rue Morgue magazine calls "girl horror” for the post-girl boss feminism era.
A Poet
June 13-21, 2026
Structured in four chapters, writer/director Simón Mesa Soto’s absurd tragicomedy A Poet is a satirical, yet empathetic look at the cost of living a creative life under the crippling weight of late stage capitalism.
Yes (Chicago Premiere)
June 13-21, 2026
CHICAGO PREMIERE! Described by Romanian auteur Radu Jude (Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World) as the best film of the year, provocateur Nadav Lapid's Yes is a biting, pitch black satire that takes a blistering and unflinchingly critical look at modern Israeli society.
Madonna: Truth or Dare (35th Anniversary)
Wednesday, June 17
35 years after its explosive 1991 release and ahead of the icon's 15th studio album, join us for a special anniversary screening of Madonna: Truth or Dare, preceded by a curated pre-show of iconic Madonna music videos.
Found Footage Presents: A Life on The Farm
Wednesday, June 17
FACETS and the Found Footage Festival present a screening of Oscar Harding's A Life on the Farm.
The Piano Teacher (25th Anniversary)
Friday, June 26
A study in repression, control, and unraveling desire, The Piano Teacher (2001) is Michael Haneke’s icy and devastating portrait of obsession pushed past its limits.
Audition
Friday, June 26
A slow-burn descent into dread that detonates with unforgettable force, Audition (1999) is Takashi Miike’s masterwork of romantic unease turned nightmare.
a temple of great cinema
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A film screening to an empty cinema is high parody.
An ironic stab at humanity’s ultimate populist artform.
Cinema needs an audience to live.
A community to sustain itself.
Drawing power from our collective witnessing.
Our collective processing.
Bringing new life into being.
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