http://cine-file.info/forum discussions of alternative cinema -- chicago and beyond Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:52:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Matthew Barney’s THE CREMASTER CYCLE & DE LAMA LAMINA Music Box – Friday-Thursday, September 3-9, Check Venue website for showtimes It has been about six years since artist Matthew Barney’s CREMASTER CYCLE has been available and it is being given a new release this year before it, we assume, goes back ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/09/matthew-barneys-the-cremaster-cycle/ Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video Gene Siskel Film Center – Ongoing (Check Venue website for complete schedule) The annual Black Harvest festival, now in its 16th year, continues through September 2. — More info at www.siskelfilmcenter.org. Made in Chicago (Shorts Program) Saturday, 8:15pm The highlight of this local shorts program is the three-minute opening ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/08/black-harvest-international-festival-of-film-and-video-week-three-august-20-26/ Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video Gene Siskel Film Center – Ongoing (Check Venue website for complete schedule) The annual Black Harvest festival, now in its 16th year, continues through September 2. --- More info at www.siskelfilmcenter.org. Joshua Conro’s SHARKULA: DIARRHEA OF A MADMAN Friday, 8:15pm With its appalling title alluding to a potent metaphor ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/08/black-harvest-international-festival-of-film-and-video-week-two-august-13-19/ INTERVIEW WITH LAUREL NAKADATE by Cine-File contributor Kalvin Henely (Stay the Same Never Change) Laurel Nakadate is a photographer/video artist. Her short videos are interesting cherry-bombs about the male-gaze, voyeurism, power dynamics between genders, and loneliness and heartbreak. STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE is her first film. She presented it on Monday at ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/06/interview-with-laurel-nakadate/ The 17th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival CUFF is presented by IFP/Chicago and takes place at the Gene Siskel Film Center from Thursday, June 24 to Thursday, July 1. Below is a sampling of the programs from our contributors. The full schedule is at www.cuff.org. Kevin Jerome Everson’s ERIE (New American) Sunday, 1pm Let’s ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/06/the-17th-annual-chicago-underground-film-festival/ The 22nd Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival The Nightingale and Chicago Filmmakers – Check website for complete schedule The Onion City festival began on Thursday and continues through Sunday, June 20, with an additional eight programs at the Nightingale (Friday) and Chicago Filmmakers (Saturday and Sunday). The festival, which is ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/06/the-22nd-onion-city-experimental-film-and-video-festival/ The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival opened Friday, March 5 and runs through Thursday, April 1 at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.). Below are reviews of selected films playing during week four (Friday, March 26 through Thursday, April 1). Jacques Rivette's AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN (France) Sunday, ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/03/european-union-film-festival-week-four/ The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival opened Friday, March 5 and runs through Thursday, April 1 at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.). Below are reviews of selected films playing during week three (Friday, March 19 through Thursday, March 25). Jessica Hausner’s LOURDES (France/Austria) Saturday, 3pm and Thursday, ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/03/european-union-film-festival-week-three/ Mia Hansen-Love’s THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (France) Wednesday, March 17, 8pm (final screening) A great film, worthy of comparison to the masterpieces of Maurice Pialat, André Téchiné, or Edward Yang. Like those directors at their peak, Mia Hansen-Love has realized her characters so thoroughly that the very formal properties of the ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/03/eu-week-two-update-the-father-of-my-children/ The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival opened Friday, March 5 and runs through Thursday, April 1 at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.). Below are reviews of selected films playing during week two (Friday, March 12 through Thursday, March 18). Catherine Breillat's BLUEBEARD (France) Saturday, 7:30pm and Thursday, ... http://cine-file.info/forum/archives/2010/03/european-union-film-festival-week-two/