The Best Places Around Chicago To See
Foreign and Independent Films

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Chicago International Film Festival
Cinema Chicago
32 W. Randolph
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 425-9400
email: info@chicagofilmfestival.com		 Held annually in October at several theaters around Chicago.

 

Documentary Film Group
1212 E. 59th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-8574

(a.k.a. Doc Films).
Located on the University of Chicago campus. Different shows daily during the school year--foreign, Hollywood, and independent.

 

Facets Multimedia Center
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614-2087
(773) 281-4114


Newly remodeled. Widest selection of international films: Nanni Moretti, Kieslowski, Kaspar Hauser.

Extensive foreign video rentals.

 

The Gene Siskel Film Center ofThe School of The Art Institute of Chicago
164 N. State St.
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 846-2600
Great variety of mini- festivals including Hong Kong and Iranian films. Recent treats:Irma Vep, Mizoguchi retrospective.

 

Kino-Eye Cinema
Various venues.
Run by Chicago Filmakers.
 Screenings of locally made films and videos.

 

Lake
1020 Lake St.
Oak Park, IL 60301-1102
(708) 848-9088		 Good art deco remodeling. Two of the six screens show current art films.

 

LaSalle Theatre
4901 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL 60641
(312) 904-5549		 Auditorium of the LaSalle Bank building. Little seen classic American and noir selections.  

 

The Music Box
3733 N. Southport Ave.
Chicago, IL 60613-3718
(773) 871-6604
musicboxtheatre@musicboxtheatre.com
Great decor. Two screens. Live pipe organ music for weekend screenings. Good selection of mainland Chinese films. Midnight shows.

 

Three Penny Cinema
2424 N. Lincoln
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 935-5744		 Good source for American independent features.

 

Village
1548 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60610-1407
(312) 642-2403		 Double features of recent Hollywood features and independents or Kung fu films. Midnight shows.


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Last updated, Dec. 27, 2001
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