Block Cinema

Block Cinema Winter 2010 Film Series

The Teen Screen

Through rarely screened classics and contemporary films, The Teen Screen explores the potency of the teen experience—from Harlem to Tehran, from Mexico City to Muncie, Indiana, and beyond.



Seventeen, Friday, January 29, 7 pm  
   

A Cinema of Their Own:
Bloomsbury on Film

A series of Saturday matinees featuring films based on the lives and writings of members of the Bloomsbury Group.

 

Carrington, Saturday, January 16, 2 pm  
   

A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham:
Political Comedies

Curated by Northwestern University’s student-run Film & Projection society, this series features a selection of political comedies and satires, from Duck Soup (1933) to In the Loop (2009).

In the Loop, Friday, January 16, 7 pm  
   

New Documentaries

An eclectic selection of recent documentary works including sneak previews of two highly acclaimed films—The Art of the Steal, about the heated controversy surrounding the Barnes Foundation art collection, and Prodigal Sons, a deeply moving film about a transgender woman’s homecoming.

 

The Art of the Steel, Wednesday, March
10, 7 pm
 
   

Reeltime

Reeltime is a free film series that takes place at the Block Museum and the Evanston Public Library. Reeltime events typically feature new films that focus on issues of importance to the community.


The Glass House, Thursday, March 4,
7 pm

 
   

Art Theory & Practice Presents

Five recent works that re-imagine landscape as a shifting ground, an anxious force, and a backdrop to live in and move through.

Landscape Annihilates Consciousness, Friday, February 5, 7 pm  

Winter 2010 Schedule

Date Film Time Series

1/15 In the Loop 7 pm Political Comedies
1/16 Carrington 2 pm Bloomsbury on Film
1/21 Duck Soup 7 pm Political Comedies
1/22 High School 7 pm The Teen Screen
1/28 Bananas 7 pm Political Comedies
1/29 Seventeen 7 pm The Teen Screen
1/30 The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf 2 pm Bloomsbury on Film
2/4 Prodigal Sons 7 pm New Documentaries
2/5 Landscape Annihilates Consciousness 7 pm AT&P
2/6 Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman 2 pm New Documentaries
2/11 Next Floor & The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 7 pm Political Comedies
2/12 Afterschool 7 pm The Teen Screen
2/13 Maurice 2 pm Bloomsbury on Film
2/18 Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger 7 pm Reeltime
2/19 The Cool World 7 pm The Teen Screen
2/20 Love Letters and Live Wires: Highlights from the GPO Film Unit 2 pm Bloomsbury on Film
2/25 The Firemen's Ball 7 pm Political Comedies
2/26 Top Girl & I'm Gonna Explode (Voy a Explotar) 7 pm The Teen Screen
3/4 The Glass House 7 pm Reeltime
3/5 House (Hausu) 7 pm The Teen Screen
3/6

The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf

2 PM Bloomsbury on Film
3/10 The Art of the Steal 7 pm New Documentaries
3/12 Fish Tank 7 pm The Teen Screen