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Block Cinema

Block Cinema screens classic and contemporary films and is dedicated to providing the Northwestern campus, the North Shore and Chicago with a quality venue for repertory cinema. Block Cinema is sponsored in part by a generous gift from James B. Pick and Rosalyn M. Laudati.

Current Series

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Paris Belongs to Us: The City of Light in Film

04/13/2012-06/08/2012

No city is more chameleon-like than Paris. It’s been mythologized for its romanticism and celebrated for its glamour and style. It’s a city of fashion, industry, art, activism, crime, philosophy, politics, architecture, and cuisine. And, with the possible exception of New York, it has been the city that has sparked the imagination of filmmakers more than any other. This series features twelve films, from the 1950s through today, that illuminate these varied aspects of the City of Light.

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Illuminating the Shadows: Film Criticism in Focus

05/04/2012

Join us on May 4 for another installment of our focus on film criticism featuring a free, afternoon panel discussion on film criticism and its relationship to academia. Special guests include Adrian Martin, Girish Shambu, and more  to be announced. The discussion will be moderated by Nick Davis. The 6pm panel will be followed by a free film screening of Exposed (1983) selected and introduced by Adrian Martin.

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Art on Screen

05/11/2012

In this ongoing series, Block Cinema presents new documentaries about the art world. On May 11 we’ll present the new film Lost Bohemia, a moving portrait of an eclectic group of artists and performers who live and work in beautiful rent-controlled studios above Carnegie Hall­, and their struggle to save their homes and their unique artistic community before it becomes another casualty of the prime real estate market in Manhattan.

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Spring Special Events

04/27/12-05/25/2012

Join us this spring for several one-night events with unique film programs, including a silent film masterpiece, Sunrise with live musical accompaniment (April 27). Also returning this year are two popular annual programs organized by Northwestern students; Sonic Celluloid (May 18) and the NU Student Film Fest (May 25).

Admission

Unless otherwise noted:

  • $4.00 for Block members; University faculty, staff and students with valid WildCARD; students from other schools with valid college/university ID; seniors 65 and older
  • $6.00 for the general public
  • $20.00 for a quarterly pass

Block Cinema films are screened in the Block Museum’s Pick-Laudati Auditorium. See Directions and Parking for information on how to get to the Musuem. Parking is free in the lot south of the Block after 4 p.m. weekdays and all day on weekends.