Block Cinema is dedicated to encounter, exchange, and learning through the art of the moving image.
Upcoming Screenings
Nov147 PM
Reel Politik: PUTNEY SWOPE (1969) with cartoonist Nathan Gelgud
Robert Downey’s uproarious 1969 satire PUTNEY SWOPE shown on a 35mm print as part of an evening celebrating cartoonist and ardent cinephile Nathan Gelgud's recent book REEL POLITIK.
Nov217 PM
SOLO SUNNY (1980) in 35mm
The beloved East German independent film SOLO SUNNY, by filmmaker Konrad Wolf, screens on an archival 35mm print at the Block Museum as part of a centennial celebration for the filmmaker with the Goethe-Institut. Introduced by Lauren Stokes, Associate Professor of History at Northwestern.
"We’re very conscious of the valuable role that university cinemas like ours can play in the ecosystem of non-theatrical film. We look for opportunities to support and showcase the work of distributors who are expanding access to adventurous cinema, archives that are preserving endangered cinematic legacies and scholars and filmmakers who are promoting a more inclusive film culture.
We try to act as a conduit between that international community of passionate cinema workers, and diverse local communities at Northwestern and beyond, who see cinema as a way to encounter the world and exchange ideas."
– Michael Metzger, Pick-Laudati Curator of Media Arts, Block Museum
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