Block Cinema is dedicated to encounter, exchange, and learning through the art of the moving image.
Apr37 PM
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS (2025) with Curtis Miller & Robin Tanamachi
Join us for the first screening in the Science on Screen: Watching the Weather series with A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS (2025), followed by a conversation with filmmaker Curtis Miller. Introduced by atmospheric scientist and regional storm chaser Robin Tanamachi.
Apr107 PM
FUORI (2025)
The Department of French and Italian and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago select FUORI, a biographical drama based on the 1983 novel "L'università di Rebibbia" by Goliarda Sapienza, for their annual spring movie night.
Apr177 PM
“Lost in the Flood”: Photochemical Traces of Extreme Weather
Part of the Science on Screen series, this program explores the cultural and material impacts of flooding and contamination through the vulnerable medium of photochemical film through a night of short films and a live cinema performance by Tristan Turner, Isaac King, and Agis Shaw. Introduced by chemist Dr. Shelby Hatch.
"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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