Screening 35mm & 16mm film prints from studio vaults, film archives, and private collections.

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Monday 8/31 at 7:00 PM @ Music Box
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
Advance Tickets

Saturday 9/5 from 2 – 5pm @ Athenaem Center
Films from the Bob Koester Collection • Free!

Thursday 9/10 at 8:00 PM @ Constellation
Caligari’s Cure • Advance Tickets

Sunday 9/13 at 11:30 AM @ Music Box
SparrowsAdvance Tickets

Saturday 9/26 at 11:30 AM @ Music Box
Chris + Heather’s 16mm Big Screen Blow-Out #3Advance Tickets

Thursday 10/8 at 7:00 PM @ Music Box
Peeping Tom

Wednesday 10/21 at 8:00 PM @ Constellation
An Evening with Jim TrainorAdvance Tickets

Sunday 11/1 at 11:30 AM @ Music Box
The Docks of New York

Saturday 11/7 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Home Movie Day

Thursday 11/12 at 7:00 PM @ Music Box
Boom!Advance Tickets

Friday 11/13 at 7:00 PM @ Block Cinema
Dreams that Money Can Buy • Advance Tickets

Wednesday 11/18 at 6:00 PM @ Siskel Film Center
Rachel Getting Married

Friday 11/20 at 7:00 PM @ Logan Center
Suicide Note

Monday 11/30 at 7:00 PM @ Music Box
Gangs of New YorkAdvance Tickets

Wednesday 12/9 at 6:00 PM @ Siskel Film Center
Alice in the Cities

Wednesday 12/16 at 8:00 PM @ Constellation
CFS Annual Holiday Party
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