Morris from America FilmScene — opens Friday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m. In a lot of ways, Germany is just like us. About half our language we stole from them; […]
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Shh! Can you keep a secret? Vino Vérité offers a secret screening at FilmScene
Vino Vérité: Secret Screening Tropicana FilmScene — Sunday, Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m. I’m not telling you what film is screening on Sunday, Sept. 4 at FilmScene. To be fair, […]
IC producer brings Sundance-selected documentary ‘Gleason’ to Englert in benefit for UI Hospitals
GLEASON Englert Theater — Friday Aug. 26 8:00 p.m. $20-25 FilmScene, Scheels and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are teaming up to host a benefit screening of the […]
‘Don’t Think Twice’ funny and enjoyable, comes frustratingly close to greatness
Don’t Think Twice FilmScene — opens Friday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. Comedian-turned-director Mike Birbiglia’s second film, Don’t Think Twice, opens this Friday, Aug. 26, at FilmScene. Birbiglia’s first film, […]
Living the fanboy dream: A chat with Eric Zala ahead of FilmScene’s ‘Raiders!’ double feature
Raiders! Double Feature Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation FilmScene — Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. On Thursday, […]
FilmScene to screen teenage dreams with ‘All This Panic’
All This Panic FilmScene — Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m. Relive your teenage years this Sunday at 7 p.m. with All This Panic, the latest installation of FilmScene’s Vino […]
Local and real foods short film fest Sunday at FilmScene
Real Food Films contest finalists FilmScene — Sunday, June 5, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Finalists from the 2016 Real Foods Films Contest, chosen from 160 entries and all under four minutes, […]
Island life: Two films, one fresh at FilmScene, seek emotional rescue and explore isolation
In 2010, Judith Scharansky, a graphic designer who grew up in East Germany and was thus restricted in her ability to travel abroad, published a book called Atlas of Remote […]
Loud bombs, quiet triumph
Louder Than Bombs FilmScene — through Thursday, May 19 “When a ghost shows up,” says Swamplandia author Karen Russell, “there is something to be done.” When Isabelle’s ghost returns on […]
Baseball, bacchanalia and beauty in Linklater’s ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’
Everybody Wants Some!! FilmScene — Through Thursday, May 19 Nostalgia is a powerful drug. So powerful in fact that many find themselves enthralled with nostalgic feelings even for the times […]
None of the violence is casual: in ‘Green Room,’ it’s terribly human
Green Room Marcus Sycamore Cinema — opens Friday, Apr. 29 Wehrenberg Galaxy 16 Cine — opens Friday, Apr. 29 Film Scene — opens Friday, May 6 On its face, Jeremy […]
Artist Deborah Stratman to screen ‘The Illinois Parables’ tonight at FilmScene
The Illinois Parables FilmScene — Friday, Apr. 22 at 7 p.m. Chicago-based visual artist Deborah Stratman will be screening her film The Illinois Parables at 7 p.m. at FilmScene Downtown. […]