Project Hail Mary

Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, Project Hail Mary is an exhilarating space adventure set in the near future. Ryland Grace (... Read more

Blood Brothers (& Other Delights)

Part of: Beyond Chicago

"Infamous for his arrest, trial and conviction - in the 1990s for his self-published comic, artist Mike Diana also made a string of homemade films. St... Read more

Boorman and the Devil

Part of: Beyond Chicago

"In the wake of box-office titans POINT BLANK and DELIVERANCE, John Boorman was granted the opportunity of a lifetime: to direct the sequel to THE EXO... Read more

Cool Hand Luke

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

"Natural-born world-shaker" Luke Jackson (Paul Newman, in the first of four collaborations with director Stuart Rosenberg) joins the barracks of a Sou... Read more

Stir Crazy

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

"With Gene Wilder, it was no problem. We fell in love instantly." - Richard PryorWhen a case of mistaken identities lands two friends with big ambitio... Read more

Real Life

Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents

"I shouldn't be allowed to do this! Why did I pick reality? I don't know anything about it!" Albert Brooks, one of cinema's greatest comic minds and d... Read more

Holes

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

“HOLES jumps the rails, leaves all expectations behind, and tells a story that’s not funny ha-ha but funny peculiar.” - Roger EbertBased on Louis Sach... Read more

A Man Escaped

Part of: Prison Break!: Films of Escape

With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped.... Read more

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Part of: Animation Adventures

When THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED premiered in Germany on September 23, 1926, it was hailed as the first full-length animated film. More than seven... Read more