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Feb 22, 2011 · Use this handy map to locate and study up on the former movie palace in your 'hood. Or find an excuse to venture forth. View Chicago Movie Palaces, past and present in a larger map. Jefferson Park ...
Feb 21, 2024 · The Music Box Theatre, a historic movie theater in Lakeview, has been showing films since it first opened in 1929, but it also was a part of one in 2000, when a scene in High Fidelity was filmed ...
- Music Box Theatre. Movie theaters. Independent. Wrigleyville. For movie lovers who aren’t out to see the latest Hollywood blockbusters, there's no better theater than the Music Box, a two-screen cinema that shows the latest art-house films and documentaries.
- Gene Siskel Film Center. Movie theaters. Independent. Loop. Named in honor of the late Chicago film critic, this theater is operated by the School of the Art Institute and showcases a wide range of movies, including indies, foreign films and celebrated classics.
- Logan Theatre. Movie theaters. Independent. Logan Square. This renovated theater in the heart of Logan Square features an upgraded sound system, new screens and projectors, and perhaps best of all, a lobby bar and lounge that hosts events like live comedy and movie trivia.
- Doc Films, University of Chicago. Movie theaters. Independent. Hyde Park. Founded more than 80 years ago, the University of Chicago's single-screen Doc Films theater is on record as the longest continuously running student film society in the country.
- The Younger’s new house in ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ - Location: 4930 W Hirsch St. While this house fits snugly in its neighborhood of Austin, Chicago, its iconic use in the film “A Raisin in the Sun” elevates its status from quaint home to racial status symbol.
- Green Mill Cocktail Lounge from ‘Thief’ - Location: 4802 N Broadway. “Thief” is a critically acclaimed gritty neo-noir following one man’s safecracking life of crime, so it makes sense that the gritty bar it filmed in lands on this list.
- The chase scene tunnel from ‘The Dark Knight’ - Location: Lower Wacker Drive. It’s understood that the fictional city of Gotham from the extensive “Batman” universe is a tribute to New York City - however, that didn’t stop director Christopher Nolan from finding inspiration for his Gotham in Chicago.
- The bridge from the bridge jump in ‘The Blues Brothers’ - Location: 95th St Bridge. John Landis’s musical comedy “The Blues Brothers” is #8 in Forbes’ list of films that destroyed the most cars, coming in at a whopping 104 cars wrecked during production (60 of which were cop cars).
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The Gene Siskel Film Center is Chicago’s premier art house cinema in the heart of the theater district, bringing film lovers together for an unparalleled movie-going experience. We present a curated collection of eclectic international, independent, and classic cinema with festivals and year-round programming while striving to provide a welcoming s...
Since 1972, the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has presented cutting edge cinema to an annual audience of 100,000. The Film Center’s programming includes annual film festivals that celebrate diverse voices and international cultures, premieres of trailblazing work by today’s independent filmmakers, restoration...
Gene Siskel possessed a laser-like ability to discern quality in everything. He always looked for the finest; expected it and appreciated it. That is what drew him to the Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. There, Gene found a superior showcase for the world's greatest films. He championed the Film Center from its very incept...
The Gene Siskel Film Center is a public program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC). For 150 years, SAIC has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program ranked number two by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdi...
Public Enemies location: the ‘Florida’ racetrack: Santa Anita Racetrack, West Huntington Boulevard, Arcadia. Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana are all fairly short on swaying palms, so the scene at Florida’s 'Hialeah Racetrack' had to be filmed over on the West Coast in California. It’s the venerable Santa Anita Park, 285 West Huntington ...
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Sep 16, 2013 · The McAllister Family gets discombobulated at O'Hare in "Home Alone", an easy thing to do. Also, "My Best Friend's Wedding" touches off in the terminals. 10000 W O'Hare Ave, Chicago, IL 60666 ...
