Upcoming Festivals

  • 61st Chicago International Film Festival
    Wed, October 15, 2025
    AMC NEWCITY (1500 N. Clybourn Ave.), Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.), Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave.), Chicago History Museum (1601 N. Clark St.), Reva and David Logan for the Arts (915 E. 60th St.), National Museum of Mexican Art (1
  • Backstreet Cinema Series Vol. 2
    Sun, December 14, 2025
    Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave.) and FACETS (1517 W Fullerton Ave.)
  • FACETS: Film Trivia (session 12 of 12)
    Thu, December 25, 2025 7:00 PM
    FACETS (1517 W Fullerton Ave.)

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Science on Screen

  • Fri, February 09, 2024
  • Mon, February 12, 2024
  • Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State Street, Chicago, IL 60601

It’s the end of the world as we know it…and, if we’re being honest, we could use some help in feeling fine. From pandemics to nuclear war, from planet-pulverizing meteors to a city-smashing monster, these films explore all the ways we’re risking destruction. Watch the films with experts from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, keepers of the Doomsday Clock, to discuss the end times—and how we can avoid them.

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