Includes Sunday’s film screening, Wednesday Studio Days, ongoing June exhibits, and upcoming Cinema Minima Writer/Filmmaker Residency. Plus information about the Royal Nonesuch Theater, Rapid Pulse, Project Logan Mural & MORE!
The Clarity of Obscurity Sunday, June 2 at 8pm Cole’s, 2338 N Milwaukee
The Clarity of Obscurity delves into the various forms of experimental film practices. The works featured are guided meditations of personal reflections and gradual assembly. Each piece unlocks the door of misinterpretation for the viewer to walk into a better form of understanding. Total Running Time – 73 min
Cinema Culture curates a new lineup of films and shorts on June 2, 8pm: check back for schedule!
As cinema advocates, The Cinema Culture promotes and exhibits the work of film and video artists at various events, festivals, and exclusive screenings.
Forbidden Zone
(74 min., 1982, Directed by Danny Elfman)
Sunday, May 5 at 8pm
Cole’s Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee
Forbidden Zone, the bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family’s basement. Shot entirely in black and white and partly colorized, this Faustian cult classic, directed by and starring Danny Elfman, brings the ‘Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo’ from the sixth dimension all the way to Logan’s Square.trailer
On Sunday April 7th at 8pm, Cinema Minima screens TRUE STORIES at Cole’s, 2338 North Milwaukee. (90 min., 1986) Directed by and starring David Byrne, this whimsical satire takes a tour through a small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrating its sesquicentennial “Celebration of Special-ness” converging on a local parade and … Read more
Living on the EdgeHuman Meat FactoryDonkey LoveCatnip: Egress to Oblivion?
Next Cinema Minima: Cinema Culture presents Animals Projected Sunday, March 3 at 8pm Cole’s, 2338 N. Milwaukee
The Animals Projected program takes a candid approach to the true condition of the animal kingdom in today’s world. Program includes 3 shorts films and 1 feature film.
Films:
Living on the Edge by Aaron Zeghers An anthropological peepshow of Kingdom Animalia’s current state-of‐affairs via frame-‐by-frame Super 8. This animal’s history of wreck and ruin is the catharsis of a (formerly) lapsed vegetarian. (00:03:27)
Catnip: Egress to Oblivion? by Jason Willis Catnip is all the rage with today’s modern feline, but do we really understand it? (00:07:06)
Official Selection 2013: Sundance Film Festival
Human Meat Factory by Anna Han Have you ever given thought about where your nice juicy burger comes from? (00:04:07)
Donkey Love by Daryl Stoneage It’s Colombia’s biggest secret. (01:24:00)
Winner Best Documentary: Melbourne Underground Festival 2012
The Indie Fest Award Winner
Winner Director’s Choice: Sydney Underground Film Festival 2012
Check out the Chicago Reader article featuring our film night tonight and “The Haphazard Grace of Roger Corman” On the first Sunday of every month, Cinema Minima hosts a free screening in the back of Cole’s Bar, a quasi-dive in Logan Square that also features a performance space and has hosted art exhibitions. The programming … Read more
Don’t forget THIS SUNDAY is the screening of Death Race 2000 at Cole’s for Cinema Minima.
“Death Race 2000! (1975, 80 minutes, directed by Paul Bartel) Sunday, February 3 at 8pm
This high energy cult classic is Cinema Minima’s antidote to this year’s Super Bowl. A Roger Corman production, directed by Paul Bartel, Death Race 2000! stars David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, and Simone Griffeth. Taking you on a transcontinental race across a dystopian American landscape in the year 2000, Death Race plummets through it’s spectators with unapologetic fury, in this murderous form of national entertainment. Based on the short story The Racer by Ib Melchior and homaged by such films as Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, this 1975 cult classic aims to please those with an unusual taste for retrofitted excitement.
Next Cinema Minima: A Night with Maya Deren Sunday, January 6, 8pm Cole’s, 2338 N. Milwaukee
Russian experimental filmmaker, promoter of avant guard cinema in America during the 40’s and 50’s, Maya Deren’s released works are amongst those at the cornerstone of transgressive cinema.
Featured films include excerpts from her biographical documentary, selected shorts, and scenes from her feature length documentary, Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. Curated by Joseph Strand.