cinema minima chicago

Blue Velvet | Cinema Minima

by

Cinema Minima Features:
Blue Velvet
Sunday, July 7 at 8pm
Cole’s, 2338 N. Milwaukee, Chicago

In appreciation of contemporary avant-garde filmmakers, Cinema Minima will be screening David Lynch’s 1986 neo-noir classic Blue Velvet. Detested by many critics upon it’s initial release, this dark American mystery has garnished acclaim as ‘one of the greatest mystery films ever made.’ Featuring Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rosellini, and Kyle McLaughlin, Blue Velvet draws the curtain away from the facade of suburban complacency, revealing it’s hometown’s seediest underground characters. Free.

(120 min, 1986, Written/Directed by David Lynch, projected from DVD).

_____

image
image

Cinema Minima is an Anysquared Project
subscribe

AnySquared Newsletter

by

Visit Link:

Check out our AnySquared Newsletter!

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 | Cinema Minima

by

Cinema Minima Features Cinema Culture

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

Jubilation – 14 min by Tommy Heffron

All Motion and Light – 10 min by Nelson Carvajal

Mouth – 2 min by Timothy David Orme

Ginger Rogers – 12 mins by Joseph Missurelli

La Ultima Barca – 5 min by Jason Ogawa

For Claire – 20 min by Alice Cohen

Solipsist – 10 min – by Andrew Thomas Huang

_____

image
image

Cinema Minima is an Anysquared Project
subscribe

June Cinema Minima hosted by Cinema Culture

by

June Cinema Minima hosted by Cinema Culture

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.

_____

image image

Cinema Minima is an Anysquared Project
subscribe

by

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

Check out the Chicago Reader article featuring our film night tonight and “The Haphazard Grace of Roger Corman”

by

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

Cult-classic Death Race 2000 | Cinema Minima

by

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.

__

Cinema Minima is an Anysquared Project  |  facebook  |  twitter

A Night with Maya Deren | Cinema Minima

by


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.

______
Cinema Minima is an Anysquared Project  |  facebook  |  twitter

Christmas on Mars | A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips

by

  A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming LipsDecember 2 at 8pm(83 min., 2008, Written and Directed by, Wayne Coyne; Co-Directors: Bradley Beesley and George Salisbury) As much about bleak isolation as it is about colorful optimism, this feature film by The Flaming Lips is set in outer space on the surface of Mars. The … Read more

Check out @Cinema_Culture video installation at Threads (#8 on the map)

by

This Saturday at the SQUARED! art walk Check out @Cinema_Culture video installation at Threads (#8 on the map) and screening at at 7:30-9pm at Cole’s (#12)!

Part of the SQUARED! Art+Community art walk.

event fb invitation

Make sure to visit the other 19 venues for SQUARED! Art+Community! Maps and descriptions on website.