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

Cinema Culture presents Animals Projected | Cinema Minima

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

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

A Night with Maya Deren | Cinema Minima


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.

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

  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

LAST CALL: AnySquared Group Show Closing Party and The Cinema Culture Screening

SUN NOVEMBER 4th, 5-10pm
 
LAST CALL:
AnySquared
Group Show Closing Party
and The Cinema Culture Screening


5-8pm
Closing Party: AnySquared Group Show at AnyWhere Space, 2328 N. Milwaukee, 2nd Floor

8-10pm The Cinema Culture Film Screening and Art @ Cole’s: 99 Bottles of Beer exhibit at Cole’s Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee

AnySquared & Cinema Culture celebrate our SQUARED art walk with “Last Call” a Closing Party for our AnySquared Group Show & Cinema Culture Film Screening.

Make sure to take a final look at the exhibit and at AnyWhere Space before it comes down! Join as we say thank you to SQUARED participants and meet the artists at the closing reception party between 5-8pm.

Around 8pm we will be walking 4 doors north to Cole’s Bar. We’ll have a beer and check out the current Art@Cole’s exhibit in the front room and view the Cinema Culture Screening of short films for Cinema Minima in the back room.

 
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The Cinema Culture film reviews its SQUARED program that featured: Timothy David Orme, Simo Ezoubieri, Nelson Carvajal, Joseph Waggoner, and Jason Ogawa. With other work from Brian Evans Aaron Zeghers, Nick Benidt, and The Doozer. cinemaculture.tumblr.com

Exhibitions and film program in conjunction with our Squared! Art + Community art walk.

 

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AnySquared Group Show
Last day on display is Sunday November 4th
 
Art@Cole’s #19: 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Exhibition on display through mid-December
 
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We’ve Gotta Fly | Cinema Minima

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Screening Sunday September 2 at 8pm
at Cole’s Bar, 2338 North Milwaukee:

We’ve Gotta Fly
A film by Desert Soap
(73 minutes, 2011)

This film documents and dramatizes the Chicago-based soft rock band Desert Soap’s quest for grooviness (circa 2011) in a pleasantly psychedelic way.

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We’ve Gotta Fly | A film by Desert Soap | Cinima Minima

Screening Sunday September 2 at 8pm
at Cole’s Bar, 2338 North Milwaukee:

We’ve Gotta Fly
A film by Desert Soap
73 minutes, 2011

This film documents and dramatizes the Chicago-based soft rock band Desert Soap’s quest for grooviness (circa 2011) in a pleasantly psychedelic way.

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It just doesn’t matter!

It just doesn’t matter!
Cinema Minima Goes to Camp with Meatballs.


Sunday, July 1st at 8pm
Cole’s Bar, 2338 North Milwaukee
free


A classic tale of ragtag misfit campers versus blueblooded elitist campers, Meatballs (1979, Ivan Reitman) is a perennial summertime favorite. As cool camp counselor Tripper Harrison, Bill Murray delivers one of the all-time great movie monologues, a hilarious detailing of the plight of underdogs everywhere, culminating in the chant “IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER! IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER!” Boy campers pop boners while spying on girl campers, the camper named Spaz really lives up to his nickname, and the plight of the shy and depressed is given the full Hollywood treatment as Chris Makepeace from “My Bodyguard” plays Rudy, who is taken under Tripper’s wing and slowly comes out of his shell. This is what the Summer of Fun is all about, and if you’re a summertime dude or summertime babe, there is no better way to kick off July than to see this cinematic celebration of the sweatiest season.

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While at Cole’s check out the current Art@Cole’s Exhibit.

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Cinema Minima Cinema Explosion | Curated by The Cinema Culture & 3 Minute Movies

In June, Cinema Minima features guest curation from The Cinema Culture and 3 Minute Movies in an all-out Cinema Explosion. The show will open up with a 33 min presentation of 3 minute movies made for the annual 3MM program. Then Cinema Culture will present the off kilter knee slapping feature film “The Funny Things You Do” by Jason Ogawa. Following is a live performance by Th’ Tarnation Boys performing music from the film.

Cinema Minima Cinema Explosion
Curated by The Cinema Culture and 3 Minute Movies
Sunday, June 3
Cole’s Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee
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About the curators:

The Cinema Culture promotes and exhibits the work of film and video artist through tours, special events, and exclusive shows. TCC was founded by Amir George in 2007. TCC has collaborated with several film clubs and organizations including Chicago Filmmakers, and CIMM Fest. The Cinema Culture exists to create an outlet for film and video makers outside of the normal festival circuit. This year TCC will be premiering a locally based program “Avant Garde Remixed” at the NXNE Film & Music festival in Toronto as well as embarking on two bi-coastal experimental video tours through November.

3 Minute Movies (3MM) was created to act as a hub for filmmakers and like-minded individuals to produce short films, screen their creations, and connect with other artists. 3MM is about the participants involved, not the audience. 3MM is not a film festival. 3MM is a collective consisting of Chris Batte, Tara Zanzig and Neil Potter. They believe filmmaking is an collaborative endeavor. to swim against the current of its nature is a fool’s errand. working with a partner takes you in new directions, teaches you things along the way, produces better results, and let’s be honest here, it lessens the load. 3MM’s intention is to bring together folks from different worlds and disciplines. it’s for pros. it’s for amateurs. it’s for students.  it’s for chemical engineers who have long admired Kubrick and are inspired to go shoot something. it’s for all of us. Every other month they assign a theme for filmmakers to create a 3 minute film about. 3MM screens their movies at Rodan in Wicker Park.

About the Feature Film:

The Funny Things You Do: Red-blooded redheads are hard up for cash. Each day they must roam the surreal American back country in search of funds and fun. Their story unfolds, deconstructs, and crumbles in Holler County, U.S.A.
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Director Jason S. Ogawa is a Japanese American experimental artist. His fascination with video recording began with skateboard movies shot on VHS. This curiosity was encouraged throughout his career in Chicago Public Schools. Jason earned a BFA in Moving Image from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In the same year, he also completed his first feature-length movie, “The Funny Things You Do.” His artwork is often intertwined with Chicago’s underground music community. He performs in the sword metal band Galdron. Jason lives, works, records, and performs in Chicago.

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While at Cole’s check out the current Art@Cole’s Exhibit.

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