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).
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Cinema Minima Features Cinema Culture
The Clarity of Obscurity
Sunday, June 2 at 8pm
Cole’s, 2338 N Milwaukee
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
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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.
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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
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
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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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.
Make sure to visit the other 19 venues for SQUARED! Art+Community! Maps and descriptions on website.
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.
Trailer | Film Tumblr
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.