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Gene Siskel Film Center

Gene Siskel Film Center
Gene Siskel Film Center

Gene Siskel Film Center is an art museum in Chicago, United States.

About Gene Siskel Film Center

The Gene Siskel Film Center, formerly The Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and commonly referred to as The Film Center or The Gene Siskel, is the cinematheque attached to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is named after popular film critic Gene Siskel.

Along with Doc Films at the University of Chicago and the Block Museum of Northwestern University, the Film Center is one of Chicago's key revival houses, and hosts at least one major retrospective per month. Unlike Doc or Block, the Film Center also serves as a venue for first runs of foreign and independent films and is not student-run.

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Founded
1972

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Artworks shown from Gene Siskel Film Center are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.