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Chicago Film Society Screenings at NEIU

Summer 2024

Presented by the Chicago Film Society
Sponsored by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre

This spring marks the 23rd season of NEIU’s collaboration with the y. We have another great line-up for you featuring movies from Spain, France, Iran, and Japan, plus a selection of Hollywood classics that you won’t want to miss. We kick things off with James Whale’s classic 1931 adaptation of “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff on Wednesday, May 15. Other highlights from the summer season include “Trouble in Paradise,” (Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 pre-Code classic), “The Jackie Robinson Story” (the 1950 independently produced biopic starring the baseball pioneer himself!), “There’s Always Tomorrow” (Douglas Sirk’s 1956 melodrama starring Fred MacMurray and Barbra Stanwick), a special Tuesday night screening of “The Spirit of the Beehive” (the 1973 landmark of Spanish cinema), and so much more. Check out the full schedule below.

Tickets cost $5 with a Northeastern ID and $10 for the general public. All screenings are presented on 35mm film by the Chicago Film Society and sponsored by the Department of Communication, Media, and Theatre.

Tickets

Tickets cost $5 with a Northeastern ID and $10 for the general public. All screenings are presented on 35mm film by the Chicago Film Society and sponsored by the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre.

All screenings take place at 7:30 p.m. on the Main Campus in the NEIU Auditorium.

Wednesday, May 15
FRANKENSTEIN
Directed by James Whale • 1931 • 35mm from Universal
You can have your terrors however you like, but we prefer the strong, silent type: Karloff, the man, the monster, the legend.

Tuesday, May 28
THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
Directed by Víctor Erice • 1973 • 35mm from Janus Films
A dream-like reverie for childhood, revolution, and itinerant film projection. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Wednesday, June 5
CHILDREN OF THE BEEHIVE
Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu • 1948 • 35mm from Kawakita Memorial Film Institute
A beguiling journey through post-war Japan, courtesy of a gaggle of war orphans. Not available on disc or streaming. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Wednesday, June 26
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1932 • 35mm from Universal
A gentleman thief (Herbert Marshall) and a lady pickpocket (Miriam Hopkins) make beautiful music while robbing a perfume executrix (Kay Francis) in Lubitsch’s sublime pre-Code romantic comedy.

Wednesday, July 3
THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN
Directed by Marzieh Meshkini • 2000 • 35mm from Chicago Film Society collections
Three tales exploring the wages of womanhood in Iran. In Farsi with English subtitles.

Wednesday, July 17
MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ
Directed by John Cassavetes • 1971 • 35mm from Universal
Cassavetes’s cracked take on the rom com with Gena Rowland and Seymour Cassel: He ain’t no Bogart, and love isn’t like what you see in the movies.

Wednesday, July 24
THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY
Directed by Alfred E. Green • 1950 • 35mm from Library of Congress
An independently-produced biopic of the pioneering baseball star, who plays himself in between seasons on the field.

Wednesday, August 7
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Directed by Jean Cocteau • 1946 • 35mm from Janus Films
Cocteau’s wondrous fairy tale, starring his boyfriend as an unforgettable brute. In French with English subtitles.

Wednesday, August 14
THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW
Directed by Douglas Sirk • 1956 • 35mm from Universal
Double Indemnity, one decade later, with toy robots instead of guns. A heartbreaking, staggering midlife crisis melodrama from Douglas Sirk, with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.

Wednesday, August 28
THE COCA-COLA KID
Directed by Dušan Makavejev • 1985 • 35mm from Park Circus
A sexy, DayGlo version of Local Hero, with Australia standing in for Scotland, and Coca-Cola gurgling like crude oil. Yum!

Event Parking

Complimentary parking for audience members on Wednesday nights is available in Parking Lot D adjacent to the Bryn Mawr entrance. See the campus map for more details.

Getting Here with the CTA

Our screenings are also accessible via CTA.

From the Brown Line (Kimball station), one can either walk or take the #82 Kimball-Homan bus to Catalpa and walk the remaining short distance to Building E. ​From the Blue Line (Jefferson Park station), take the #92 Foster bus to Central Park and walk the remaining short distance to Building E.

Divvy

For cyclists, a Divvy station is located on the eastern edge of campus at St. Louis and Balmoral avenues. View a map of station locations.