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Retrospective

To celebrate 60 years of cinema, we present astounding newly restored Chicago films, memorable movies from past editions, and recent classics.


An assorted group of Japanese men and women stand behind a camera, shooting a short film.

After Life (1998) Wandâfuru raifu

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Fantasy

A cast of characters waiting in limbo must decide which memory they want to preserve before moving on in this fantastical and poignant drama.

Two men sit in a car, one looking down at a map, and the other holding binoculars.

After the Storm (2016) Umi yori mo mada fukaku

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Family Affairs

A deadbeat dad is trapped with his family waiting out a typhoon. There, the fractured clan reckons with their past as they look to an uncertain future.

A tailor surrounded by spools of thread works on a pair of pants with a sewing machine.

Broker (2022)

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   South Korea
Korean
Crime, Drama, Family Affairs

An overwhelmed new mother partners with two baby traffickers to find the perfect well-paying parents for her infant in this heartbreaking human story.

A man and a woman in vintage dress sit together. She holds up her hand, the letters 'F-L-O-W-' on screen above them.

Compensation (1999)

Zeinabu irene Davis  |   United States
English
Drama, Historical, Romance

Newly restored, this bold, original Chicago drama follows two love stories, set nearly a century apart, that echo each other in salient ways.

A father looks proudly at his son in a children's playroom.

Like Father, Like Son (2013) Soshite chichi ni naru

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Family Affairs

A couple learns that, due to a hospital mix-up years ago, they must welcome their unknown biological son — and bid farewell to the boy they’ve long loved.

A man leans up against a soup cart talking to a female Salvation Army officer

The Man Without a Past (2002) Mies vailla menneisyyttä

Aki Kaurismäki  |   Finland, Germany
Finnish
Comedy, Drama, Romance

In this touching deadpan comedy, a welder, who finds himself in Helsinki and experiencing total amnesia, sets out to rebuild his life with a ragtag group of outsiders.

Two young girls and two young boys sit on a bed. The oldest boy looks serious while the others are smiling.

Nobody Knows (2004) Daremo shiranai

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Coming of Age, Drama, Family Affairs

When their mother disappears, a young boy and his three siblings must figure out how to get by on their own in this at once heartfelt and heartbreaking drama.

Two decorated military men look screen right.

The Package (1989)

Andrew Davis  |   United States
English
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones star in this densely plotted, Chicago-set thriller about an army veteran who becomes a pawn in a sprawling conspiracy.

The Jackson 5 performing in their vibrant outifts.

Save the Children (1973)

Stan Lathan  |   United States
English
Historical, Music, Social Commentary

Virtually unseen for 50 years, this jubilant documentary features a soul-stirring display of contemporary Black musicians at Chicago’s 1972 Black Expo.

A closely knit, multigenrational family smile together

Shoplifters (2018) Manbiki kazoku

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Family Affairs, Social Commentary

A tight-knit unit of petty thieves and outsiders comes together to shelter an abandoned child, but an unforeseen incident threatens to tear apart their newfound family.

A black man wearing a sharp suit and glasses stands alone in a hallway lined by lockers.

The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)

Ivan Dixon  |   United States
English
Action, Crime, Drama, Social Commentary

A Black CIA agent secretly uses his training to lead a guerrilla army against the U.S. government in a powerful tale of resistance and liberation.

A woman stands with her arms out and her mouth open as if to sing.

Toni Erdmann (2016)

Maren Ade  |   Germany, Austria
German
Comedy, Family Affairs, Women Centered

A prickly corporate consultant is at her wit’s end after her hippie father disguises himself as a life coach in an effort to reconnect in this offbeat comedy.