One of the largest and most comprehensive programs of its kind in the country, the Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1972, presents premieres of new American and foreign films, revivals of classics, retrospectives, independent productions, and festivals of international scope. It also features personal appearances by prominent filmmakers, critics, actors, and ...

A Tribute to Gene Siskel Thumbs Up to a True Movie Fan (Feb. 23, 1999) It's not often that the public gets to be on a first name basis with a movie critic. Usually, critics are the people most folks love to hate. Their opinions were relegated to the newspaper, and, they were usually over the average reader's head, full of film theory and references to movies that haven't seen the light of a ...