Chicago Film Society Screenings at NEIU
fall 2024
This fall marks the 24th season of NEIU’s collaboration with the Chicago Film Society.
Do you love classic Hollywood films from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s? Have a soft spot for movies from the 1980s and 90s?Well, we have you covered with this fall semester film schedule!
We kick things off in the NEIU Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 11 with Michell Leisen’s 1944 romantic comedy “Practically Yours” starring the always wonderful Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Other highlights include “All That Heaven Allows” (Douglas Sirk’s beautiful and timeless melodrama starring Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman), “Vagabond” (the award-winning 1985 masterpiece from French New Wave icon Agnès Varda), a rescheduled screening of last semester’s “Trouble in Paradise” (Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 pre-Code classic), “Curse of the Cat People” (a “melancholic supernatural Christmas fantasy” produced by Val Lewton when he was the head of RKO’s horror division in the 1940s), and so much more!
This is a rare opportunity to see these movies on actual 35mm film, and you get to do it right here at NEIU! If you love cinema, don’t miss out! Check out the full schedule below.
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, Sept. 11
PRACTICALLY YOURS
Directed by Mitchell Leisen • 1944 • 35mm from Universal
Wednesday, Oct. 2
VAGABOND
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1985 • 35mm from Janus Films
In French with English subtitles
Wednesday, Oct. 9
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Directed by Larry Cohen • 1984 • 35mm from Park Circus
Wednesday, Oct. 16
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1932 • 35mm from Universal
Wednesday, Nov. 6
SIMPLE MEN
Directed by Hal Hartley • 1992 • 35mm from Chicago Film Society collections, Gift of David Bordwell
Wednesday, Nov. 13
MOONLIGHT AND PRETZELS
Directed by Karl Freund • 1933 • 35mm from Universal
Wednesday, Nov. 20
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
Directed by Douglas Sirk • 1955 • 35mm Universal
Wednesday, Dec. 11
THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE
Directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise • 1944 • 35mm from Library of Congress, permission Swank
Directions and Parking
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 Divvy station locations.
