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by Rebecca Martin
February 8, 2024
Like Jonathan Demme did seamlessly, respectively in “Rachel Getting Married,” Lila Avilés (“The Chambermaid”) immerses us in a specific time and space full of people that resemble a family, which
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by Rebecca Martin
January 24, 2024
As Chicago’s premier art house cinema, the Gene Siskel Film Center is proud to support Cinema Femme’s unique coverage of the Sundance Film Festival. We believe the film industry is
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by Cineuropa
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Today we share our media partner Cineuropa’s feature with filmmaker Mounia Meddour about her film “Papicha”. The interview took place during the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. The film is
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by cinemafemme
March 11, 2020
Author: Zainab Zeb Khan Iranian women’s rights have been a prime example of why personal stories are integral to understanding history. On March 1st, the Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA)
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by Rebecca Martin
October 15, 2019
The Gene Siskel Film Center has the best programming of international films, diverse films, female-directed films, and independent films in Chicago. That is a fact. Earlier this year, Cinema Femme
