Typically, Movie Night celebrates the best of the worst, and, sometimes, the worst of the best. But on occasion we’ll actually show something good, too. “Ransom Movies of the 1960s and 70s” is one of those times. Join us on March 23rd for a double feature featuring two of the finest ransom films ever made. As always, there will be viewing guides, trivia games, raffles and popcorn on hand. Bring your friends! Absolutely zero rubber-suited monsters in this month’s edition.

Join us for an evening of artist talks from artist Irina Botea and writer Marianne Apostolides. Over the past ten years Irina Botea has been engaged in an art practice that uses multiple media— digital video, film, video installation, performance, photography— to inspect the present socio-political dynamics and the possibility of their transformation. Her work combines reenactment strategies with auditions and elements of direct cinema and cinema verite to look into the role trauma, history, language, and music play in … Read more

Notice early start time. The event will begin at 5:30 Alberto Toscano teaches in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of Fanaticism (2010) and The Theatre of Production (2006). He edits the Italian Series for Seagull Press and sits on the editorial board of the journal Historical Materialism. His talk this evening will be entitled “Desiring Abstraction: The Place of Capital in post ’68 French Thought.” Presented by Inter Chicago Circle for Experimental … Read more