Silents Synced A Woman of the World X Pearl Jam Directed by Mal St. Clair Wednesday, May 13, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed and LPM members Silents Synced is back pairing the early cinematic comedy starring Pola Negri as a bold trendsetter with the rocking contemporary score by Pearl Jam. Celebrating its 100th anniversary, A […]

Science on Screen® Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Directed by Mamoru Oshii Thursday, May 14, 6 pm CINEMA+ | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members “Mamoru Oshii’s 2004 follow-up to his 1995 anime noir is that rare sequel that surpasses the original.” —Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader In the year 2032, the line between humans and […]

Essential Cinema/New Restoration Tetsuo: The Iron Man Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Friday, May 15, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members “Metallic mayhem and graphic depravity fly thick and fast in the mind-melting 30-year-old Japanese body-horror benchmark.” —Lou Thomas, BFI Virtually absent from theater screens since the 1990s, this underground classic from Japan is […]

Essential Cinema/New Restoration Tetsuo: The Iron Man Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Saturday, May 16, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members “Metallic mayhem and graphic depravity fly thick and fast in the mind-melting 30-year-old Japanese body-horror benchmark.” —Lou Thomas, BFI Virtually absent from theater screens since the 1990s, this underground classic from Japan is […]

Essential Cinema Burst City Directed by Gakuryū Ishii Saturday, May 16, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS “Burst City resolutely puts the punk into the Japanese cyberpunk movement that emerged in the early 1980s.” —Budd Wilkins, Slant Fans of Tetsuo: The Iron Man take note! An early landmark in cyberpunk cinema, Burst City is an experimental, dystopian musical from underground filmmaker Gakuryū (formerly […]

Essential Cinema Burst City Directed by Gakuryū Ishii Sunday, May 17, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS  “Burst City resolutely puts the punk into the Japanese cyberpunk movement that emerged in the early 1980s.” —Budd Wilkins, Slant Fans of Tetsuo: The Iron Man take note! An early landmark in cyberpunk cinema, Burst City is an experimental, dystopian musical from underground filmmaker Gakuryū (formerly […]