A young girl and her brother are awakened by their father and loaded into the car early one morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

At the heart of a German university grows a majestic ginkgo tree, its lifespan measured in centuries. Over time, it quietly bears witness to the private lives of those beneath its branches, connecting three generations of students and teachers across time and space.

KANGAROO is a heart-warming family comedy about ex TV personality, Chris Masterman, who becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning Outback community - an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both. KANGAROO is inspired by the life of Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns, founder of The Kangaroo Sanctuary, Alice Springs. Reception to follow in the lobby, generously sponsored by the Australian Consulate-General.

A young girl and her brother are awakened by their father and loaded into the car early one morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

This classic fact-based thriller about a Chicago reporter who opens up an old murder case was a key film in the postwar shift from studio sets to authentic locations, making especially effective use of the many-tiered Stateville Penitentiary and the saloon-filled, train-rattled Back of the Yards neighborhood.

In a tight-knit Dominican American community in The Bronx, Rico (Juan Collado) is hustling his way through the summer, selling bootleg ”nutcracker” cocktails out of a beach cooler and chasing girls without a care in the world. But when his teenage girlfriend, Destiny (Destiny Checo), begins crashing at his place with his family, turning their small apartment into a stage for their messy, complicated young love, it’s only a matter of time before they’re hit with the sobering reality of growing up too fast in a city that waits for no one. Writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas turns his hometown into the heartbeat of his debut feature, teaming up with discovery talent Collado and Checo, to deliver a raw and deeply authentic look at life in The Bronx. With humor and grit, Vargas paints a tender portrait of the chaos and charm of urban life, and the ups and downs of youthful abandon when things take an unexpected turn.

Aspiring writer Preach (Turman) and basketball star Cochise (Hilton-Jacobs) experience an adolescence filled with sex, danger, and Motown in this entertaining, emotionally rich account of growing up on the Near North Side, based on an autobiographical script by Cabrini-Green’s Eric Monte. Film Center namesake Gene Siskel called it “a beguiling story that’s affecting, lasting, and worth seeing more than once.

Nick Hornby’s cult novel made a successful transition from London to Wicker Park in this inventive romantic comedy about a just-jilted record-store owner who looks back over the ruins of his love life. John Cusack’s forceful performance is backed by a top supporting cast including Jack Black, Todd Louiso, Tim Robbins, Catherine-Zeta Jones, Lili Taylor, and Joan Cusack.

A young girl and her brother are awakened by their father and loaded into the car early one morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.