FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF 40th Anniversary 4K Restoration May 15 and 16 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Golden Globe nominee Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Matthew Broderick) A brash, cocky high school senior, tired of skipping school to spend a boring day at home, is determined to enjoy an epic day roaring around his favorite Chicago sites, enlisting his best friend and girlfriend to join him on the adventure. Directed by […]

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 35th Anniversary 4K Restoration May 22 and 23 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St Nominated for Six Academy Awards winning Four; Best Sound, Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Makeup. A cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg. Directed by James Cameron Written by James Cameron, William Wisher Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda […]

SNAKES ON A PLANE 20th Anniversary May 29 and 30 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly venomous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss. Directed by David R. Ellis Written by John Heffernan, Sebastian Gutierrez, David Dalessandro Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips 1h 45m 2006

MĀRAMA June 5 and 6 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St A Māori Gothic revenge horror set in Victorian England, 1859. Directed by Taratoa Stappard Written by Taratoa Stappard Starring Ariāna Osborne, Toby Stephens, Umi Myers, Errol Shand 1h 29m

THE FLY 40th Anniversary June 12 and 13 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St A botched experiment transmutes a man into a monstrous insect. Directed by David Cronenberg Written by Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg Starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz Year: 1986 1h 36m

BLUE VELVET 40th Anniversary 4K Restoration June 19 and 20 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St A young man finds a severed human ear that is somehow connected to a mysterious lounge singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. Directed by David Lynch Written by David Lynch Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper Year: 1986 2h 1m

SCREAM 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration June 19 and 20 SBIFF’s Film Center 916 State St In the small town of Woodsboro, California, a masked killer known as Ghostface begins murdering high school students, and a group of friends must use their knowledge of horror movies to unmask the killer. Directed by Wes Craven Written by Kevin Williamson Starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard 1h 51m 1996