Gene Siskel Film Center
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| Formation | 1972 |
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| Type | 501(c)3 |
| Purpose | Cinema |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′06″N 87°37′41″W / 41.884933°N 87.628180°W |
Parent organization | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | The Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
The Gene Siskel Film Center, formerly The Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and commonly referred to as The Film Center or The Gene Siskel, is the
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The Film Center reportedly averages 1,500 screenings a year.[1]
History
The Film Center was founded as The Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1972. It moved to its current location, 164 N State St. in the Chicago Loop neighborhood of Chicago, in June 2001; the Film Center was officially renamed during the move. The current location is directly across the street from the Chicago Theatre and directly south of the ABC Building, where Siskel & Ebert and successor series Ebert & Roeper recorded weekly from 1996 until 2008.
Its current facilities, which consist of two theaters capable of projecting most formats, are considered
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