Pop-Up Film Festival brings independent movies to Oakton
The fourth annual Pop-Up Film Festival will show four independent movies Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 at Oakton Community College's Footlik Theater, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. The free screenings will be open to the public.
Independent filmmaker, author and film studies instructor Michael Smith, an Oakton teacher since 2009, created the festival. “We keep bringing many award-winning filmmakers whose movies have played at top festivals around the world,” Smith said.
The movies are:
• “Signature Move,” 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, with director (and UIC moving image professor) Jennifer Reeder.
• “Porto,” 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, with director (and Columbia College Film Department professor) Gabe Klinger. It's the last starring role for Anton Yelchin of “Star Trek.”
• “Mercury in Retrograde,” 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, with director Michael Smith and several cast members.
• “Women in Danger,” 12:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, with directors Sadie Rogers, Clare Cooney, Layne Marie Williams and Lonnie Edwards.
For more information, contact Smith at msmith@oakton.edu.
A Dann & Raymond triple play in December
Mark your calendars! Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents “We're Not Going to Say We're Sorry — Love Stories at the Cinema,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. Featuring clips from such classics as “The Way We Were,” “Dirty Dancing,” “Wuthering Heights,” “The Notebook” and 12 others. Free admission! Go to schaumburglibrary.org.
Next, the club looks at “Bond. 55 Years of James Bond” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, Palatine. Go to palatinelibrary.org. Clips from the classic and not so classy 007 franchise chapters. Free admission!
Finally, Dann & Raymond goes seasonal with “The Great Holiday Movies,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 600 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights. Clips from “Holiday Inn,” “A Christmas Story,” “Miracle on 34th Street” and 12 more. Free admission! ahml.info.
It's the Sound of Music Box for the holidays!
The annual “The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long” runs Friday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Dec. 3, at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. Go to musiboxtheatre.com for details.