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The Documentary Film Group, better known as Doc Films, is a student-operated film society at the University of Chicago. A film society is a membership Club where people can watch Private screenings of films which would otherwise not be shown in Mainstream The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The society is on record with the Museum of Modern Art in New York as the longest-running organization of its kind in the United States. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The organization was founded in December 1940 as the International House Documentary Film Group, though its antecedents stretch back to 1932. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The International House at the University of Chicago is a dormitory on the campus of the University of Chicago for advanced undergraduates graduate and professional students Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. [1] Initially the group focused on “the realist study of our time via nonfiction film,” but the documentary alone could not sustain the organization; within a few years, the group’s programs expanded to include fiction and experimental films, a mixture that it maintains to this day. In Vanity Fair's "Film Snob's Dictionary", Doc Films is described as: "Hard-core beyond words and lay comprehension, the society is populated by 19-year olds who have already seen every film ever made, and boasts its own Dolby Digital-equipped cinema and an impressive roster of alumni that includes snob-revered critic Dave Kehr. Vanity Fair is an American magazine of Culture, Fashion, and Politics published by Condé Nast Publications. Dave Kehr is an American Film critic. He was a critic at the The Chicago Reader for many years and currently writes a weekly column on DVD releases "[2] Doc presently screens films every night of the academic year at the Max Palevsky Cinema, located in Ida Noyes Hall on the University's campus. Max Palevsky (born 1924 in Chicago Illinois) is an American art collector venture capitalist philanthropist and computer technology pioneer

Its selection is eclectic. Each quarter of the academic year, it takes proposals for themes and films from the University's student body; its members then vote to designate a theme for each weeknight (Sunday through Thursday) and recent films, normally delayed one quarter from their nationwide release date, on weekends. Occasionally, it screens films which have not yet been released to the general public, including Corpse Bride in 2005, Stranger than Fiction in 2006, and Apocalypto also in 2006. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stranger than Fiction is a 2006 American Dramedy Film. The film is directed by Marc Forster, written by Zach Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Doc is open to the public.

Doc has hosted forums and presentations by many luminaries of the cinema, including Alfred Hitchcock, Frederick Wiseman, Fritz Lang, Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren, John Milius, John Ford,[1] Howard Hawks, Andrew Sarris, Terrence Malick, Harold Ramis, Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Woody Allen,[3] Darren Aronofsky, Thom Andersen, Billy Woodberry, Charles Burnett,[1] and Robert Redford. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Frederick Wiseman (born 1 January 1935 in Boston Massachusetts, U Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang ( December 5, 1890 &ndash August 2, 1976) was an Austrian German - American Stan Brakhage ( January 14, 1933 – March 9, 2003) was an American non-narrative Filmmaker Maya Deren ( April 29, 1917, Kiev – October 13, 1961, New York City) born Eleanora Derenkowsky, was an John Frederick Milius (born April 11, 1944) is an American Screenwriter, director, and producer of Motion pictures Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896 &ndash December 26, 1977) was an American Film director, producer and Andrew Sarris, born on October 31, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, is a U Terrence "Terry" Malick (born November 30, 1943, Ottawa, Illinois) is an Academy Award nominated American Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26 1959 is an American actor and Film director. Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated a three time Golden Globe nominee and a three-time Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Film director, Screenwriter Thom Andersen (born 1943 Chicago) is a filmmaker film critic and teacher Charles Burnett ( April 13, 1944, Vicksburg Mississippi) is a MacArthur Award -winning American filmmaker Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, [4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jane Schaults. "Keeping students in the dark for 75 years", Chicago Tribune, 2007-05-18. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.  
  2. ^ "The Film Snob's Dictionary," Vanity Fair, March 2004, p 332
  3. ^ In 2000, on a four-college toure, screening the film Small Time Crooks, Joel Brown. Small Time Crooks is an American Comedy film, released in 2000, starring Woody Allen and Tracey Ullman. "Scene in Brief", Boston Globe, 2000-04-21. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date)  
  4. ^ In 2007 to promote Lions for Lambs, Redford reaches out to younger generations, Chicago Maroon (college paper). Lions for Lambs is a 2007 film about the connection between a platoon of United States soldiers in Afghanistan, a U

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