THIS WEEK AT PICTURE RESTART Pick up your limited edition risograph series poster designed by artist Nathan Gelgud, when you come by the Firehouse for.... RAPID EYE MOVEMENTS: Six Films Testing the Limits of Perception Sat May 17 @ 6pm - 1326 W Hollywood Ave This program revolves around a simple cinematic device - rapidly changing the image from frame to frame. It can be dizzying, and hard to keep up with, but when done well, this technique can make the viewer transcend normal cinema vision into something beyond language. These six films may flash, but they go beyond flicker, as their use of color and images move towards a set of boundless psychedelic possibilities. Among the films will be an Elvis Costello music video, rarely projected on film, and two ultra rare low-fade prints of XFILM and RAPID EYE MOVEMENTS, rarely glimpsed outside of film archives. LINEUP: FILMMAKER - Barry Hershey SHORELINES - Al Jarnow ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN - Cucumber Studios OBJECT CONVERSATION - Paul Glabicki RAPID EYE MOVEMENTS - Mary Lambert & Jeff Carpenter XFILM - John Luther Schofill (fb)

REMINDER: Tickets are on sale for THE DAY ICELAND STOOD STILL which will be screening at Chicago Filmmakers this Friday! Friday May 16th, 2025 | 7:00PM 1326 W Hollywood Ave When 90% of the women of Iceland walked off the job and out of their homes one fall morning in 1975 refusing to work, cook, or take care of the children, they brought their country to a standstill and catapulted Iceland to the “best place in the world to be a woman.” Told for the first time by the women themselves, and laced with humor and playful animation, The Day Iceland Stood Still (2024, 71 min.) is a subversive and inspiring story of female collective power. Directed by Emmy award-winning US filmmaker Pamela Hogan in collaboration with Icelandic producer Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, this is the true story of 24 hours that sparked a revolution that made Iceland a role model for gender parity and now inspires viewers everywhere to reimagine what's possible! Followed by a post-screening discussion with Grima Irmudottir, associate producer of The Day Iceland Stood Still. Co-Presented by DOC CHICAGO and The Chicago Women's History Center. To Learn More or Buy Tickets, Visit chicagofilmmakers.org! . . . #chicagofilmmakers #docchicago #screenings #independentfilm #cinema #womeninfilm (fb)