<p>I haven't really consider UChicago as one of my top choices, but after seeing its tour video on the official site... I have to admit, I think it's a fantastic place. Gothic buildings + great city + idiosyncratic students = what's not to love?</p>
<p>One thing that attracted the most is Doc Films. I'm a huge movie fan and the fact that UChicago has the oldest student-run movie society is hugely appealing.</p>
<p>So my question is what is Doc Films like?</p>
<p>i can't tell you firsthand, but my student host for my overnight volunteered there once a week. i can ask her if it would be ok to pm you her email, or i can ask her any questions you'd like.</p>
<p>People love Doc Films. They have lots of movies, some special events (Robert Redford came last term to show his new film), and opportunities to get involved running the group.</p>
<p>Doc Films is one of the campus's best-kept secrets, only that it's not really a secret. Going to movies there is easy (obviously), volunteering is also pretty easy, but getting on the committee that selects the films is like getting anointed the Pope.</p>
<p>Weeknights (M-Th) are usually obscure-ish movies and every weeknight has a theme. The theme is either a director (last quarter was Kurosawa; this quarter is Almodovar) or a topic (movies about Westward expansion, movies about Mormons).</p>
<p>Weekends are popular movies, with a mix of old, new, and silly. (American Gangster, Happy Feet, Casablanca). The movie showing Friday night of tenth week is always a stupid crowdpleaser (Snakes on a Plane, Superbad, etc.) as that's the one where there will be lots and lots of drunken revelry.</p>
<p>Also... during Winter Quarter, Thursday nights are double-feature nights. The first is traditional, the second is ... ummm... how do I say this... an erotic film.</p>
<p>Doc Calendar:
Doc</a> Films
Doc Films Blog (check out the nod from Ebert!):
Doc</a> Films: The Blog</p>
<p>Doc films is probably one of my absolute favorite things here, I went quite a bit last quarter, more than I expected, and this quarter I think I've been to about 7 or 8 movies already(it's only 4th week). I think Unalove summed it up very well, the only thing I could add is price: A ticket is five dollars a movie, or 26 dollars for a quarter pass(unlimited use for the quarter) the first time and 24 dollars for a pass if you bought one the last quarter.</p>
<p>Read the calendar, and you have a good sense of it. The theater is in Ida - 2 blocks from the quads, and is very nice for a modern theater inside.</p>
<p>Is it as big as AMC? Wow, 26 $ unlimited... how better could it be? ^Natalie, yeah plz pm me.</p>
<p>This term's Doc calendar is not as strong as calendars of the past, but I still believe that Doc is one of the best institutions at UofC.</p>
<p>Doc Films really excites me too!!!
I only regret I didn't mention it in my why Chicago essay. It just didn't fit in with the theme of my essay.</p>
<p>Robert Redford Came To Doc Film!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with Fire Escape films?</p>
<p>I know people in it-- it's a cool club.</p>
<p>Hey folks,</p>
<p>Publicity chair of Doc here. It's great to see so much love for our group here, but I wanted to clarify a few things.</p>
<p>1: Unalove's assessment of our series topics are pretty accurate, but we don't restrict ourselves to directors or topics - anything that can be a cohesive series is fair game (I'm vaguely planning one based on aspect ratio, for example - if it's voted in, it'll be the geekiest Doc series ever.)</p>
<p>2: Admission is $5 for a movie, $26 for a pass - or free if you volunteer!</p>
<p>3: Unalove wrote, "getting on the committee that selects the films is like getting anointed the Pope."
While that would be sort of awesome in a culty way, all you really have to do to get on the programming board is a) show up for the weekly programming meetings and/or b) sign up for the docprog listhost:</p>
<p>You don't even need to be a student to be a programmer (or a volunteer, for that matter).</p>
<p>Anyway, if you have any more questions, email me!</p>
<p>Love,</p>
<p>Becca (& the rest of Doc)</p>
<p>Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I know one club is particularly impenetrable... maybe MAB for Summer Breeze guests? I get these things confused after a while.</p>
<p>By the way, this quarter has been pretty sweet!</p>