This Week In Experimental Cinema John Smith In Person Dance Films At The Mca And More

• John Smith’s Blight (1996), a collaboration with composer Jocelyn Pook, screens Friday at the Logan Center for the Arts.

The coming week is packed with experimental- film screenings (though not at the Chicago International Film Festival, which hasn’t presented any experimental work in decades). The most important of these are surely the programs of films by British director John Smith, who will be in attendance for all three. Each program spans the entirety of his five-decade career, meaning you can get a taste of his life’s work even if you attend just one event. The series begins tomorrow at Northwestern University’s Block Cinema at 7 PM, continues at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Thursday at 6 PM, and concludes at the Logan Center for the Arts at U. of C. on Friday at 7 PM. The first and last of these events are free.

*The YouTube clips included here were removed at John Smith’s request.