December 18, 2014 2:00 pm
November 13, 2014 2:06 pm
It is with great sadness that we announce that Kartemquin founding partner Jerry Blumenthal passed away today.
At the core of Kartemquin since our earliest days in the 1960s, Jerry has a credit on our very first film, Home for Life, and was working with us this year to finish projects on the artist Gerda Bernstein, and Murder the Prepositions, about the poet Les Bridges.
September 26, 2014 11:39 am
Our classic documentary Golub: Late Works Are The Catastrophes screens for free at Chicago Cultural Center at 6:30pm on Wednesday, October 1st.
February 1, 2013 11:44 am
Stefan Kudelski, the inventor of the Nagra portable tape recorder, has died. His revolutionary creation changed filmmaking for ever, and came just as Kartemquin was born. In tribute, here are some thoughts by Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Co-founder & Artistic Director:
November 15, 2011 1:04 pm
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) begins this week, and Kartemquin is honored to have a total of eighteen screenings of seven different films at the prestigious Dutch festival, the world's largest documentary-specific event. A number of these screenings are already sold out
October 17, 2011 5:03 pm
Chicago audiences can see three classic Kartemquin films this week, focusing on the politics of labor, art and healthcare.
September 30, 2011 4:42 pm
The University of Chicago's Doc Films welcomes back Kartemquin Films with a 10-week retrospective featuring 19 of our most memorable documentaries! In celebration of our 45th anniversary, Doc Films is bringing the art of documentary storytelling back to the place where our history began, showing at 7pm every Sunday night Oct 2-Dec 4.
September 20, 2011 10:10 am
Europe's most prestigious documentary film festival, IDFA, will honor veteran Kartemquin producer/director Steve James with a full retrospective this year, including the Dutch premiere of his award-winning new film The Interrupters.
September 27, 2010 3:44 pm
Chicago area fans of Kartemquin's acclaimed documentary Golub: Late Works Are The Catastrophes will have two chances to watch the film for free this week. This is a rare opportunity to see a film hailed by Chicago Reader critic Jonathan Rosenbaum as "probably not only Kartemquin's best film but also the best film account of the creation of a work of art" and discuss it with the film's co-directors, one of whom will be present at each screening.
May 20, 2010 5:30 pm
Kartemquin's films about the late artist Leon Golub, available on the DVD Golub/Spero, are currently enjoying extended runs as part of exhibitions taking place in New York and Vancouver.