People take shelter in a youth theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 6, 2022. Still from FRONTLINE PBS and AP’s feature film “20 Days in Mariupol." (AP Photo / Mstyslav Chernov)

A documentary that gives a vivid and harrowing look into the Russian invasion of a Ukrainian city during the opening days of the Russia-Ukraine war will be premiering at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Friday for a limited week-long run.

A radioactive sign hangs on barbed wire outside of a café in Pripyat, which is near the Chernobyl Power Plant. (Diana Markosian  / Wikimedia)

Palatine native Holly Morris talks about her new documentary "The Babushkas of Chernobyl," which profiles three grandmothers who chose to ignore government orders and return home to live out their lives near the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Bela Lugosi in "White Zombie."

The festival kicks off Sunday at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Catch a restored version of Lugosi's "White Zombie," a 35 mm film considered to be the original Hollywood zombie flick.

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what’s going on!

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what’s going on!