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Film, Movie Tuesday Aug 20, 2019
Movie Tuesday: A few words (and movies) on kindness

Five films that depict people—and cinema—at their best
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Tuesday, Richard Linklater, Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz, special education, Chicago Public Schools, Jacques Tourneur, Yasujiro Ozu, Frederick Wiseman, Ann Hui

Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2017
Our Time Will Come is a subtle, moving study of Hong Kong’s WWII resistance movement

Ann Hui's historical drama pays tribute to the unsung heroes of political movements.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, Foreign, History, Our Time Will Come, Ann Hui, Kei-ping Ho, Deanie Ip, Zhou Xun, Hong Kong history, World War II, Hong Kong Resistance, Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky, anticlimax

Film, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
Suspense, romance, comedy, and at least one bona fide masterpiece at Asian Pop-Up Cinema
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Fall Preview, Fall Preview 2015, Asian Pop-Up Cinema, Wilmette Theatre, River East 21, Cold Eyes, Women Who Flirt, Pang Ho-Cheung, Lost and Love, Andy Lau, Mark Lee Ping Bing, Okita Shuichi, Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday, Poison Berry in My Brain, Ann Hui, A Simple Life

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2014
My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats

Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it's a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Year in Review, Film, Year in review, The Immigrant, James Gray, Last of the Unjust, Claude Lanzmann, Chicago International Film Festival, Sebastien Betbeder, 2 Autumns 3 Winters, Gyorgi Palfi, Free Fall, Blake Eckard, Ghosts of Empire Prairie, Pawel Pawlikowski, Ida, Philippe Garrel, Jealousy, Mike Flanagan, Oculus, Salvatore Mereu, Pretty Butterflies, Isao Takahata, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Two Days One Night, Darious Britt, Unsound, Matias Pinerio, Viola, Francois Ozon, Young & Beautiful, Talya Lavie, Zero Motivation, National Gallery, Frederick Wiseman, Lars von Trier, Nymphomaniac, Corner Stores, Amina Waheed, Gloria, Sebastian Lelilo, Paulina Garcia, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Stefan Zweig, Exhibition, Joanna Hogg, Words and Pictures, Fred Schepisi, Juliette Binoche, Clive Owen, Jaume Collet-Serra, Non-Stop, Abderrahamane Sissako, Timbuktu, Beyond the Lights, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Listen Up Philip, Alex Ross Perry, Philip Roth, The Homesman, Tommy Lee Jones, The Stuart Hall Project, John Akomfrah, The Amazing Catfish, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, The Gardener, Camille Claudel 1915, Bruno Dumont, Clouds of Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas, The Golden Era, Ann Hui, Xiao Hong, Level Five, Chris Marker, Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston

Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2014
Only two nights left to see a rich, subtle epic from one of the great living Hong Kong filmmakers

Enjoy Ann Hui's Golden Era, for it will not be with us for long.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Books, Do This, Foreign, Arts, Film, History, Ann Hui, The Golden Era, Xiao Hong, biopic, Reds, Warren Beatty, Wei Tang

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2014
How going to the movies is like going to the ballet

Thoughts on Frederick Wiseman's latest documentary, National Gallery, and the fleeting nature of all art
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Arts, Moviegoing, Film, Dance, Moviegoing, Frederick Wiseman, National Gallery, ballet, film preservation, Ann Hui, The Golden Era

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2014
In defense of persistent shaking sensations

The Landmark Century in Lakeview has issued an apology that one of their auditoriums rests over a fitness center. They shouldn't have to apologize.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Boom!, Moviegoing, Film, Moviegoing, Landmark Century Centre Cinema, A Simple Life, Ann Hui, Magic Fingers

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2012
Video
Joe Dante's fully clothed orgy, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, John Carpenter, Joe Dante, W.C. Fields, It's a Gift, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Steven Spielberg, Gremlins movie, Matinee movie, Small Soldiers, The Hole movie, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Movie Orgy, Ben Sachs, Ann Hui, A Simple Life, Facets Cinematheque, Ballplayer: Pelotero, The Bourne Legacy, Jeremy Renner, Matt Damon, The Campaign movie, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Celeste and Jesse Forever, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, The Curators of Dixon School, Hope Springs, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Kumare movie, Vikram Gandhi, Searching for Sugar Man, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice), Jan Svankmajer, Unforgivable movie, Andre Techine, Wolf, Lotte Reiniger, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Music Box, Dennis Scott, David Lynch, Blue Velvet, Landmark’s Century Centre, William Friedkin, s The French Connection, Paul Wegener, The Golem, University of Chicago Doc Films, Yasujiro Ozu, A Hen in the Wind, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Charles Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux, Flashback Weekend, The Thing movie, The Exorcist, Linda Blair, film festivals, movies, Video

Film, Movie Review Aug 8, 2012
The devastation's in the details

In Ann Hui's A Simple Life, grand themes grow from tiny moments
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Ann Hui, Deanie Ip, Andy Lau, Hong Kong, character dramas, Boat People, nursing home, Yasujiro Ozu, the elderly

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Under-the-Radar Programming

East Asian Imports at AMC River East 21
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2012, River East 21, Asian cinema, Ann Hui, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2012
What's new, again: Ann Hui's Visible Secret

Checking out the great Hong Kong director Ann Hui at her goofiest
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: On Video, Film, Ann Hui, Visible Secret, A Simple Life, Zodiac Killers, Song of the Exile, Tsui Hark, Hong Kong cinema, DVD, Lucian Pintilie

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2012
What's new again: Ann Hui's Zodiac Killers

Checking out a 1991 crime drama by the great Hong Kong filmmaker
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: On Video, Film, Ann Hui, Zodiac Killers, A Simple Life, Andy Lau, Cherie Chung, John Woo, Nien-Jen Wu, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Edward Yang, Hong Kong cinema

Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2012
Three questions for Ann Hui's A Simple Life

Starting to figure out the deceptively simple Hong Kong drama
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, A Simple Life, Ann Hui, Andy Lau, Deannie Ip, River East 21, Hong Kong cinema, aging, nursing homes

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2012
The most important movie in Chicago no one knows about

What a pleasant surprise: River East is showing a movie by Ann Hui, one of the great Hong Kong filmmakers!
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Film, Ann Hui, A Simple Life, River East 21, Andy Lau, Song of the Exile, God of Killers, Deannie Yip, Venice Film Festival, Facets Multimedia, Odd Obsession Movies

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Movie Tuesday: A few words (and movies) on kindness

Five films that depict people—and cinema—at their best

Our Time Will Come is a subtle, moving study of Hong Kong’s WWII resistance movement

Ann Hui's historical drama pays tribute to the unsung heroes of political movements.

Suspense, romance, comedy, and at least one bona fide masterpiece at Asian Pop-Up Cinema

My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats

Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it's a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.

Only two nights left to see a rich, subtle epic from one of the great living Hong Kong filmmakers

Enjoy Ann Hui's Golden Era, for it will not be with us for long.

How going to the movies is like going to the ballet

Thoughts on Frederick Wiseman's latest documentary, National Gallery, and the fleeting nature of all art

In defense of persistent shaking sensations

The Landmark Century in Lakeview has issued an apology that one of their auditoriums rests over a fitness center. They shouldn't have to apologize.

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Joe Dante's fully clothed orgy, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The devastation's in the details

In Ann Hui's A Simple Life, grand themes grow from tiny moments

Critics' Picks
Best Under-the-Radar Programming

East Asian Imports at AMC River East 21

What's new, again: Ann Hui's Visible Secret

Checking out the great Hong Kong director Ann Hui at her goofiest

What's new again: Ann Hui's Zodiac Killers

Checking out a 1991 crime drama by the great Hong Kong filmmaker

Three questions for Ann Hui's A Simple Life

Starting to figure out the deceptively simple Hong Kong drama

The most important movie in Chicago no one knows about

What a pleasant surprise: River East is showing a movie by Ann Hui, one of the great Hong Kong filmmakers!

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Five films that depict people—and cinema—at their best

Ann Hui's historical drama pays tribute to the unsung heroes of political movements.

Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it's a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.

Enjoy Ann Hui's Golden Era, for it will not be with us for long.

Thoughts on Frederick Wiseman's latest documentary, National Gallery, and the fleeting nature of all art

The Landmark Century in Lakeview has issued an apology that one of their auditoriums rests over a fitness center. They shouldn't have to apologize.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

In Ann Hui's A Simple Life, grand themes grow from tiny moments

East Asian Imports at AMC River East 21

Checking out the great Hong Kong director Ann Hui at her goofiest

Checking out a 1991 crime drama by the great Hong Kong filmmaker

Starting to figure out the deceptively simple Hong Kong drama

What a pleasant surprise: River East is showing a movie by Ann Hui, one of the great Hong Kong filmmakers!

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