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- Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2018
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Peter Bogdanovich explains why Buster Keaton still matters
The director discusses his new documentary The Great Buster showing this weekend at the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2018
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Sketches from CIFF: a few thoughts on the nature of virtual reality
Discussed: virtual reality gaming, Entrepreneur, and Mr. Soul!
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 12, 2018
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The shorter end of the Chicago International Film Festival: A talk with shorts programmer Sam Flancher
"When people come up to me after screenings to tell me that they loved one of the shorts but hated another, I feel like I've done my job well."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 10, 2018
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There are Chicagoans in the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival!
A mostly complete local viewing guide
- Film, Movie Feature Oct 12, 2016
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The 2016 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed
Another year, another slate of prestige movies from all over the world
- Film, Movie Feature Oct 15, 2015
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What to see at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival
Reviews of two dozen new features premiering locally
- Film, Movie Feature Oct 9, 2014
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A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese's debut to Lee Daniels's achievement award
We dug through the Chicago International Film Festival's archives, talked to people who were around back in the day, and assembled a time line covering the fest's 50 years.
- Film, Movie Review Feb 26, 2014
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Legacy: Beyond the yellow tape
Tod Lending's documentary looks at a west-side murder and the lives it changed.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2013
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The Absent Column documents the battle over Prentice Hospital—but you didn't see it at CIFF
In a handsome short film, Northwestern graduate Nathan Eddy documents the university's battle to destroy Bertrand Goldberg's unique Prentice Hospital.
- Film, Movie Feature Oct 9, 2013
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Our guide to the 49th Chicago International Film Festival
Reviews of all the highlights from the festival's first week, plus spotlights of four directors whose films shouldn't be missed
- Film, Movie Review Sep 25, 2013
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Where's the love for filmmaker (and honorary Chicagoan) Hong Sang-soo?
The South Korean writer-director is a stalwart of contemporary cinema—and even an SAIC grad. But you still won't find his work on local movie screens.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2009
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This week's issue
- Film, Movie Feature Oct 8, 2009
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The Reader's Guide to the 45th Chicago International Film Festival: Week One
Selected films making their Chicago premieres at the festival through Thursday, October 15
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2008
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Attack campaigns used to work, honest
'Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story' is a look back at a time when Republicans could run a real attack campaign.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2008
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You Shoot mood of the day
Uninformed picks from the Chicago International Film Festival, plus YouShoot.
