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Bleader
Mar 6, 2017
‘What’s Next for Illinois?’ with Ameya Pawar, the International Dinner Crawl, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Cinema Slapdown, First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben,
Gender Breakdown
, and more happenings from March 6-9.
By Brianna Wellen
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Navy Pier
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The Company You Keep
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Uncommon Ground
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JC Brooks
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Gender Breakdown
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Bleader
Feb 6, 2017
Winter Mix-Off, Chicago Theatre Week, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Deadpool
at Cinema Slapdown, the dance party Black Girl Magic, and more happenings from February 6-9
By Brianna Wellen
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We Warm Chicago
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Revolution Brewery
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Hopleaf
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Lemuria
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Bleader
Oct 23, 2015
Video
The Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
By J.R. Jones
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Yona Wallach
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Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
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The Amazing Nina Simone
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Peter Sarsgaard
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Modern Metropolis: Mid-Century Chicago on Film
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Chicago Film Archives
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Rock the Kasbah
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Afghan Star
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Room movie
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Lenny Abrahamson
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Frank movie
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Charles Barton
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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
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Wim Wenders
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The American Friend
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L’Argent
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Don Siegel
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My Fair Lady
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Nosferatu
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Dennis Scott
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Tobe Hooper
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Poltergeist
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La Promesse
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Paul Verhoeven
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Robocop
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Eric Rohmer
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The Green Ray
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Charles Burnett
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To Sleep With Anger
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Chicago International Film Festival
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Andrew Stanton
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WALL-E
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Abigail Derby Lewis
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Ingmar Bergman
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Wild Strawberries
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Witchcraft Through the Ages
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Chicago Rot
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The Cockups
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Mad Max: Fury Road
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Music Box of Horrors
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Bleader
Mar 13, 2015
Video
David Cronenberg invades Hollywood, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
By J.R. Jones
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Drew Hunt
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Joel Potrykus
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Cinderella
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Kenneth Branagh
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The Duke of Burgundy
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Berberian Sound Studio
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Life of Riley
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Alain Resnais
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Last Year at Marienbad
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European Union Film Festival
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Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
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John Lennon
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How I Won the War
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Merchants of Doubt
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Run All Night
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Ed Harris
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La Sapienza
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She's Beautiful When She's Angry
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Stations of the Cross
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The Act of Killing
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Gene Siskel Film Center
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University of Chicago Doc Films
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Interstellar
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The Man With a Movie Camera
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2001: A Space Odyssey
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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Columbia College Chicago
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Bleader
Oct 9, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Wed 10/9: Cinema Slapdown, Birgit Ulher & Eric Leonardson, and George Saunders
What's on the
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's Agenda for Wednesday, October 9
By Jillian Sandler
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Maureen Ryan
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Michael Niederman
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Hamburg
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Chicago
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Eric Leonardson
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Bond Chapel
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George Saunders
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Bleader
Apr 11, 2013
Reader's
Agenda Thu 4/11: Chicago Golden Gloves,
Messing With a Friend
, and Cinema Slapdown:
Flight
What's on the
Reader's
Agenda for Thursday, April 11, 2013
By Drew Hunt
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Joe Louis
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Sonny Liston
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Cassius Clay
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Michael Flatley
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Lord of the Dance
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Cicero Stadium
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Messing With a Friend
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Susan Messing
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Ryan Hubbard
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Mark "Howard" Sutton
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Bassprov
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Donny Weaver
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Columbia College's Film Row Cinema
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Columbia College
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Ron Falzone
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Robert Zemeckis
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Flight
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Chicago Tribune
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Michael Phillips
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United Airlines First Officer Dan Swanson
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Cinema Slapdown
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Bleader
Mar 13, 2013
Reader's
Agenda Wed 3/13: The Bridge to Darrow, Cinema Slapdown, and Lunch Talks @ CAF
What's on the
Reader's
Agenda for Wednesday, March 13, 2013
By Drew Hunt
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Arts
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The Bridge to Darrow
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Clarence Darrow
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Darrow Bridge
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Museum of Science and Industry
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Cinema Slapdown
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Craig Zobel
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Compliance
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Becker Architects Ltd.
,
Susan Benjamin
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David Muslin
,
Edward Dart
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Ancel House
,
Chicago Architecture Foundation
,
Lunch Talks @ CAF.
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 25, 2009
Video
Gonna Set My Soul on Fire
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will debate the merits of the Elvis Presley vehicle Viva Las Vegas at Columbia College on Wednesday, December 16.
By J.R. Jones
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Clout City
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Rod Blagojevich
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Dan Rybicky
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Columbia College
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George Sidney
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Viva Las Vegas
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Bleader
Sep 16, 2008
9/18 -- "Scarface" at Cinema Slapdown
9/18: Scarface screening and debate: "Say hello to my little examination of masculinity, capitalism, and the immigrant experience!"
By Alex Yablon
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