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- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2017
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The still-shocking Seven Beauties dares to look for humor in the atrocities of World War II
Lina Wertmüller’s 1975 black comedy plays this weekend in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2015
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Jean-Luc Godard goes 3-D, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2014
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This Friday's moviegoing dilemma: Studs Terkel or Dusan Makavejev?
A multimedia tribute to Studs Terkel's Working and a 35-millimeter revival of The Coca-Cola Kid are both slated for Friday at 7 PM.
- Film, Movie Critic's Choice Nov 27, 2013
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An NBA hopeful goes down in Lenny Cooke
Joshua and Bennie Safdie's documentary is a hoop nightmare.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 19, 2013
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The 25-year-old Mestizo: The freshest movie in town
Mario Handler's Venezuelan feature receives a belated Chicago premiere tomorrow.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2012
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First steps in appreciating performance art
The audience is present: Marina Abramovic, Dress Rehearsal, and Sweet Movie
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2011
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Cine-File Selects: Two Lovers
The weekly Cine-File Selects screening series begins Monday 1/3 at Doc Films with "Two Lovers," the heartfelt romantic drama whose publicity campaign star Joaquin Phoenix torpedoed with his purportedly staged rap debut/career suicide (as brother-in-law Casey Affleck presented in pseudodocumentary "I'm Still Here.")
