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Film
,
Movie Feature
Apr 7, 2021
Recommended
Video
The candy-coated morality tales of Wong Ping
The artist, animator, and self-proclaimed comedian touches on the personal and political with his “Digital Fables.”
By Kathleen Sachs
Tags:
Movie Feature
,
Wong Ping
,
Wong Ping's Fables
,
animation
,
Vimeo
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
,
Cartoon Network
,
Art Basel
,
Hong Kong
,
Conversations at the Edge
,
Wong Ping’s Fables 1
,
Wong Ping’s Fables 2
,
Aesop's Fables
,
The Modern Way to Shower
,
Who's the Daddy
,
Jungle of Desire
,
An Emo Nose
,
Grimm's Fairy Tales
,
Recommended
,
Video
News & Politics
,
Feature
Oct 3, 2019
‘Enough is enough’
Many in Chicago's Hong Kong community share common concerns for the safety of loved ones back home.
By Hillary Johnson
Tags:
Feature
,
Chicagoans
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Chicagoland
,
News
,
Photography
,
Politics
,
hong kong
,
chicago
,
immigration
,
protests
,
china
,
asian americans
,
photojournalism
Food & Drink
,
Restaurant Review
Sep 26, 2019
Recommended
Dim sum and win some at Lincoln Park's D Cuisine
Yum cha is fine at this rare tearoom outside of Chinatown, but it’s the Guangdong chef specials that are really worth investigating.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
Restaurant Review
,
Hong Kong
,
Cantonese cuisine
,
Guangxhou
,
Guangdong
,
Danny Fang
,
Fang Yu
,
Lincoln Park
,
dim sum restaurants
,
D Cuisine
,
Guangdong cuisine
,
taro cakes
,
panfried corn cakes with shrimp
,
siu mai
,
Chinese yam with mustard greens
,
honeyed short ribs
,
steamed spareribs
,
Guangxhou-style roast chicken
,
chicken feet
,
Cai
,
Dolo
,
Minghin
,
Furama
,
Chinatown
,
Causeway Bay Style Jumbo Shrimp
,
dumplings
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Art Feature
Sep 18, 2019
Hong Kong artist Samson Young considers cars, houses, and a better tomorrow
His first solo U.S. museum show explores optimism as characterized by the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
By Irene Hsiao
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Art Feature
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Samson Young
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Smart Museum
,
1933 Chicago World’s Fair
,
A Century of Progress
,
The House of Tomorrow
,
Hong Kong
,
Pullman
,
Labor Day
Music
,
Concert Preview
Sep 6, 2019
Recommended
Video
Multimedia composer Samson Young presents music from the 1933 Chicago’s World Fair
By Audrey Henderson
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Samson Young
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World Fair
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Chicago’s World Fair
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1933 Chicago’s World Fair
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,
University of Chicago
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,
art
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Silver Moon or Golden Star, Which Will You Buy of Me?
,
Hong Kong
,
Orianna Cacchione
,
contemporary art
,
music composition
,
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,
Video
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 20, 2018
The Mid-Autumn Festival gives Chinese ex-pats a piece of home.
Ceremonial celebrations include lantern lighting and storytelling.
By Sue Kwong
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Mid-Autumn Festival
,
Chinese American Museum
,
Hong Kong
,
The Field Museum
,
Chiu Quon Bakery
,
MayFlower Food
,
Chinatown
,
Chinese Exclusion Act
,
fall preview
,
fall preview 2018
Film
,
Fall Preview
Sep 19, 2018
Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To gets a fall retrospective at Doc Films
The masterpiece
Life Without Principle
and nine more greats screen from October through December.
By Ben Sachs
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Johnnie To
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Doc Films
,
retrospective
,
Life Without Principle
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Hong Kong
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film
,
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fall preview 2018
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 10, 2018
Undercover cops infiltrate FilmStruck this week
FilmStruck showcases undercover cop films this week, with movies by Anthony Mann and Quentin Tarantino.
By Patrick Friel
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Film
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Foreign
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On Video
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Television
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The Internet
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FilmStruck
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,
thrillers
,
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Anthony Mann
,
T-Men
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Louis de Rochemont
,
Treasury Department
,
Dennis O'Keefe
,
June Lockhart
,
Charles McGraw
,
Alfred Ryder
,
John Alton
,
Dave Kehr
,
Border Incident
,
The Narrow Margin
,
film noir
,
Charles McGraw
,
Marie Windsor
,
Richard Fleischer
,
Earl Fenton
,
George E. Diskant
,
Jonathan Rosenbaum
,
Reservoir Dogs
,
Quentin Tarantino
,
Stanley Kubrick
,
The Killing
,
Harvey Keitel
,
Tim Roth
,
Michael Madsen
,
Steve Buscemi
,
Lawrence Tierney
,
CinemaScope
,
Infernal Affairs
,
Hong Kong
,
Christopher Doyle
,
Tony Leung
,
In the Mood for Love
,
Andy Lau
,
Days of Being Wild
,
Anthony Wong
,
Eric Tsang
,
Wai-Keung Lau
,
Alan Mak
,
J.R. Jones
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 18, 2018
Anita Alvarez’s campaign consultants gave her talking points before she announced charges against Jason Van Dyke, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago is one of Amazon's 20 finalists for its second North American headquarters.
By Kate Shepherd
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,
Did You Read __________?
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Chicago
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Illinois
,
Anita Alvarez
,
Jason Van Dyke
,
Laquan McDonald
,
Amazon
,
Los Angeles
,
Toronto
,
Indianpolis
,
Atlanta
,
New York City
,
Columbus
,
Raleigh
,
Bruce Rauner
,
J.B. Pritzker
,
Barack Obama
,
Rod Blagojevich
,
University of Illinois
,
higher education
,
gun violence
,
Sun Wah BBQ
,
Hong Kong
,
James Beard Awards
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 4, 2014
It's easy to celebrate protests on foreign soil
On splattering the yolk of tyranny
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News
,
Hong Kong
,
China
,
Joshua Wong
,
Haruki Murakami
,
Ferguson
,
Chicago Tribune
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 15, 2014
One Bite: Lao Yu Ju's crispy papaya pastry
Tony Hu is harboring a great pastry chef in Chinatown.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
One Bite
,
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Lao Yu Ju
,
dim sum
,
Tony Hu
,
Cantonese food
,
pastry
,
Hong Kong
,
Macau
,
Fat Rice
,
Yum Cha
,
Cai
,
Minghin
,
Phoenix
,
CHinese food
,
Chinatown
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Dec 19, 2013
Straight-people problems
Women can propose marriage too! Plus: Can a gay guy fulfill his fantasies with a pro dom?
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
,
marriage
,
New York Times
,
Stephen Marche
,
housework
,
gender roles
,
Mahatma Gandhi
,
Hong Kong
,
femdom porn
,
BDSM
,
asexual
,
therapist
Film
,
Movie Review
Aug 7, 2013
Recommended
In Johnnie To's
Drug War
, a tapestry in code
The master of the violent showdown weaves a dizzying action opus.
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Johnnie To
,
Drug War
,
David Richardson
,
Louis Koo
,
Sun Honglei
,
China
,
drug dealers
,
vice cops
,
Hong Kong
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Show us your [____]
Jul 19, 2013
Show us your . . . X-Cube
Aspiring inventor Dane Christianson has crafted a mutant Rubik's Cube with a 3-D printer.
By Summer Concepcion
Tags:
Show us your [____]
,
Rubik's Cube
,
Illinois Institute of Technology
,
3-D printing
,
Dane Christianson
,
X-Cube
,
Reddit
,
Kickstarter
,
Hong Kong
,
Marbles: The Brain Store
,
Toys R Us
,
Dubai
Food & Drink
,
Food & Drink Feature
Apr 18, 2013
Image
Putting on the Ritz—at Al's Italian Beef
Recalling my grandmother's era of mink-clad glamour
By Aimee Levitt
Tags:
Food & Drink Feature
,
Christmas lights
,
Thanksgiving
,
Jewish
,
Miracle on 34th Street
,
Marshall Field's
,
Magnificent Mile
,
Drake Hotel
,
28 Shop
,
Walnut Room
,
mink
,
Joan Collins
,
Chablis
,
North Michigan Avenue
,
Al's Italian Beef
,
West Ontario
,
Israel
,
Hong Kong
,
Lutz
,
Montrose
,
Denny's
,
Steak 'n Shake
Film
,
Movie Critic's Choice
Feb 19, 2013
Recommended
The martial plan
A kung fu master takes it to the people in
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
.
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Movie Critic's Choice
,
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
,
Hong Kong
,
Lau Kar-leung
,
Gordon Liu
,
Qin empire
,
kung fu
,
Recommended
Film
,
Movie Review
Nov 21, 2012
The oral tradition
Pang Ho-cheung's
Vulgaria
raises the dirty joke to the level of art
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Hong Kong
,
Vulgaria
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
Pang Ho-cheung
,
Johnnie To
,
Wai Ka-fai
,
Fulltime Killer
,
Trivial Matters
,
Love in a Puff
,
dirty joke
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
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 16, 2009
Video
Free screening of John Woo's "Red Cliff"
John Woo's Chinese historical war epic "Red Cliff" plays a free preview screening Monday 11/16 at Landmark's Century Centre.
By Ed M. Koziarski
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Film
,
Free Shit
,
Swag
,
Red Cliff
,
Tony Leung
,
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
,
Zhang Fengyi
,
John Woo
,
Hong Kong
,
Landmark's Century Centre
,
Takeshi Kaneshiro
,
Midwest Independent Film Festival
,
Video
Film
,
Movie Critic's Choice
May 25, 2000
A Chinese Ghost Story
By Ted Shen
Tags:
Movie Critic's Choice
,
Hong Kong
,
China
,
Ghost Tale
,
Ching Siu-tung
Film
,
Movie Critic's Choice
Apr 8, 1993
Actress
By Jonathan Rosenbaum
Tags:
Movie Critic's Choice
,
Stanley Kwan
,
Hong Kong
,
Chinese Cinema
,
Silent Film
,
Art Institute
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