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Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2018
Five gay films from an era when queer themes were invisible in Hollywood

Films by Hitchcock, Cukor, and Minnelli turn up on this list of classics from before the Stonewall era.
- By Patrick Friel
- Tags: Film, LGBTQ+, On Video, Hollywood, film, queer, gay, GLBT, Facets Cinémathèque, Basil Dearden, Victim, Nick Davis, Stonewall The Wild Party, Clara Bow, flappers, Joseph Moncure March, Fredric March, Dorothy Arzner, Paramount, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Sylvia Scarlett, George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, Edmund Gwenn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne, French New Wave, John Collier, Joseph August, Rope, Alfred Hitchcock, Patrick Hamilton, Farley Granger, John Dall, Rear Window, James Stewart, Joan Chandler, Cedric Hardwicke, Dave Kehr, Tea and Sympathy, Vincente Minnelli, CinemaScope, Robert Anderson, Hays Office, censorship, John Kerr, Deborah Kerr, The Cobweb, Home From the Hill, Some Came Running, Leif Erickson, Edward Andrews, Darryl Hickman, Reflections in a Golden Eye, John Huston, Chapman Mortimer, Gladys Hill, Carson McCullers, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Aldo Tonti, Julie Harris, Brian Keith

Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2018
This week on Filmstruck: Anna Magnani

Filmstruck revisits the career of Italian actress Anna Magnani, a favorite of Roberto Rossellini, Jean Renoir, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
- By Patrick Friel
- Tags: Film, Television, Filmstruck, Turner Classic Movies, Criterion Collection, L'Amore, Roberto Rossellini, The Human Voice, The Miracle, Anna Magnani, Jean Cocteau, Federico Fellini, Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Fugitive Kind, Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, Meade Roberts, Sidney Lumet, Joanne Woodward, Victor Jory, Maureen Stapleton, The Golden Coach, Paul Campbell, Ricardo Rioli, Duncan Lamont, Jean Renoir, Prosper Merimee Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Jean Debucourt, Mamma Roma, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Accattone, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini, Aldo Fabrizi, Maria Michi, Don Druker, Open City, Luchino Visconti

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2016
79th Street rally takes aim at ending gun-violence surge and other Chicago news

Also, people obsessed with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off gather to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, gang violence, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, gun violence, Grand Crossing, entertainment, Sinead O’Connor, Patti Smith, Wilmette, Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Rahm Emanuel, Gage Park, Diego Uribe-Cruz, Jafeth Ramos, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Wrigley Field, Ferris Fest, Art Institute of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2015
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Brando is back, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Marlon Brando, Listen to Me Marlon, Zac Efron, We Are Your Friends, Christmas Wedding Baby, College Week, Black Harvest Film Festival, An Eye for Beauty, Denys Arcand, Grandma movie, Lily Tomlin, Learning to Drive, Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Losing Ground, Kathleen Collins, No Escape, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson, She's Funny That Way, Peter Bogdanovich, Imogen Poots, Jennifer Aniston, We Come As Friends, Hubert Sauper, Robert Siodmak, Criss Cross, Carl Reiner, The Jerk, Steve Martin, Stanley Kubrick, The Killing, Tim Burton, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Tomm Moore, Song of the Sea, Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents, The Torrent, Greta Garbo, Silent Summer Film Festival, Noir City: Chicago, Alan K. Rode, Film Noir Foundation, The Racket, Robert Ryan, The Lives of Robert Ryan, The Chase, Hangover Square, Ride the Pink Horse, House of Bamboo, Witness to Murder, Criss Cross, The Underworld Story, Video

Film, Movie Review Aug 26, 2015
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Marlon Brando's troubled childhood—and parenthood—hit the silver screen

Listen to Me Marlon paints the legendary actor as a troubled son and neglectful father.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Stevan Riley, Listen to Me Marlon, Marlon Brando, Edward R. Murrow, Person to Person, Apocalypse Now, Recommended

Film, Movie Review Jun 13, 2013
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Superman returns (again) in Man of Steel

The screenwriters of the "Dark Knight" trilogy take a crack at the original superhero.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Bryan Singer, Superman Returns, Warner Bros., Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Dark Knight trilogy, Man of Steel, Henry Cavill, Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Marlon Brando, Kansas, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Gary Cooper, Detective Comics, Dave Fleischer, DC Comics, Video

Film, Movie Review Apr 17, 2013
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Mass murderers embrace movie magic in The Act of Killing

Joshua Oppenheimer revisits the Indonesian slaughter of 1965-'66
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Anwar Congo, President Sukarno, Communist Party of Indonesia, Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing, Hollywood, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, John Wayne, The Godfather, Born Free, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2013
Weekly Top Five: Demystifying cultural roots with spaghetti westerns

Weekly Top Five: Spaghetti westerns
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Goonies, Fargo, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Sergio Leone, Keoma, Enzo Castellari, Franco Nero, Marlon Brando, Four of the Apocalypse, Lucio Fulci, The Beyond, Zombie, Silver Saddle, Django, Sergio Corbucci, Quentin Tarantino, For a Few Dollars More, Klaus Kinski, Companeros, Antonio Margheretti, The Stranger and the Gunfighter, José Luis Merino, Requiem for a Gringo

Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Wed 8/29

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, August 29, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Ringling Bros., Joffrey Tower, Portage Theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Anthony Mann, The Chase, Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Chives, Treehouse, Jerry's, Wicker Park, Peter Margasak

Blogs, Bleader Jun 28, 2010
Film and Theater Historian John Willis Dies

John A. Willis, longtime editor of the Screen World and Theatre World books, succumbs to lung cancer at age 93.
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Media, Film, Performing Arts, Arts, John A. Willis, Theatre World, Screen World, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Carol Channing, Judy Holliday, Alan Alda, Bernadette Peters, John Leguizamo, Applause Theatre, Cinema Books, Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group, Ben Hodges, Barry Monush, Milligan College, University of Tennessee, Daniel Blum, National Board of Review, William K. Everson Award for Film History, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award, Tony Awards, Broadway Theater Institute, Sardi’s, Broadway theater, off-Broadway theater, off-off-Broadway theater, movies.

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2010
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Burn!

The Marlon Brando drama "Burn!" about a slave revolt on a Caribbean sugar colony screens in a Haiti benefit Saturday 1/23 at La Biblioteca Popular.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Marlon Brando, Burn!, Haiti, La Biblioteca Popular, The Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo, slave, revolt, sugar, colonialism, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2009
Mr. Right For CPS

Ron Huberman has met the primary requirement for heading the Chicago Public Schools: he knows how to keep Mayor Daley happy.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Clout City, Chicago Public Schools, City Of Chicago, Tifs, Mayor Richard Daley, Arne Duncan, Chicago politics, Ron Huberman, President Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Marlon Brando, U.S. Department of Education

Film, Movie Critic's Choice Sep 21, 1989
A Dry White Season
- By Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Tags: Movie Critic's Choice, South Africa, Apartheid, Black Oppression, Radicalized, Journalism, Marlon Brando, Euzhan Palcy

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Five gay films from an era when queer themes were invisible in Hollywood

Films by Hitchcock, Cukor, and Minnelli turn up on this list of classics from before the Stonewall era.

This week on Filmstruck: Anna Magnani

Filmstruck revisits the career of Italian actress Anna Magnani, a favorite of Roberto Rossellini, Jean Renoir, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

79th Street rally takes aim at ending gun-violence surge and other Chicago news

Also, people obsessed with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off gather to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

Video
Brando is back, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Recommended
Marlon Brando's troubled childhood—and parenthood—hit the silver screen

Listen to Me Marlon paints the legendary actor as a troubled son and neglectful father.

Video
Superman returns (again) in Man of Steel

The screenwriters of the "Dark Knight" trilogy take a crack at the original superhero.

Recommended
Mass murderers embrace movie magic in The Act of Killing

Joshua Oppenheimer revisits the Indonesian slaughter of 1965-'66

Weekly Top Five: Demystifying cultural roots with spaghetti westerns

Weekly Top Five: Spaghetti westerns

The Reader's Agenda: Wed 8/29

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Film and Theater Historian John Willis Dies

John A. Willis, longtime editor of the Screen World and Theatre World books, succumbs to lung cancer at age 93.

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Burn!

The Marlon Brando drama "Burn!" about a slave revolt on a Caribbean sugar colony screens in a Haiti benefit Saturday 1/23 at La Biblioteca Popular.

Mr. Right For CPS

Ron Huberman has met the primary requirement for heading the Chicago Public Schools: he knows how to keep Mayor Daley happy.

A Dry White Season

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Films by Hitchcock, Cukor, and Minnelli turn up on this list of classics from before the Stonewall era.

Filmstruck revisits the career of Italian actress Anna Magnani, a favorite of Roberto Rossellini, Jean Renoir, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Also, people obsessed with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off gather to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Listen to Me Marlon paints the legendary actor as a troubled son and neglectful father.

The screenwriters of the "Dark Knight" trilogy take a crack at the original superhero.

Joshua Oppenheimer revisits the Indonesian slaughter of 1965-'66

Weekly Top Five: Spaghetti westerns

What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, August 29, 2012

John A. Willis, longtime editor of the Screen World and Theatre World books, succumbs to lung cancer at age 93.

The Marlon Brando drama "Burn!" about a slave revolt on a Caribbean sugar colony screens in a Haiti benefit Saturday 1/23 at La Biblioteca Popular.

Ron Huberman has met the primary requirement for heading the Chicago Public Schools: he knows how to keep Mayor Daley happy.

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