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Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2014
What's the difference between video surveillance and portraiture?

Reflections on an interactive performance piece from the recent Nightingale exhibition "Persistence of Motion"
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Moviegoing, Jared Larson, Nightingale, microcinema, moving images, Harun Farocki

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 11/9: Spray Can Slam!, Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, and "The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology"

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, November 9
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Spray Can Slam!, Chicago Public Art Group, Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, Nightingale, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology, Jason Lazarus, Tony Tasset

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar May 30, 2013
Keep Milwaukee Avenue weird

Wafaa Bilal wants Twitter's help to inflate a giant head, and other oddities, at Defibrillator Gallery's second annual Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival.
- By Jena Cutie
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Defibrillator Gallery, Rapid Pulse, Electrodes, Hub, Nightingale, Technoviking, Wafaa Bilal, Sara Holwerda, Chair Dance (Adagio), Jess Dobkin, Andrew Barco, Free Childcare Provided, Pale Blue Eyes, A Life in Pictures, Kambui Olujimi, Arti Grabowski, The Magical Negro, Fair & Lost, Francesca Fini, Jefferson Pinder, At the Edge of Longing, Anna Berndtson, Churned, Boris Nieslony, Naturstudy: Debility-Decibel

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2012
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Edgar Allan Poe, Lucian Pintilie, and other keywords

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's Reader
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Raven movie, John Cusack, Facets Cinematheque, Lucian Pintilie, The Avengers movie, Marvel Comics, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Tom Wilkinson, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, The First Season, Hit So Hard, Hole Live Through This, Patty Schemel, Keyhole movie, Guy Maddin, Sing Your Song, Harry Belafonte, Surviving Progress, Terry Gilliam, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Doc Films, Josef von Sternberg, The Blue Angel, Roman Polanski, Chinatown movie, Music Box, Jack Hill, Coffy movie, Johnnie To, Exiled movie, Kim Jee-woon, The Good the Bad and the Weird, Ari Folman, Waltz With Bashir, Gene Siskel Film Center, Bob Mizer, Nightingale, Romanian cinema, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2012
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Slow good

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Police Adjective, 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, Aurora movie, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Patrick Wang, In the Family, Music Box, Chicago Palestine Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago Latino Film Festival, Fake It So Real, The Lady movie, Luc Besson, Aung San Suu Kyi, Renaissance Place, The Lucky One, Nicholas Sparks, Marley movie, Bob Marley, Think Like a Man, Gabrielle Union, Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Romany Falco, Terry Gilliam, Brazil movie, Doc Films, Michael Haneke, Cache movie, Daniel Eisenberg, Jean Rouch, Chronicle of a Summer, Block Museum of Art, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Bob Rafelson, Head movie, Head Monkees, Joel Wicklund, Bong Joon-ho, The Host movie, Andrei Tarkovsky, The Sacrifice, Alfred Hitchcock, The Trouble With Harry, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Nightingale, Columbia College Film Row Cinema, Les Blank, Elise Auerbach, Amnesty International, Facets Cinematheque, Iranian Taboo, film festivals, movies, Video

Film, Movie Feature Dec 22, 2011
Christy LeMaster, the indie film maven

'I'd been dreaming for a long time of starting my own little spot where I could show experimental and emerging work'
- Tags: Movie Feature, People Issue 2011, Christy Lemaster, Nightingale Theater, Cinema Borealis, WBEZ, Eight Forty-Eight, Cinephile, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, True/False Film Festival, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, celluloid film, Nightingale

Film, Movie Sidebar Apr 14, 2011
Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Douglas Freel, Fix: The Ministry Movie, Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Trent Reznor, Jello Biafra, Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot, Lemmy, Paul Barker, Freaks in Love, Alice Donut, The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, The Extraordinary Life of Jose Gonzalez, We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, Mike Watt, Mike Watt + the Missingmen, All Natural, Chicago Punk Night, Tutu & the Pirates, Joe Losurdo, Chicago Cultural Center, Double Door, Heaven Gallery, Hideout, Music Box, Nightingale, Schubas, Society for Arts, Subterranean, Wicker Park Art Center

Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2010
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A Fire in My Belly

See the film John Boehner called "an outrageous use of taxpayer money and an obvious attempt to offend Christians during the Christmas season" this week at The Nightingale and The School of the Art Institute.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Politics, Free Shit, Swag, Clout City, John Boehner, School of the Art Institute, Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC, Smithsonian, Fire in My Belly, Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery, AIDS, HIV, Catholic League, Bill Donahue, David Wojnarowicz, Peter Hujar, Nightingale, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2010
The Leak in Your Hometown

Joe Hocking and Mark Skwarek subvert the BP logo with their iPhone app "The Leak In Your Hometown," presented Tuesday in the monthly Upgrade! Chicago new media series at The Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Visual Art, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, BP, oil, spill, leak, gulf, logo, corporate, Joe Hocking, Mark Skwarek, Leak in Your Hometown, Upgrade Chicago, Nightingale, new media, iPhone, app

Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2010
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Strongman Ferdinand

Alexander Kluge's 1976 satire of Cold War paranoia, "Strongman Ferdinand," screens tonight at The Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Alexander Kluge, Strongman Ferdinand, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German, West German, Communist, Cold War, paranoia, Nightingale, White Light Cinema, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2010
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Sonic Orphans

Bill Daniel screens films of The Beatles, The Avengers, The Huns, Boy Problems, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, Sunday at the Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Bill Daniel, Sonic Orphans, Lost Pogo Dance Films, Nightingale, Christy LeMaster, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, Best of Chicago, Best Alternative Film Venue, Beatles, Beatlemania, San Francisco, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Austin, Huns, Houston, Boy Problems, punk, Johnny Cash, kinoscope, Avengers, Video

Film, Movie Sidebar Jun 17, 2010
Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival

Selected works from the festival's nine programs
- By Fred Camper
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Chicago Filmmakers, Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Janie Geiser, Ghost Algebra, Beauty Plus Pity, Emily Vey Duke, Cooper Battersby, The World, Richard Tuohy, Flyscreen, Alexander Stewart, Iceland Spar, Mary Helena Clark, Sound Over Water, Stephanie Barber, To the Horse Dream of Arms, Gregg Biermann, Traffic Patterns, Ben Rivers, May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of All Your Many Days As It Will Be Your Last, Kyle Canterbury, Yoel Meranda, Bsorb, Eytan Ipeker, Jake Barningham, Concering Flight, Nightingale

Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2010
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S is for Sissy

A/V Geeks presents "S is for SIssy," a collection of educational films with dubious gender messages, tonight at Cinema Borealis.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, A/V Geeks, Nightingale, Cinema Borealis, S is for Sissy, Gender, hygiene, Soapy the Germ Fighter, Neurotic Behavior, Psychodynamic View, Fears of Children, William's Dolls, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 4/13

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Food & Drink, Books, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Doc Films, La Petite Folie, Goldie Goldbloom, Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders, Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Restaurant Michael, David Remnick, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, Harold Washington Library Center, McCormick & Schmick's, Patrick Lichty, Nightingale, Between Boutique Cafe & Lounge, Introduction to Circuit Bending, Transistor, Big Jones

Blogs, Bleader Feb 19, 2010
The Films of Stuart Sherman

25 films by New York performance artist Stuart Sherman screen Sunday 2/21 at The Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Stuart Sherman, Robert Beck, Brian Frye, Nightingale, Hopscotch Cinema, Spectacle, New York, performance, conceptual

Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2010
Experiments in Realtime 2

"Experiments in Realtime2" features live audio/video performances Friday 1/29 at The Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Nightingale, Experiments in Realtime 2, SAIC, live, audio/video, performances

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2009
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YouTube Assembly with Wendorf and Case

Chicago Underground Film Festival founding director Bryan Wendorf, and Literago editor and Reader contributor Mairead Case are guest hosts for YouTube Assembly Tuesday 12/8 at The Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Film, Books, YouTube Assembly, Nightingale, Bryan Wendorf, Chicago Underground Film Festival, CUFF, Mairead Case, Literago, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2009
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Live & Viral

Alexander Stewart and Eric Graf attempt a live, public version of the viral video experience in "YouTube Assembly," Tuesday 11/10 at the Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Nightingale, YouTube, YouTube Assembly, viral, Eric Graf, Alexander Stewart, Boxstep, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2009
Occasional Pieces at the Nightingale

British filmmaker Stephen Connolly investigates spaces and their meanings in "Occasional Pieces," a selection of his short works screening Saturday 11/7 at the Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Nightingale, Stephen Connolly, Hiroshima, British, British Museum, Arizona, Havana, Cuba, National School of ballet, Istanbul, 9/11, Occasional Pieces, Great American Desert, Postcards from Istanbul, The Whale, Más Se Perdió (We Lost More), Film for Tom, Reading Room

Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2009
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Goldston scores silent "Passion"

Cellist Lori Goldston, who performed with Nirvana, plays her original score to the silent classic "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" Tuesday at the Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Cat Power, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Nirvana, David Byrne, Nightingale, Carl Theodor Dryer, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928, silent, classic, Lori Goldston, Black Cat Orchestra, Specratone, RenÃ©e Falconetti, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 3, 2009
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Chi(a)nimation All-Stars

"Mustachioed perverts in a spaceship fire upon a deformed, nude woman daily" in Lale Westvind's "Flesh Gun," screening in Chi(a)nimation All-Stars Sunday at Nightingale.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Nightingale, School of the Art Institute, Jim Trainor, Jodie Mack, Chi(a)nimation All-Stars, Leafy Leafy Jungle, Lale Westvind, Flesh Gun, Gonzalo Escobar, Strategies of Trust, Basia Goszcynska, Land Escape, Clara Kim, Doppleganger, The realTime and Life of John James Audubon, Emily Kuhn, Lori Felker, Zwischen, Jared Larson, Abnliumearteidon, Ernest Kim, Oh, My Captain!, Carolina Gonzalez Valencia, a-part from The Story, Matt Marsden, Boxcartoon, Video

Film, Movie Review Jun 11, 2009
Video
From Statements on Seeing to Slug Sex

New experimental work at the Onion City film and video festival
- By Fred Camper
- Tags: Movie Review, Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Ernie Gehr, Ken Jacobs, Jim Trainor, Julie Murray, Chicago Filmmakers, Gene Siskel Film Center, Nightingale, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2009
David Gatten screening relocated

David Gatten program moves from Nightingale to Chicago Filmmakers.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Movies, Chicago filmmakers, Nightingale, experimental film, White Light Cinema, David Gatten

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2008
Paradise now

Michael Almereyda's new video diary has a screening date at Nightingale.
- By Pat Graham
- Tags: Film, Nightingale, Michael Almereyda, Paradise, Another Girl, Another Planet, Nadja, AFI Fest, Ethan Hawke, Tannhauser Gate

Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2008
Now, even harder to find

Sunday's avant-garde film program at Nightingale has been moved to Cinema Borealis.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Nightingale, Cinema Borealis, Jack Chambers, Guy Fihman, avant-garde film, experimental film

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Reflections on an interactive performance piece from the recent Nightingale exhibition "Persistence of Motion"

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, November 9

Wafaa Bilal wants Twitter's help to inflate a giant head, and other oddities, at Defibrillator Gallery's second annual Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's Reader

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

'I'd been dreaming for a long time of starting my own little spot where I could show experimental and emerging work'

See the film John Boehner called "an outrageous use of taxpayer money and an obvious attempt to offend Christians during the Christmas season" this week at The Nightingale and The School of the Art Institute.

Joe Hocking and Mark Skwarek subvert the BP logo with their iPhone app "The Leak In Your Hometown," presented Tuesday in the monthly Upgrade! Chicago new media series at The Nightingale.

Alexander Kluge's 1976 satire of Cold War paranoia, "Strongman Ferdinand," screens tonight at The Nightingale.

Bill Daniel screens films of The Beatles, The Avengers, The Huns, Boy Problems, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, Sunday at the Nightingale.

Selected works from the festival's nine programs

A/V Geeks presents "S is for SIssy," a collection of educational films with dubious gender messages, tonight at Cinema Borealis.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

25 films by New York performance artist Stuart Sherman screen Sunday 2/21 at The Nightingale.

"Experiments in Realtime2" features live audio/video performances Friday 1/29 at The Nightingale.

Chicago Underground Film Festival founding director Bryan Wendorf, and Literago editor and Reader contributor Mairead Case are guest hosts for YouTube Assembly Tuesday 12/8 at The Nightingale.

Alexander Stewart and Eric Graf attempt a live, public version of the viral video experience in "YouTube Assembly," Tuesday 11/10 at the Nightingale.

British filmmaker Stephen Connolly investigates spaces and their meanings in "Occasional Pieces," a selection of his short works screening Saturday 11/7 at the Nightingale.

Cellist Lori Goldston, who performed with Nirvana, plays her original score to the silent classic "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" Tuesday at the Nightingale.

"Mustachioed perverts in a spaceship fire upon a deformed, nude woman daily" in Lale Westvind's "Flesh Gun," screening in Chi(a)nimation All-Stars Sunday at Nightingale.

New experimental work at the Onion City film and video festival

David Gatten program moves from Nightingale to Chicago Filmmakers.

Michael Almereyda's new video diary has a screening date at Nightingale.

Sunday's avant-garde film program at Nightingale has been moved to Cinema Borealis.

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