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Film, Movie Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Movie Tuesday: Hollywood during the late-60s transition

Five films that span the old studio system, the ushering in of innovation, and the road to the 70s
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Tuesday, Movie Tuesday, Quentin Tarantino, Michelangelo Antonioni, Richard Fleischer, William Wyler, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Altman

Blogs, 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
- Tags: Crime, Film, Foreign, On Video, Television, The Internet, FilmStruck, crime films, thrillers, undercover cops, Anthony Mann, T-Men, 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 Aug 9, 2015
Orson Welles's five best performances in films he didn't direct

Highlights from Orson Welles's acting career
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Film, Weekly Top Five, Orson Welles, F for Fake, the Lady From Shanghai, The Third Man, The Long Hot Summer, The Trial, Franz Kafka, Compulsion, Richard Fleischer, RoGoPaG, Pier Paolo Pasolini, La Ricotta, Moby Dick, John Huston, Jane Eyre, Robert Stevenson, Carol Reed

Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2015
The best films shot by Jack Cardiff

Highlights from the filmography of Jack Cardiff
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, Jack Cardiff, Ghost Story, John Irvin, Conan the Destoyer, Richard Fleischer, Black Narcissus, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, The Barefoot Contessa, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, The Red Shoes

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2014
The effects of hydrocodone on Richard Fleischer's Doctor Dolittle

You don't have to be on pain medication to enjoy Fleischer's bloated 1967 children's film, but you just might want to.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Moviegoing, Music Box Theatre, Richard Fleischer, Doctor Dolittle, 70-millimeter film, wide-screen cinematography, Leslie Bricusse

Blogs, Bleader Dec 25, 2013
The year in movie revivals, P through Z

The final installment of a three-part series on notable repertory screenings of 2013
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Year in Review, Film, Zardoz, revival screenings, Le Pont du Nord, Jacques Rivette, Gene Siskel Film Center, Portrait of Jason, Music Box Theatre, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Shirley Clarke, Jason Holliday, Black Cinema House, Reeling Film Festival, Cat Film Festival, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Film Archives, Joyce Wieland, Shura the 48th Ronin, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Doc Films, Pandemonium, Toshio Matsumoto, Funeral Parade of Roses, Mary Pickford, Sparrows, Christel Schmidt, Mary Pickford Queen of the Movies, Mary Patten, Tess, Roman Polanski, DCP, Richard Fleischer, The Vikings, Violent Saturday, Noir City, John Boorman, Portage Theater, Patio Theater, Floyd Webb, Top of the Heap, Christopher St. John

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2013
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The 'Scope of Fleischer's vision, and the rest of this week's movies

A preview of new and notable films playing in Chicago from August 23 to 29
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Opening, Film, The Butler, Lee Daniels, long review, Noir City: Chicago, Music Box Theatre, Richard Fleischer, Violent Saturday, CinemaScope, Austenland, Jerusha Hess, Drinking Buddies, Joe Swanberg, Paranoia, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, You're Next, Adam Wingard, Four of Hearts, Gene Siskel Film Center, Black Harvest Film Festival, Home, Destination: Planet Negro!, David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Duck You Sucker!, Sergio Leone, spaghetti westerns, Jean-Luc Godard, Vivre sa Vie, Bruce Baillie, experimental cinema, Day of Wrath, Carl Dreyer, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Patio Theater, A Useful Life, Chicago Cultural Center, Uruguayan cinema, Federico Veiroj, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 22, 2013
Width and without, part two; or, freedom is slavery?

Further thoughts on the uses (and greater purpose) of wide-screen cinematography
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Architecture, Film, Moviegoing, wide-screen cinematography, Richard Fleischer, The Vikings, Otto Preminger, Bonjour Tristesse, Miklos Jansco, The Red and the White, Louis Sullivan, Robin Wood

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2013
Discovering the wide world of Richard Fleischer

An upcoming revival of The Vikings should inspire curiosity about this versatile American filmmaker.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, History, Richard Fleischer, The Vikings, CinemaScope, Technicolor, widescreen cinematography, Mandingo, Violent Saturday, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Boston Strangler, J.R. Jones, The Narrow Margin, The Clay Pigeon, film noir, Conan the Destroyer, Red Sonja, Million Dollar Mystery, Dave Kehr, Nicholas Ray, Frank Tashlin, Patio Theater

Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2012
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Check out Adolf's newest playlist on Spotify, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Wagner & Me, Gene Siskel Film Center, Stephen Fry, Gosford Park, Richard Wagner, Adolf Hitler, Killing Them Softly, Brad Pitt, Andrew Dominik, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, Andrea Arnold, Red Road, Fish Tank, Fat Kid Rules the World, Jacob Wysocki, Terri movie, A Liar's Autobiograpy, Graham Chapman, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Shirley Clarke, The Connection, University of Chicago Doc Films, Wong Kar-wai, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love, Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle, Jean-Luc Godard, Made in U.S.A., Wim Wenders, Pina Bausch, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Psycho Alfred Hitchcock, Landmark's Century Centre, Joe Dante, Small Soldiers, Richard Fleischer, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Terror in the Aisles 13, Portage Theater Chicago; Phantasm, Dario Argento, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Chicago movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable releases in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Music Box, Richard Fleischer, The Boston Strangler, Tony Curtis, Albert DeSalvo, The Narrow Margin, Expo '67 Montreal, Martin George A. Romero, Night of the Living Dead, The Desert of Forbidden Art, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson, David Fincher, The Social Network, Hideaway Francois Ozon, 8 Women, Under the Sand, Hugh Hefner Playboy Activist and Rebel, Max Manus, Paranormal Activity 2, movies, Video

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Movie Tuesday: Hollywood during the late-60s transition

Five films that span the old studio system, the ushering in of innovation, and the road to the 70s

Undercover cops infiltrate FilmStruck this week

FilmStruck showcases undercover cop films this week, with movies by Anthony Mann and Quentin Tarantino.

Orson Welles's five best performances in films he didn't direct

Highlights from Orson Welles's acting career

The best films shot by Jack Cardiff

Highlights from the filmography of Jack Cardiff

The effects of hydrocodone on Richard Fleischer's Doctor Dolittle

You don't have to be on pain medication to enjoy Fleischer's bloated 1967 children's film, but you just might want to.

The year in movie revivals, P through Z

The final installment of a three-part series on notable repertory screenings of 2013

Video
The 'Scope of Fleischer's vision, and the rest of this week's movies

A preview of new and notable films playing in Chicago from August 23 to 29

Width and without, part two; or, freedom is slavery?

Further thoughts on the uses (and greater purpose) of wide-screen cinematography

Discovering the wide world of Richard Fleischer

An upcoming revival of The Vikings should inspire curiosity about this versatile American filmmaker.

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Check out Adolf's newest playlist on Spotify, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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Five films that span the old studio system, the ushering in of innovation, and the road to the 70s

FilmStruck showcases undercover cop films this week, with movies by Anthony Mann and Quentin Tarantino.

Highlights from Orson Welles's acting career

Highlights from the filmography of Jack Cardiff

You don't have to be on pain medication to enjoy Fleischer's bloated 1967 children's film, but you just might want to.

The final installment of a three-part series on notable repertory screenings of 2013

A preview of new and notable films playing in Chicago from August 23 to 29

Further thoughts on the uses (and greater purpose) of wide-screen cinematography

An upcoming revival of The Vikings should inspire curiosity about this versatile American filmmaker.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

New reviews and notable releases in this week's issue.

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