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Film, Movie Review Nov 20, 2018
Dovlatov and Outlaw King take pains to present the past as their audiences would prefer to see it

Two new Netflix releases show remarkable lapses in their directors’ good sense.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Dovlatov, Outlaw King, Netflix, Aleksei German Jr., Sergei Dovlatov, Soviet Union, Milan Maric, Yulia Tupinka, David Mackenzie, Robert Bruce, Chris Pine, Scotland, medieval, historical movie, biopic

Film, Movie Review Mar 15, 2018
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The Death of Stalin shines a light on Lavrenti Beria, head of the Soviet Union’s dreaded secret police.

Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, directed this wickedly funny Cold War satire.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, The Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci, Fabien Nury, Thierry Robin, Josef Stalin, Communist Party, Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, Lavrenti Beria, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin, Paddy Considine, Simon Russell Peale, Veep, The, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 6, 2018
Reagan and Gorbachev meet cute atop a pile of nukes in Blind Date

Gaping conceptual hole aside, the Goodman Theatre staging is entertaining.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Blind Date, Goodman, Reagan, Gorbachev, cold war, Rogelio Martinez, Robert Falls, George Shultz, Eduard Shevardnadze, evil empire, Edmund Morris, Thomas J. Cox, Jim Ortlieb, Steve Pickering, Deanna Dunagan, Mary Beth Fisher, William Dick, Rob Riley, Soviet Union, former Soviet Union

Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 8, 2017
Don’t celebrate the Russian Revolution

Two new art exhibits try to recast a bloody, inhumane time period in a positive light.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Art Review, Russian Revolution, 1917 Soviet revolution, Revolution Every Day, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Revolutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test, Art Institute of Chicago, Olga Chernysheva, Zachary Cahill, Mensheviks, Bolsheviks, Devin Fore, Matthew Witkovsky, Red Terror, USSR, James Rondeau, Soviet Union

Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2016
A Trump delegate born in Uzbekistan stands by her man

"When you look at a man of that stature, it makes you feel safe, protected, like he'll take care of you," Lora Drobetsky says.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: News, Politics, Donald Trump, Lora Drobetsky, Illinois primary, delegates, Republican National Convention, Ashkenazi Jews, Uzbekistan, Trump Tower, Scranton, University of Scranton, Streeterville, The Art of the Deal, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, capitalism, socialism, Soviet Union, immigration, undocumented immigrants, Muslims, Islam, CNN, Carly Fiorina, Kent Gray, seventh congressional district, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, John Kasich

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2015
Video
The story behind the first vector arcade game in 30 years, now at Logan Arcade

How three unconventional hobbyists haphazardly created a new arcade game out of dormant technology.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Arts, Technology, Whoa, VEC9, vector games, Logan Arcade, Logan Square, video games, arcades, Soviet Union, Cold War, Video

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 19, 2014
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In Russian Transport, something viral this way comes

Steppenwolf's family drama is infected by history.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Russian Transport, Steppenwolf Theatre, Erika Sheffer, Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Forever 21, Verizon, Yasen Peyankov, Tim Hopper, Mariann Mayberry, Good People, August: Osage County, Melanie Neilan, Aaron Himelstein, Ana Kuzmanic, Alan Wilder, Recommended

Film, Movie Review Jan 22, 2014
Video
In Generation War, the kids are all Reich

Music Box presents the Chicago premiere of the controversial German miniseries.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Music Box, Generation War, Philipp Kadelbach, Music Box Films, Cate Shortland, Lore, Wladyslaw Pasikowski, Aftermath, Nazi, Berlin, Hitler, Soviet Union, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Downfall, the Holocaust, Stefan Kolditz, Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Mark Waschke, Ludwig Trepte, Miriam Stein, Christiane Paul, Alina Levshin, Taduesz Filipkowski, communism, anti-Semitism, Tomasz Szarota, Associated Press, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Dec 10, 2013
In Kiev and across Ukraine, a bitter history plays out

A permanent collection at Chicago's Ukrainian National Museum sheds light on the ongoing conflict.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Ukrainian National Museum, Holodomor famine, Ukraine, Kiev, Lviv, EU, European Union, Khrystyna Bondarieva, Juliia Bukhtoiarova, Viktor Yanukovych, Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, USSR, Soviet Union, Russia, history, Holodomor, famines, genocide, John Birch Society, James Perloff, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Timothy Snyder, Ukrainians, Ukrainian identity, Chicago American, Chicago Herald & Examiner, museums, New York Times, Walter Duranty, Vladimir Putin, Russian language, protests, demonstrations, Joseph Stalin

Film, Movie Review Oct 30, 2013
The (re)making of M

Joseph Losey takes another crack at the Fritz Lang masterpiece.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Casablanca, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Hollywood, Fritz Lang, M, Joseph Losey, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Dartmouth College, Soviet Union, Clifford Odets, Waiting for Lefty, New York, Bertolt Brecht, Galileo, Charles Laughton, The Boy With Green Hair, The Prowler, Seymour Nebenzal, Third Reich, Berlin, Weimar Republic, Thea von Harbou, Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, Metropolis, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Peter Lorre, Arsenic and Old Lace, My Favorite Brunette, David Wayne, Production Code Administration, Seymour Nebenzal, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, Thomas Elsaesser

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 7, 2013
Anti-Arab bias is an easy target for satire, but Invasion! misses the mark

Anna Bahow directs Jonas Hassen Khemiri's unfocused play for Silk Road Rising.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Theater Review, Communists, Soviet Union, Arab Muslim, Arabic, Islam, Dante's Inferno, sheikhs, jihad, Shias, Sunnis, Catholics, Baptists, Arabs, Muslims, Timothy McVeigh, Anders Breivik, Invasion!, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, New York, Anna Bahow, Silk Road Rising, Asian carp

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2012
Video
Now showing: Big Miracle

John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore save the whales in a superior children's drama
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Universal Pictures, George H.W. Bush, Michael Dukakis, Beaufort Sea, Greenpeace, Soviet Union, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Tom Rose, Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World?s Greatest Non-Event, Ken Kwapis, John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Baker, Tim Blake Nelson, children’s movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2011
Video
This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Brighton Rock, Boulting brothers, Roy Boulting, John Boulting, Graham Greene, Gene Siskel Film Center, Facets Multimedia, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Rebels of the Neon God, Tsai Ming-liang, Goodbye Dragon Inn, Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, Preacher movie, Daniel Kraus, Sheriff movie, Musician movie, Professor movie, The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry, John Corbett, Peter Margasak, Disco and Atomic War, Dallas TV show, Soviet Union, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth, Earthwork movie, Stan Herd, Farmageddon, Kiss and Tell, Monga movie, The Mysterious Lady, Greta Garbo, Silent Summer Film Festival, Ode movie, Ode to Billy Joe, Kelly Reichradt, Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff, One Day movie, Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Our Idiot Brother, Paul Rudd, Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D, Robert Rodriguez, Don Siegel, Charley Varrick, Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon, White Mane, Music Box, film festivals, movies, Video

Music, Critic's Choice May 26, 2005
Alexei Borisov
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Critic's Choice, Alexei Borisov, Russia, Soviet Union, DJ, Electronic

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Dovlatov and Outlaw King take pains to present the past as their audiences would prefer to see it

Two new Netflix releases show remarkable lapses in their directors’ good sense.

Recommended
The Death of Stalin shines a light on Lavrenti Beria, head of the Soviet Union’s dreaded secret police.

Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, directed this wickedly funny Cold War satire.

Reagan and Gorbachev meet cute atop a pile of nukes in Blind Date

Gaping conceptual hole aside, the Goodman Theatre staging is entertaining.

Don’t celebrate the Russian Revolution

Two new art exhibits try to recast a bloody, inhumane time period in a positive light.

A Trump delegate born in Uzbekistan stands by her man

"When you look at a man of that stature, it makes you feel safe, protected, like he'll take care of you," Lora Drobetsky says.

Video
The story behind the first vector arcade game in 30 years, now at Logan Arcade

How three unconventional hobbyists haphazardly created a new arcade game out of dormant technology.

Recommended
In Russian Transport, something viral this way comes

Steppenwolf's family drama is infected by history.

Video
In Generation War, the kids are all Reich

Music Box presents the Chicago premiere of the controversial German miniseries.

In Kiev and across Ukraine, a bitter history plays out

A permanent collection at Chicago's Ukrainian National Museum sheds light on the ongoing conflict.

The (re)making of M

Joseph Losey takes another crack at the Fritz Lang masterpiece.

Anti-Arab bias is an easy target for satire, but Invasion! misses the mark

Anna Bahow directs Jonas Hassen Khemiri's unfocused play for Silk Road Rising.

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Now showing: Big Miracle

John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore save the whales in a superior children's drama

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This Week's Movie Action

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

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Two new Netflix releases show remarkable lapses in their directors’ good sense.

Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, directed this wickedly funny Cold War satire.

Gaping conceptual hole aside, the Goodman Theatre staging is entertaining.

Two new art exhibits try to recast a bloody, inhumane time period in a positive light.

"When you look at a man of that stature, it makes you feel safe, protected, like he'll take care of you," Lora Drobetsky says.

How three unconventional hobbyists haphazardly created a new arcade game out of dormant technology.

Steppenwolf's family drama is infected by history.

Music Box presents the Chicago premiere of the controversial German miniseries.

A permanent collection at Chicago's Ukrainian National Museum sheds light on the ongoing conflict.

Joseph Losey takes another crack at the Fritz Lang masterpiece.

Anna Bahow directs Jonas Hassen Khemiri's unfocused play for Silk Road Rising.

John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore save the whales in a superior children's drama

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

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