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Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2014
The Manxman, The Warriors, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Some recommended movies from Old Movies to Watch Now, in which Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Abraham Lincoln, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The Manxman, The Warriors, The Gang's All Here, The Scent of Green Papaya, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Blogs, Bleader Nov 27, 2013
This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Columbia professor Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (and others) about No Fear, No Die and 35 Shots of Rum

A conversation about the French filmmaker's two films about immigrant communities in France, No Fear, No Die (1990) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Poetry, Film, Claire Denis, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, Jerry & Me, 35 Shots of Rum, No Fear No Die, Alex Descas, Cockfighter, Monte Hellman, Yasujiro Ozu, Late Spring, colonialism, Jean-Claude Brialy, Frantz Fanon, John Cassavetes, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Abbas Kiarostami, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Cafe Lumiere, Five Dedicated to Ozu, Chester Himes, Jean-Luc Godard, nouvelle vague, Jacques Rivette, Isaach de Bankolé, Agnes Varda

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2013
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Wild Chicago, lost Chicago, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Wild Chicago, WTTW, Ben Hollis, John Davies, Patio Theater Chicago, Comfort Station Chicago, Chicago Film Archives, Vanishing Neighborhoods, The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney, Lance Armstrong, The Book Thief, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Museum Hours, Jem Cohen, R.E.M., Benjamin Smoke, No Time for Love, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Northern Lights, Cannes film festival, Voices of the Gods, Al Santana, Terence Malick, Days of Heaven, Gene Siskel Film Center, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Flowers of Shanghai, University of Chicago Doc Films, Todd Haynes, I'm Not There, John Cassavetes, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, F.W. Murnau, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, Gus Van Sant, To Die For, Raoul Walsh, The Thief of Bagdad, Pickwick Theater Park Ridge, Jay Warren, Jaromil Jires, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Music Box Chicago, Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler, TheGirl With the Dragon Tattoo, Polish Film Festival in America, Facets Cinematheque, Society for Arts, Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, Showtime, The Untold History of the United States, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2013
In the case of celluloid, it's better to fade away than to burn out

How the discoloration of faded prints can add to a movie's meaning.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Chicago Cinema Society, Patio Theater, Neil Calderone, John Cassavetes, Timothy Carey, Centennial Summer, Showboat, celluloid film, discoloration, Nashville, Robert Altman, Showboat, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2013
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Feeling the burn, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Ben Sachs, Pain & Gain, Michael Bay, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Persistence of Vision, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mira Nair, Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, The Big Wedding, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Hava Nagila (The Movie), Iron Man 3, Robert Downey Jr., Kon Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl, My Afghanistan: Life in the Forbidden Zone, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Lizzie Borden, Born in Flames, Gene Siskel Film Center, Haile Gerima, Bush Mama, Logan Center for the Arts, Stanley Donen, Funny Face, University of Chicago Doc Films, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, Part II, John Cassavetes, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Patio Theater Chicago, Orson Welles, The Lady From Shanghai, Touch of Evil, Music Box Chicago, Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman, Detroit Threat Management, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Beneath the Blindfold, Wellington Avenue Church of Christ, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2013
This weekend's must-see revival: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on 35-millimeter

John Cassavetes's personal take on the crime film screens Friday and Sunday at the Patio Theater.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Crime, Do This, Film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Patio Theater, Chicago Cinema Society, Ray Carney, Gloria, The Godfather Part II, Sans Soleil, Fantastic Planet, Touch of Evil, Orson Welles, crime film, revival screenings, repertory screenings, Frank Capra, Aurora, Cristi Puiu, Philip Lopate, Criterion Collection, film noir, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Music Box Theatre, Doc Films

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The Manxman, The Warriors, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Some recommended movies from Old Movies to Watch Now, in which Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Columbia professor Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (and others) about No Fear, No Die and 35 Shots of Rum

A conversation about the French filmmaker's two films about immigrant communities in France, No Fear, No Die (1990) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008)

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Wild Chicago, lost Chicago, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

In the case of celluloid, it's better to fade away than to burn out

How the discoloration of faded prints can add to a movie's meaning.

Video
Feeling the burn, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

This weekend's must-see revival: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on 35-millimeter

John Cassavetes's personal take on the crime film screens Friday and Sunday at the Patio Theater.

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The Manxman, The Warriors, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Some recommended movies from Old Movies to Watch Now, in which Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Columbia professor Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (and others) about No Fear, No Die and 35 Shots of Rum

A conversation about the French filmmaker's two films about immigrant communities in France, No Fear, No Die (1990) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008)

Video Wild Chicago, lost Chicago, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

In the case of celluloid, it's better to fade away than to burn out

How the discoloration of faded prints can add to a movie's meaning.

Video Feeling the burn, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

This weekend's must-see revival: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on 35-millimeter

John Cassavetes's personal take on the crime film screens Friday and Sunday at the Patio Theater.

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Wild Chicago, lost Chicago, and the rest of this week's screenings

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Feeling the burn, and the rest of this week's screenings