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Film, Movie Feature Dec 4, 2018
Ashley Cooper’s "American Ego" series at Filmfront looks at movie history with fresh eyes

Old films show how people lived, and how they lived more or less like us.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Movie Feature, Ashley Cooper, American Ego, Filmfront, storefront cinema, microcinema, Pilsen, Turner Classic Movies, Chicago Fire, Shock Corridor, Malia Haines-Stewart, Alan Medina, Rudy Medina, Alyx Christensen, Gilberto Perez, Sweet Smell of Success, A Face in the Crowd, Baby Face, All About Eve, movie history, old Hollywood, Robert Osborne

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 Sep 1, 2015
A second printing for Reader film critic J.R. Jones's book on Robert Ryan

Having nearly sold out, The Lives of Robert Ryan gets a second pressing.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Books, Media, News, Arts, Film, Robert Ryan, The Lives of Robert Ryan, J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader, Cheyney Ryan, Lisa Ryan, Wesleyan University Press, Music Box Theatre, Noir City: Chicago, The Racket, Stephanie Elliott, Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, Anthology Film Archives, Turner Classic Movies, New York Times, Associated Press, Douglass K. Daniel, Wall Street Journal, Peter Tonguette, Film Comment, Sight & Sound, Library Journal

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2012
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Tippi Hedren, the lion queen

Tippi Hedren appears at Music Box for a special screening of Hitchcock's The Birds
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Politics, Music Box, The Road to Hollywood, Turner Classic Movies, Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Mankiewicz, Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, Something Wild, Grace Kelly, Rear Window, Eva Marie Saint, North by Northwest, Donald Spoto, The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock, Shambala Preserve, The Elephant in the Living Room, Tim Harrison, Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act, film festivals, classic films, wild animals, animal abuse, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2012
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How the sausage is made (ugh)

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Do This, Film, Ben Sachs, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenn, The Kid With a Bike, Juvenile Court, Frederick Wiseman, Crazy Horse movie, European Union Film Festival, Giorgos Lanthimos, Dogtooth, Hors Satan, Bruno Dumont, The Life of Jesus, Twentynine Palms, The Fairy movie, Bruno Romy, Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, Rumba movie, Delicacy movie, Audrey Tautou, The Hunger Games, Nancy Kates, Bennett Singer, Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, Chicago Cultural Center, Anthony Mann, Man of the West, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Jacques Perrin, Winged Migration, Alliance Francais, Stephen Cone, The Wise Kids, Evanston Public Library, Douglas Sirk, Written on the Wind, Music Box, Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds movie, Turner Classic Movies, Tippi Hedren, Ben Mankiewicz, Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, The Room Wiseau, Facets Cinematheque, Vaclav Havel, Citizen Havel, Jerome McDonnell, Northwestern University, Benjamin Frommer, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are All Right, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, Certified Copy, Abbas Kiarostami, Limitless movie, Neil Burger, The Lucky Ones, The Illusionist, Paul movie, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Music Box, Sci-Fi Spectacular, Mick Garris, Critters 2: The Main Course, Chuck Russell, The Blob, Gene Siskel Film Center, European Union Film Festival, The Arbor movie, Andrea Dunbar, The First Beautiful Thing, Letters to Father Jacob, Nenette movie, Le Quattro Volte, Rabbit a la Berlin, The Invisible Frame, Berlin Wall, The Lincoln Lawyer, Matthew McConaughey, Monogamy movie, Murderball, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, Turner Classic Movies, Robert Osborne, Jane Powell, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Terrence Malick, Badlands movie, Jim Trainor, Charles Chaplin, The Kid movie, Mayne Stage, Marc Ribot, Dziga Vertov, The Man With the Movie Camera, Links Hall, Harold Lloyd, Movie Crazy, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Portage, Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire, Catherine Denueve, Roman Polanski, Repulsion movie, Luis Bunuel, Belle de Jour, Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Francois Ozon, 8 Women, Francois Truffaut, The Last Metro, Potiche, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2010
Dave Brubeck Turns 90

Turner Classic Movies airs a new documentary about jazz pianist Dave Brubeck on his 90th birthday.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, jazz, Turner Classic Movies, Time Out, Take Five, Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way, Bruce Riker

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2010
Robert Osborne at the Music Box

Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne and actor Eva Marie Saint appear at the Music Box on March 30 to introduce a screening of North by Northwest.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Swag, Turner Classic Movies, Classic Film Festival, Robert Osborne, Eva Marie Saint, Music Box, Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest, film festivals, movies

Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2009
Greene energy

TCM presents a marathon of Graham Greene adaptations.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Movies, Turner Classic Movies, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, The Fallen Idol, The Quiet American, The End of the Affair, The Third Man, British novelists, movies adapted from novels

Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2008
Don't touch that dial

Early films by Charles Burnett screen tonight on Turner Classic Movies.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Movies, Turner Classic Movies, Charles Burnett, Los Angeles, Robert Osborne, Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, When It Rains, Watts, African-American directors

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2007
Seek and you may find . . .

Can't find what you're looking for on DVD? Maybe Turner Classic Movies has the answer.
- By Pat Graham
- Tags: Film, Suggest a Movie, Turner Classic Movies, Clark Theater, Allison Hayes

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Ashley Cooper’s "American Ego" series at Filmfront looks at movie history with fresh eyes

Old films show how people lived, and how they lived more or less like us.

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.

A second printing for Reader film critic J.R. Jones's book on Robert Ryan

Having nearly sold out, The Lives of Robert Ryan gets a second pressing.

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Tippi Hedren, the lion queen

Tippi Hedren appears at Music Box for a special screening of Hitchcock's The Birds

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How the sausage is made (ugh)

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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This Week's Movie Action

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

Dave Brubeck Turns 90

Turner Classic Movies airs a new documentary about jazz pianist Dave Brubeck on his 90th birthday.

Robert Osborne at the Music Box

Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne and actor Eva Marie Saint appear at the Music Box on March 30 to introduce a screening of North by Northwest.

Greene energy

TCM presents a marathon of Graham Greene adaptations.

Don't touch that dial

Early films by Charles Burnett screen tonight on Turner Classic Movies.

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Old films show how people lived, and how they lived more or less like us.

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

Having nearly sold out, The Lives of Robert Ryan gets a second pressing.

Tippi Hedren appears at Music Box for a special screening of Hitchcock's The Birds

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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

Turner Classic Movies airs a new documentary about jazz pianist Dave Brubeck on his 90th birthday.

Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne and actor Eva Marie Saint appear at the Music Box on March 30 to introduce a screening of North by Northwest.

TCM presents a marathon of Graham Greene adaptations.

Early films by Charles Burnett screen tonight on Turner Classic Movies.

Can't find what you're looking for on DVD? Maybe Turner Classic Movies has the answer.

Other Searches