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Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 9, 2015
Wyatt Cenac talks gentrification in Lincoln Park
By Kevin Warwick
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Fall Arts
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Fall Preview 2015
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Wyatt Cenac
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Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
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Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 24, 2014
Video
The inmates take over the asylum, and the rest of this week's screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Opening
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Film
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Ben Sachs
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Stonehearst Asylum
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Ben Kingsley
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Michael Caine
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Edgar Allan Poe
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The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
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Anda Korsts's Video Metropolis
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Anda Korsts
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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Michael Keaton
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The Blue Room
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Mathieu Amalric
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Creative Writing
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Dear White People
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John Wick
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Keanu Reeves
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Levitated Mass
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Listen Up Philip
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Alex Ross Perry
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The Color Wheel
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Jason Schwartzman
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Music Box Chicago
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Nagisa Oshima
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Death by Hanging
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Empire of Passion
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Gene Siskel Film Center
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Sam Raimi
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The Evil Dead
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Logan Theater Chicago
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John Carpenter Halloween
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Satyajit Ray
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Pather Panchali
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University of Chicago Doc Films
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Avi Nesher Secrets
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Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
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Errol Morris
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Standard Operating Procedure
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Akira Kurosawa
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Throne of Blood
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Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
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Chicago International Children's Film Festival
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Facets Cinematheque
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Fatal Frame: Avant-Garde Horror on 16mm
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South Side Projections
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Robert Downey Sr.
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Putney Swope
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Black Cinema House
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Wyatt Cenac
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Lav Diaz
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Norte the End of History
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University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts
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film festivals
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movies
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Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 23, 2014
Wyatt Cenac brings a little Brooklyn to Chicago
The comedian and former Daily Show correspondent talks about his new special, puppets, and joking about tragedy.
By Danette Chavez
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Small Screen
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Wyatt Cenac
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Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
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Netflix
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The Daily Show
Blogs
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Bleader
May 28, 2014
Kurt Braunohler jet-skis from Chicago to New Orleans
The comedian takes to the water to raise money for Heifer International and film a new web series.
By Brianna Wellen
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Arts
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Small Screen
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Comedy
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Kurt Braunohler
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Heifer International
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Navy Pier
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Comedy Central
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Roustabout
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jet ski
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Wyatt Cenac
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Candy Lawrence
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Rahm Emanuel
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IndieGoGo
Film
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Movie Critic's Choice
Aug 29, 2012
Sleepwalk With Me
considers romance from A to Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z
Mike Birbiglia stars as a man juggling love and a sleep disorder
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Movie Critic's Choice
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Mike Birbiglia
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Seth Barrish
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comedy
,
sleep disorder
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Lauren Ambrose
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Marc Maron
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Kristen Schall
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Wyatt Cenac
,
David Wain
Arts & Culture
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Comedy Critic's Choice
Jan 12, 2012
Talking weather, Robyn, and child porn
A conversation with
The Daily Show
's Wyatt Cenac
By Asher Klein
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Comedy Critic's Choice
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Wyatt Cenac
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The Daily Show
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comedy
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Pitchfork
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Robyn
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Jeffrey Jones
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Central Park
Music
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Music Sidebar
Jan 12, 2012
Tomorrow Never Knows
Free trolleys, stand-up comedy, and lots of music—from the Walkmen to Willis Earl Beal
By Luca Cimarusti
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Music Sidebar
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Tomorrow Never Knows
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Tycho
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Active Child
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Theophilus London
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Grouplove
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Two Gallants
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Plants & Animals
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Gauntlet Hair
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Chairlift
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Class Actress
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Willis Earl Beal
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White Mystery
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Mannequin Men
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Nadastron
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Walkmen
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Hannibal Buress
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Todd Barry
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Wyatt Cenac
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Numero Group
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Jon Langford
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Craig Richards
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Mister Saturday Night
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Plastic Plates
Music
,
Music Sidebar
Jan 5, 2012
Tomorrow Never Knows
From Glass Candy to Theophilus London, now with stand-up comedy
By Luca Cimarusti
Tags:
Music Sidebar
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Tomorrow Never Knows
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Hannibal Buress
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Todd Barry
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Wyatt Cenac
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Com Truise
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Dom
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Lazer Crystal
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Chandeliers
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Glass Candy
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Chromatics
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Desire
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Mister Joshua
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Plants & Animals
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Gauntlet Hair
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Charilift
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Willis Earl Beal
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Polica
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Caveman
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White Mystery
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Tycho
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Theophilus London
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Grouplove
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Active Child
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Two Gallants
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Moombahton Massacre
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Walkmen
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Numero Group
,
Jon Langford
,
Craig Richards
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Mister Saturday Night
,
Plastic Plates
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 16, 2010
Split Screen
Comedy vs. Europop
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Robyn
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Wyatt Cenac
,
Pitchfork Music Festival
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