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- Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2018
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival about witches
Kristen Sollée explained our current witchy moment, with detours into mythology, theology, and Bewitched.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2018
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Warped for life by Fanny and Alexander
Moral of story: do not take your impressionable young teenager to see a Bergman film.
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2018
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Chicago police ‘satanic panic’ document from the 80s goes viral
What was billed as a relic from the "satanic panic" hysteria of the 80s was retweeted 7,000 times over the weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2018
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How to meet and greet little green men
In 1989, a group of scientists united to establish protocol should aliens come a'knocking.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2018
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Definitive proof (?) that the 13th of each month will most likely fall on a Friday
According to a proof by a Reader writer, Friday the 13th arrives more often than you'd think.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2018
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Discover the erotic, macabre world of French director Jean Rollin
The Music Box will screen three films by the cult favorite in March.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2018
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The new horror film Winchester is a missed opportunity
The Spierig brothers' latest is a major disappointment after Predestination
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2017
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The Mothman cometh? My friend thinks he may have encountered Chicago’s new monster
My friend Jeff saw something big flying over Lake Street this summer. Was it the Chicago Mothman?
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2017
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Happy Death Day isn’t just a horror movie, it’s a kids’ movie
The latest from Blumhouse Productions is surefire hit with teen and preteen viewers.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2017
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This year’s edition of Music Box of Horrors isn’t just for horror buffs
The annual 24-hour marathon of spooky movies returns with an impressive lineup.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2017
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The new horror film Friend Request fails to address what’s truly scary about social media
This dumb genre item misses a wide-open opportunity to issue a social critique.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2017
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The mysterious case of the Chicago Reader ‘time machine’
A newspaper box stocked with decades-old Reader issues recently turned up on the north side. Who's behind this phantasmagorical contraption?
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2017
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The new It is an R-rated Disney movie
A new adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 novel is a shrewd mix of nostalgia and horror.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 5, 2017
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind remains an uncanny mix of globalist optimism and private horror
The 1977 sci-fi spectacle, currently in rerelease, is one of Steven Spielberg's most personal films.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2017
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There's been a record number of flying humanoid sightings over Chicago this year
But there's absolutely nothing to worry about!
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2017
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RIP George A. Romero, whose Martin remains a masterpiece of independent filmmaking
Revisiting the 1978 vampire movie in the wake of its director's passing.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2017
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Thanks to Chicago Cinema Society, a rare print of Dario Argento’s Suspiria is touring the nation
The local programming group is also handling distribution for the sci-fi cult classic Liquid Sky.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2017
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A Ghost Story is a haunting film about haunting
Writer-director David Lowery's meditative third feature opens in Chicago today.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2017
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Is The Book of Henry really that bad?
At least Colin Trevorrow and Greg Hurwitz's film is an interesting failure.
- Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2017
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Catch the magic-in-crimeland tale Sleight before it disappears from theaters
Director JD Dillard's feature debut is a smart and tender low-budget thriller.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2017
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The Japanese animated feature Your Name is far prettier—and weirder—than any American blockbuster
Makato Shinkai's movie is the body-swapping romance-cum-disaster film you didn't realize you were waiting for.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
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Enjoyed Get Out? Try The Belko Experiment and Raw.
Two new horror films are just as acute pieces of social commentary as Jordan Peele's film.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2017
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The horrors—real and imagined—of a weekend in Trump’s southern Illinois
Southern Illinois feels like a horror movie—and even more so under Trump, who pandered to rural areas for their votes.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2017
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If you love Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Music Box has a night for you
Hogwarts-themed festivities begin in the lounge at 10 PM on February 3 and February 4.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2016
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The finest costumes at the the Chicago Athletic Hotel's Halloween party
Street View, featuring partygoers at the Chicago Athletic Hotel Halloween bash
