- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 26, 2012
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The year in review: film
Our favorite films of the year
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Ehsan Ghoreishi, the filmmaker"I knew my potential. I knew my limits. I knew that I had to work my ass off."
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Rebecca Hall, the projectionist"If it was born on celluloid and we can't get celluloid, we won’t show it."
- Movies, Movie Feature, Oct 11, 2012
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Our guide to the 48th Chicago International Film Festival
For two weeks, the world is your neighborhood
- Movies, Movie Feature, Sep 12, 2012
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Our ten best bets for fall movies
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, plus new movies from Steve James, David O. Russell, and more
- Movies, Movie Feature, Sep 12, 2012
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One to watch this fall: filmmaker Mary Fishman combats the culture of looking down on nuns
And she became a better Catholic in the process
- Movies, Movie Feature, Aug 1, 2012
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Chamber brothers
With Killer Joe, Tracy Letts and William Friedkin deliver another tale of bad people in close quarters
- Movies, Movie Feature, Feb 16, 2012
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The Reader's comprehensive-ish film review index
An index of the Chicago Reader's long reviews from 1971 to now.
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 29, 2011
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Our favorite movies of 2011
Top 10 lists from the Reader's film critics
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Christy LeMaster, the indie film maven
'I'd been dreaming for a long time of starting my own little spot where I could show experimental and emerging work'
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Charles Coleman, the celluloid adventurist
'One thing being lost is the art of conversation, of people seeing a movie and then actually having a good talk afterwards'
- Movies, Movie Feature, Oct 13, 2011
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Jonathan Rosenbaum ruminates on his 1998 'List-o-Mania'
The article that helped implement my long-standing desire to deconstruct the movie industry's received wisdom
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 6, 2011
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Our guide to the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival
Escape the ubiquity of American movies with 150 features from nearly every corner of the world
- Movies, Movie Feature, Sep 15, 2011
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Debra Tolchinsky's fast talk
Northwestern University prof's documentary explores the mile-a-minute world of college debaters
- Movies, Movie Feature, Jul 7, 2011
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The Interrupters: Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz document CeaseFire
- Movies, Movie Feature, Apr 21, 2011
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Meet Dave Kehr
A new anthology reintroduces the Reader’s first staff film critic.
- Movies, Movie Feature, Dec 9, 2010
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Winesburg, Ohio, in Chicago Heights
A Governors State prof brings the "unfilmable" classic to the screen—with a black cast and a contemporary local setting.
- Movies, Movie Feature, Nov 4, 2010
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Clive and the Club Kid
JoJo Baby met his idol—and his idol commissioned a documentary about him.
- Movies, Movie Feature, Oct 7, 2010
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On the "Local" Front
Noteworthy films by Chicagoans—and former Chicagoans—featured in CIFF's Illinois[e]makers series.
- Movies, Movie Feature, Oct 7, 2010
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Chicago International Film Festival
The Reader's guide to week one
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