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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 14, 2013
Attending a program of animated shorts with a room full of small children

First impressions of first impressions
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Dim the Lights, Moviegoing, Film, Facets Cinematheque, children's animation, first steps, A Bear Is Coming, Janis Cimermanis, Ben Sachs on moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 7, 2013
Lawrence of Arabia versus Tess: Looking up and looking around

Comparing two historical epics to have recently screened in new DCP restorations
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Roman Polanski, Tess, DCP restoration, Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean, Gene Siskel Film Center, Music Box Theatre, skyscrapers, Panavision, Ben Sachs on Moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 17, 2012
Movies for your ears, 2012 edition

Why so much movie music disappoints when compared to Scott Walker's cinematic new album Bish Bosch
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Music, Scott Walker, Bish Bosch, The Drift, Scott 4, The Seventh Seal, music in movies, headphone albums, David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook, Led Zeppelin, What Is and What Should Never Be, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, SDS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter), Louis B. Mayer, Pitchfork, The Master, Hors Satan, Ben Sachs on moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 10, 2012
What makes for a good introduction to a film screening?

They make you want to see more
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Dim the Lights, Moviegoing, LGBT, Film, Moviegoing, introductions, Fred Camper, avant-garde cinema, Gene Siskel Film Center, Some Came Running, Rebel Without a Cause, mise-en-scene, Vincente Minnelli, Rob Christopher, Queue Tips, David Kodeski, Back Street, Susan Hayward, gay subtext, Shaft, "hand acting", Ben Sachs on moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 3, 2012
Smell-o-vision replaces television?!

How unexpected odors can enhance our experience of a film
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Gross, Poverty, Moviegoing, Film, Ben Sachs on Moviegoing, Gene Siskel Film Center, School of the Art Institute, Happy Together, Wong Kar-wai, The New World, Terrence Malick, sense of smell, memory, homelessness, Wedding Crashers

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 26, 2012
Tron, in 70-millimeter and in your head

Revisiting the pioneering effects of Disney's 1982 sci-fi film
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Visual Art, Tron, 70-millimeter, Music Box Theatre, Ben Sachs on moviegoing, CGI, special effects, Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 19, 2012
Thinking inside the box; or, Academy fight song

Thinking about the 1.37:1 aspect ratio after attending a revival of Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Academy ratio, aspect ratios, Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park, close-ups, Winter Light, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, The Artist, Ben Sachs on moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 12, 2012
It's a clown's world in Holy Motors, Life Without Principle, and Pierre Étaix

Reconsidering the clownish antics of three works in light of the latest Trap Door Theatre production
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Theater, Moviegoing, Film, Ben Sachs on Moviegoing, clowning, Pierre Étaix, Yoyo, Denis Lavant, Holy Motors, Leos Carax, Music Box Theatre, Gene Siskel Film Center, Life Without Principle, Johnnie To, Lau Ching-wan, Trap Door Theatre, The Arsonists, Victor Quezada-Perez

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 5, 2012
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For better and for whirrs

A few thoughts on the sound of 16-millimeter projectors
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, Ben Sachs on Moviegoing, Jim Trainor, The Fetishist, Roots and Culture Gallery, 16-millimeter film, film projectors, Holy Motors, Leos Carax, Jean-Luc Godard, Film Socialisme, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 29, 2012
In praise of expressive chins

How an anatomy lesson from Grandma helped me appreciate two current releases
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Things I Love, Arts, Moviegoing, Film, The Master, Smashed, Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Smashed, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Days of Wine and Roses, Lee Remick, Jack Lemmon, anatomy lessons, life drawing, Ben Sachs on moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 22, 2012
My favorite third of a mile

Why I appreciate the 15-minute walk between Stony Island Avenue and Ida Noyes Hall
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Things I Love, Transportation, Moviegoing, Film, Doc Films, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Chicago International Film Festival, Ben Sachs on moviegoing, Tom Tom the Piper's Son

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 15, 2012
A film festival audience goes to Paradise

Observations on the first Chicago screening of Austrian director Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Art House, Moviegoing, Film, Ulrich Seidl, Paradise: Love, Chicago International Film Festival, Lee Daniels, The Paperboy, film festivals, Ben Sachs on moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 8, 2012
The Shining at midnight: am I Blu?

Thoughts on a recent midnight show at the Logan Theater
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Paranormal, Neighborhoods, Moviegoing, Film, The Shining, Stanley Kubrick, The Logan Theater, Logan Square, Comfort Station, midnight movies, BluRay, digital projection, nostalgia, Jack Nicholson, Overlook Hotel, Ben Sachs on moviegoing

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 1, 2012
The Master and In the Family: Two challenges, two victories

Comparing two recent U.S. releases as theatrical experiences
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Whoa, Moviegoing, Film, Ben Sachs on Moviegoing, In the Family, Patrick Wang, Facets Multimedia, The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Tropical Malady, Aleksei Guerman, Twenty Days Without War, My Friend Ivan Lapshin, Gene Siskel Film Center, digital cinema, Side by Side, J.R. Jones, Roger Ebert

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