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Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2013
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In the case of celluloid, it's better to fade away than to burn out

How the discoloration of faded prints can add to a movie's meaning.
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Chicago Cinema Society, Patio Theater, Neil Calderone, John Cassavetes, Timothy Carey, Centennial Summer, Showboat, celluloid film, discoloration, Nashville, Robert Altman, Showboat, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Blogs, Bleader, May 2, 2013
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This weekend's must-see revival: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on 35-millimeter

John Cassavetes's personal take on the crime film screens Friday and Sunday at the Patio Theater.
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Crime, Do This, Film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Patio Theater, Chicago Cinema Society, Ray Carney, Gloria, The Godfather Part II, Sans Soleil, Fantastic Planet, Touch of Evil, Orson Welles, crime film, revival screenings, repertory screenings, Frank Capra, Aurora, Cristi Puiu, Philip Lopate, Criterion Collection, film noir, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Music Box Theatre, Doc Films

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Movies, Movie Review, Apr 3, 2013
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That old Tabu

Miguel Gomes's Portuguese drama embraces the early sound cinema of F.W. Murnau.
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Miguel Gomes, Tabu, Chicago Cinema Society, Patio Theater, F.W. Murnau, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, Bora Bora, Robert Flaherty, Tahiti, Mozambique, Lisbon, Pilar, Christmas, Rui Poças, Robinson Crusoe, Carnation Revolution, Recommended

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 28, 2013
Chicago Cinema Society brings Warriors, Fellini, and an exploding head to the Patio this spring

Previewing the local programming group's upcoming screenings at the historic northwest-side theater
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Whoa, Film, Chicago Cinema Society, Patio Theater, The Warriors, Walter Hill, The Other Side of Sleep, Vanishing Waves, 8 1/2, Miguel Gomes, Tabu, Federico Fellini, 8 1/2, Riki-Oh: The Story of Riki, Willow, European Union Film Festival

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 28, 2013
Revisiting Walter Hill's 1981 quasi-war movie Southern Comfort

The director of The Warriors has become so alien to contemporary American cinema that his movies feel new again.
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: On Video, Shots Fired, Film, Walter Hill, Southern Comfort, The Driver, The Warriors, Bullet to the Head, Doc Films, Chicago Cinema Society, Roger Ebert, Vietnam War, Johnny Handsome, Brion James, war movies, John Carpenter, Samuel Fuller, Neveldine/Taylor

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2013
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Kung fu, women behind bars, Werner Herzog, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Portage Theater Chicago, Chicago Cinema Society, Lau Kar-leung, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The Fiancee movie, Gene Siskel Film Center, Fallada The Last Chapter, Little Man What Now, Fourplay Kyle Henry, The Funny Things You Do, Future Weather, The Gatekeepers, A Good Day to Die Hard, Bruce Willis, Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, Werner Herzog, Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution, Louis Malle, Atlantic City, University of Chicago Doc Films, Leos Carax, Boy Meets Girl, Howard Hawks, El Dorado, Wong Kar-wai, Happy Together, Robert Siodmak, The Killers, Orson Welles, The Lady From Shanghai, Northbrook Public Library, Paul Leni, The Man Who Laughs, Jacques Tati Playtime, Music Box, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 16, 2012
Another Terrible experience hits town this weekend

Previewing a late-night screening of the campy antidrug drama Death Drug
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Cheese, Film, Death Drug, Paul Michael Thomas, PCP, Everything Is Terrible!, Chicago Cinema Society, Katie Rife, Logan Theatre

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Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture, Jun 20, 2012
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- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2012, Chicago Cinema Society, Alex de la Iglesia, Critics' Picks

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Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2012
Showing this week: the John Woo-produced Warriors of the Rainbow

Checking out the John Woo-produced Taiwanese action film playing (under the radar) at River East 21
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Film, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, John Woo, River East 21, Chicago Cinema Society, Neil Calderone, Last of the Mohicans, Japanese imperialism, Taiwanese history

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 18, 2012
'Round about midnight: Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale

Previewing this weekend's midnight screening of the Japanese cult favorite
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: This Will Kill You, Film, Kinji Fukasaku, Battle Royale, The Hunger Games, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Graveyard of Honor, Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill, Takeshi Kitano, Chicago Cinema Society, Logan Theater

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 30, 2012
Watching the Detective with Chicago Cinema Society

A preview of the 2011 Indian documentary The Bengali Detective, which receives its Chicago premiere this weekend
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Film, The Bengali Detective, Rajesh Ji, Philip Cox, Chicago Cinema Society, Neil Calderon, Facets Multimedia

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 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, Carl Jung, Michael Fassbender, David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method, Sigmund Freud, Viggo Mortensen, Sabina Spielrein, Keira Knightley, That Girl in Yellow Boots, Lads & Jockeys, Frederick Wiseman, The Last Circus, Alex de la Iglesias, El Crimen Perfecto, New Year's Eve, Garry Marshall, Pretty Woman, Valentine's Day, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, The Sitter movie, Jonah Hill, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, John le Carre, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Music Box, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Antonio Gaudi, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Johnny Cash Christmas Special, Delilah's, Vincente Minnelli, Meet Me in St. Louis, Northbrook Public Library, Mitchell Liesen, Remember the Night, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Santa Sangre, Chicago Cinema Society, film societies, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 13, 2011
Coming soon: Alex de la Iglesia's The Last Circus

A preview of Alex de la Iglesia's The Last Circus, which screens in Chicago this Saturday.
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, Alex de la Iglesia, The Last Circus, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Santa Sangre, Chicago Cinema Society, Portage Theater, 800 Bullets, El Crimen Perfecto, Common Wealth, Accion Mutante, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, Takashi Miike, fascism, 2010 Venice Film Festival, Anthony Mann, Spaghetti Westerns, Winchester '73

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