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- Blogs, The Blog, Dec 26, 2009
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Chicago Overcoat
The mob drama "Chicago Overcoat" starring Frank Vincent plays two benefit screenings Sunday 12/27 at the Beverly Arts Center.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 21, 2009
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Persécution
Love hurts for Romain Duris and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Patrice Chéreau's "Persecution," screening Wednesday 10/21 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 20, 2009
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Film Festival Announces Encore Screenings
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 20, 2009
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Film Festival Announces Award Winners
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 19, 2009
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Kanikôsen
Takiji Kobayashi's subversive novel about insurrection aboard a Japanese imperial crab fishing ship gets a film adaptation from goofy surrealist Sabu in "Kanikôsen," screening Monday 10/19 and Tuesday 10/20 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 18, 2009
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Tom Ford's Single Man
Fashion designer Tom Ford's adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's novel "A Single Man," about a grieving gay professor during the Cuban Missile Crisis, screens Monday 10/19 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 16, 2009
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Police, Adjective
"Police, Adjective," a deadpan dissection of a smalltime hashish investigation from "12:08 East of Bucharest" director Corneliu Porumboiu, screens Saturday 10/17 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 14, 2009
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Revenge
Brazilian filmmaker Paulo Pons's "Revenge," a queasy mix of erotic thriller and social criticism, screens Thursday 10/15 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 13, 2009
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The Athlete
"The Athlete," a biopic about Ethiopian gold medalist Adebe Bikila, screens 10/13 and 10/17 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 12, 2009
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New Voices From the Americas
Filmmakers from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay screening in the Chicago International Film Festival discuss their work in the free panel New Voices From the Americas Monday 10/12 at AMC River East.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 8, 2009
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Team Taliban
Benjamin Kegan's documentary "Team Taliban," about the reflections of a Muslim pro wrestler, screens Saturday 10/10 in the Chicago International Film Festival's Illinoi[s]emakers shorts program.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 8, 2009
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I don't get Lars von Trier but he makes people write interesting things
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 8, 2009
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This week's issue
- News & Commentary, Our Town, Oct 8, 2009
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The Making of a Chicago Outfit
How six recent Columbia College grads got Hollywood muscle to help them make their mob movie
- Movies, Movie Feature, Oct 8, 2009
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The Reader's Guide to the 45th Chicago International Film Festival: Week One
Selected films making their Chicago premieres at the festival through Thursday, October 15
- Blogs, The Blog, Jul 7, 2009
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Chicago winners in the Recovery grant game
Who's getting NEA Recovery Act money? Here are Chicago's winners.
- Blogs, The Blog, Jun 25, 2009
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Oscar widens the playing field
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it's doubling the number of Best Picture nominees at the 82nd Oscar awards ceremony.
- Blogs, The Blog, Mar 6, 2009
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Don't knock the rock
More notes on CIMMFest.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 29, 2008
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How good is better?
Another two weeks of film festival roulette.
- Blogs, The Blog, Oct 22, 2008
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Ripped from the headlines
Three documentaries about the news make the news.
