- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 15, 2013
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Further discoveries in the criminal files of Claude Sautet
Revisiting the 1976 drama Mado in light of the current release of Sautet's Max et les Ferrailleurs (1971)
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 13, 2013
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Weekly Top Five: Roman Polanski films
The best of the controversial Polish director, whose 1979 film Tess screens in a digital print at the Siskel Center this week
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 8, 2013
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Strategic film command, past and present
Considering how U.S. government agencies have interacted with Hollywood in the 50s and today
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 4, 2012
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John Ford's long-lost Upstream returns to Chicago tomorrow
Previewing the recently rediscovered backstage comedy by one of America's greatest filmmakers
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 4, 2012
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An eight-minute 54-second master class by Ettore Scola
A short film by Ettore Scola
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 11, 2012
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That's entertainment: Buster Keaton's The General
Buster Keaton's The General is perfect entertainment
- Blogs, Bleader, May 29, 2012
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Feeling ambivalent about Polisse . . . for now
Feeling ambivalent about the recent French drama Polisse. But how will I feel in three decades?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 9, 2012
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The films of Mikio Naruse and Hideko Takamine
An interview with Doc Films programmer Edo Choi about the current Mikio Naruse/Hideko Takamine series.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 22, 2011
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Coming soon: "Hitchcock for the Holidays"
A preview of the Music Box Theatre's "Hitchcock for the Holidays" film series.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 1, 2011
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Now playing: Afraid to Talk
Afraid to Talk, playing Friday at Northwestern's Block Museum of Art.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 22, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action
This week's movie action: the Music Box's Chicago French Film Festival and Summer Music Film Festival, Terri, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, May 23, 2011
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Editing Bordwell and Kehr
Rodney Powell of University of Chicago Press details the publication of new books by Dave Kehr and David Bordwell.
- Movies, Movie Feature, Apr 21, 2011
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Meet Dave Kehr
A new anthology reintroduces the Reader’s first staff film critic.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 18, 2011
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One Life, Lived
My brother, the soap opera villain
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 12, 2010
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Romantic Advice From Martin Scorsese
Jean Arthur and Charles Boyer star in Frank Borzage's History Is Made at Night on Saturday night at Bank of America Cinema.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 11, 2010
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The Woman on the Right and the Godfather of King Drive
Two great Reader stories inspired by Numero Group releases
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 10, 2008
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What's old: Lola Montes
The restored version of Max Ophuls's masterpiece Lola Montes (1955) screens this week at Music Box.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 27, 2008
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What's Old: History Is Made at Night
Frank Borzage's History Is Made at Night screens tonight at Doc Films.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 16, 2008
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A passage to India
The silent Indian drama A Throw of Dice screens at Grant Park Music Festival with live performance of a new orchestral score.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 7, 2008
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The legend of Charlton Heston
For some legends, like Charlton Heston, talent is optional.
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