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, Jan 4, 2013
Controversy in action, and the rest of this week's movies
A rundown of Chicago film screenings for the week of January 4
by Ben Sachs
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Arnon Goldfinger
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How to Re-establish a Vodka Empire
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Gene Siskel Film Center
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Stranger Than Fiction
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Pice Check
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The Rabbi's Cat
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Sister
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Home
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Ursula Meier
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William Wellman
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The Story of G.I. Joe
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Wong Kar-Wai
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As Tears Go By
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The Walls of Jericho
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, Aug 2, 2012
Harold Pinter and the sound of silence
Harold Pinter's screenplays deepen our understanding of his work.
by Drew Hunt
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The Servant
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William Friedkin
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Killer Joe
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The Birthday Party
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, May 25, 2012
Video
Film Center presents a digital restoration of
The Gold Rush
and other notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
by J.R. Jones
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Wild River
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Ben Sachs
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Hugh Dancy
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
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The Man Who Will Come
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Wallander: The Revenge
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, May 23, 2012
On the riverfront
In Elia Kazan's
Wild River
, a federal agent tries to evict a Tennessee family from their island home
by Dave Kehr
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, Mar 18, 2011
Video
This Week's Movie Action
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
by J.R. Jones
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Mia Wasikowska
,
Alice in Wonderland
,
The Kids Are All Right
,
Jane Eyre
,
Charlotte Bronte
,
Certified Copy
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Abbas Kiarostami
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Limitless movie
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Neil Burger
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The Lucky Ones
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The Illusionist
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Paul movie
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Shaun of the Dead
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Hot Fuzz
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Music Box
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Sci-Fi Spectacular
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Mick Garris
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Critters 2: The Main Course
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Chuck Russell
,
The Blob
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Gene Siskel Film Center
,
European Union Film Festival
,
The Arbor movie
,
Andrea Dunbar
,
The First Beautiful Thing
,
Letters to Father Jacob
,
Nenette movie
,
Le Quattro Volte
,
Rabbit a la Berlin
,
The Invisible Frame
,
Berlin Wall
,
The Lincoln Lawyer
,
Matthew McConaughey
,
Monogamy movie
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Murderball
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Vidal Sassoon: The Movie
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Turner Classic Movies
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Jane Powell
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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The Kid movie
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Marc Ribot
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Dziga Vertov
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The Man With the Movie Camera
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Links Hall
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Harold Lloyd
,
Movie Crazy
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Elia Kazan
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A Streetcar Named Desire
,
Catherine Denueve
,
Roman Polanski
,
Repulsion movie
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Luis Bunuel
,
Belle de Jour
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Jacques Demy
,
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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8 Women
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, Mar 11, 2011
Video
This Week's Movie Action
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
by J.R. Jones
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Philip K. Dick
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The Adjustment Bureau
,
Of Gods and Men
,
Scheherazade Tell Me a Story
,
Battle: Los Angeles
,
Cold Weather
,
Aaron Katz
,
HappyThankYouMorePlease
,
Happy Thank You More Please
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Red Riding Hood
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Change Nothing
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Pedro Costa; Illegal movie
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Kawasaki's Rose
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The Red Chapel
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Two in the Wave
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Francois Truffaut
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Baby Doll
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Broken Blossoms
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Dennis Scott
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Sam Fuller
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I Shot Jesse James
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, Jul 20, 2010
Video
The Exploding Girl
Bradley Rust Gray's romantic microdrama "The Exploding Girl" starring Zoe Kazan has its local premiere Saturday in the Blue Whiskey Independent FIlm Festival.
by Ed M. Koziarski
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So Yong Kim
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Exploding Girl
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Coasting
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Darren & Abbey
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CNGM Pictures
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Elia Kazan
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epilepsy
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Brooklyn
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In Between Days
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Treeless Mountain
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Jack & Diane
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Mark Rendall
,
30 Days of Night
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TJ Jagodowski
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David Pasquesi
,
Alex Karpovsky
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Trust Us This Is All Made Up
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Palatine
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Being Bucky
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UW Madison
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Bucky Badger
,
Wisconsin
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Scott Smith
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John Fromstein
,
Amy S. Weber
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Annebel & Bear
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Michigan
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Todd Berger
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, Jan 28, 2010
Video
This Week's Movie Action
New movie reviews in this week's Chicago Reader.
by J.R. Jones
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,
Eileen Yaghoobian
,
Died Young Stayed Pretty
,
Merle Becker
,
American Artifact The Rise of American Rock Poster Art
,
The Chase
,
Wilco
,
Ashes of American Flags
,
Extraordinary Measures
,
Brendan Fraser
,
Harrison Ford
,
The Indian Boundary Line
,
Thomas Comerford
,
Legion
,
Steve James
,
Allen Iverson
,
No Crossover
,
Ed M. Koziarski
,
Prodigal Sons
,
John Ford
,
Rio Grande
,
University of Chicago Doc Films
,
Elia Kazan
,
A Streetcar Named Desire
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
Carol Reed
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Odd Man Out
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The Third Man
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, Jan 22, 2010
Video
This Week's Movie Action
New reviews and recommended revivals in this week's Chicago Reader.
by J.R. Jones
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,
Denzel Washington
,
The Book of Eli
,
Clair Denis
,
35 Shots of Rum
,
Gigante
,
Facets Cinematheque
,
Liverpool
,
Say My Name
,
Chicago Filmmakers
,
Tapped
,
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
,
Elia Kazan
,
Baby Doll
,
Jean-Luc Godard
,
Band of Outsiders
,
A Face in the Crowd
,
Olsen and Johnson
,
Hellzapoppin'
,
Michelangelo Antonioni
,
The Passenger
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Museum of Contemporary Art
,
Howard Hawks
,
Scarface
,
John Ford
,
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
,
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
,
University of Chicago Film Studies Center
,
Eric Rohmer
,
Video
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