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, Jan 17, 2013
On the
Tribune
covering the
Tribune
The
Chicago Tribune
's terrific series on itself deserves book, HBO treatments.
by Michael Miner
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, Jan 16, 2013
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Life Is but a Dream
: Beyonce as Deleuze
The trailer for Beyonce's documentary disturbs, fascinates.
by Drew Hunt
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, Jul 2, 2012
This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
Dollhouse Volume 1
, Lakeview's People Play Games, and HBO's
Girls
by Allegra Kirkland
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,
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,
Girls
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Sex and the City
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
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, Jun 15, 2012
Video
What we talk about when we talk about vaginas
On anatomy and decorum
by Sam Worley
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, Apr 23, 2012
First
Girls
problems
A review of the HBO series Girls.
by Elly Fishman
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, Mar 7, 2012
Long-form journalism at short-form prices
Could the e-reader save long-form journalism?
by Steve Bogira
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, Nov 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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,
J. Edgar
,
J. Edgar Hoover
,
Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival
,
Cho Dependent
,
Margaret Cho
,
My Last Round
,
Bobby Fischer Against the World
,
HBO
,
Into the Abyss
,
Werner Herzog
,
Revenge of the Electric Car
,
Chris Paine
,
Who Killed the Electric Car?
,
The Women on the 6th Floor
,
Fabrice Luchini
,
Carmen Maura
,
Carol Reed
,
The Fallen Idol
,
Music Box
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
Red Desert
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,
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,
Rosemary's Baby
,
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,
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, Jul 14, 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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,
Kaneto Shindo
,
The Naked Island
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
Seto Inland Sea
,
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,
Errol Morris
,
Beats Rhymes & Life The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
,
Candy Darling
,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
,
Identification Marks None
,
Jerzy Skolimowski
,
A Love Affair of Sorts
,
Mother Kaneto Shindo
,
Hiroshima
,
Public Speaking
,
Martin Scorsese
,
HBO
,
Fran Lebowitz
,
Jean Vigo
,
L'Atalante
,
Portage theater
,
Northwest Chicago Film Society
,
Patricio Guzman
,
The Battle of Chile Part One The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie and The Battle of Chile Part Two The Coup D'Etat
,
Bud Abbott
,
Lou Costello
,
Buck Privates
,
Buck Privates Come Home
,
Pritzker Military Library
,
Ed Tracy
,
Rene Clair
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The Crazy Ray
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Some Like It Hot
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, Apr 22, 2011
Morning Newsfeed: Ain't Nothing But an A.G. Thing
by Alex Parker
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Snoop Dogg
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Chicago Blackhawks
,
Chicago Bulls
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Tim Robbins
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Diane Lane
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, Sep 28, 2010
9/29—Free Screening of
If These Walls Could Talk
at the Music Box
The Music Box hosts a free screening of the pro-choice drama
If These Walls Could Talk
.
by Sam Worley
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,
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,
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,
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,
If These Walls Could Talk
,
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, Jun 5, 2010
Michael Shannon, Punk Rocker
More on "I'll Die Tomorrow" star Michael Shannon's music, theater and film career.
by Ed M. Koziarski
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Music
,
Michael Shannon
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Jim Sikora
,
Corporal
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,
Revolutionary Road
,
I'll Die Tomorrow
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Pegboy
,
Jesus Lizard
,
punk
,
Viaduct Theater
,
Bruce Norris
,
Parallelogram
,
Lisa D'Amour
,
Detroit
,
Kate Arrington
,
Brooklyn
,
Hypocrites
,
Our Town
,
Lexington
,
Adam Rapp
,
Finer Noble Gases
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Lexington
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Barrow Street Theater
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Bleader
, May 26, 2010
MLB.com Alum Alex Kam Named Officer of Reader Parent Creative Loafing
CL Inc. hires Alex Kam to be its chief digital officer.
by Michael Miner
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,
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,
CL Inc.
,
Alex Kam
,
Marty Petty
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Chicago Reader
,
Washington City Paper
,
MLB.com
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ALM / Incisive Media North America
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The American Lawyer
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Dec 11, 2009
Video
Which Way Home
Rebecca Cammisa's documentary "Which Way Home," screening Friday 12/11 at Chicago Filmmakers, rides along on a train roof through Mexico with unaccompanied boys stowing away into the United States.
by Ed M. Koziarski
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Which Way Home
,
immigration
,
Mexico
,
Rebecca Cammisa
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John Malkovich
,
Sister Helen
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Helen Travis
,
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Bleader
, Aug 21, 2009
Savage Love, The TV Show
by Deanna Isaacs
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,
Media
,
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,
News
,
Clout City
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Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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, Jun 12, 2009
One woman's transcendental path to the director's chair
Kate Churchill channels her passion for yoga into directing the new documentary, Enlighten Up!
by Andrea Gronvall
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Film
,
documentary
,
Cannes film festival
,
yoga
,
The Visitor
,
Lookingglass Theatre
,
Kate Churchill
,
Enlighten Up!
,
The Arabian Nights
,
Mary Zimmerman
,
Jane Campion
,
Bright Star
,
Tom McCarthy
,
HBO
,
Game of Thrones
,
George R.R. Martin
,
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