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Helpful hints for those planning to see Pom Poko
Digging into some of the geographic and mythological references of the Studio Ghibli feature playing this week at the Gene Siskel Film Center
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Film, Studio Ghibli, Pom Poko, tanuki, Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies, Japanese folklore, Tokyo, Tama Hills, Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, Gene Siskel Film Center, yokai
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A Burning Hot Summer screens, with air conditioning
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Steven Soderbergh, Ben Sachs, Soderbergh, Che, The Informant!, The Girlfriend Experience, Contagion, Haywire, Magic Mike, A Burning Hot Summer, Philippe Garrel, Devotional Cinema, Nathaniel Dorsky, Elena movie, Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Return movie, How to Grow a Band, Chris Thile, The Jesus Trip, Neil Young Journeys, Jonathan Demme, Pom Poko, Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbors the Yamadas, Savages movie, Oliver Stone, Take This Waltz, Sarah Polley, Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front, Edgar G. Ulmer, The Black Cat, Samuel Fuller, House of Bamboo, Robert Ryan, Billy Wilder, Kiss Me Stupid, G.W. Pabst, Pandora's Box, Dennis Scott, Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away, K-Town Film Festival, Better Boys' Foundation, American Revolution 2, The Chicago Maternity Center Story, Video
