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Movies, Movie Review, Nov 17, 2011
Death and Texas

Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss and Kartemquin Films' At the Death House Door look at capital punishment in the Lone Star State.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Into the Abyss, At the Death House Door, Werner Herzog, Steve James, Peter Gilbert, Rick Perry, Kartemquin Films, executions, capital punishment, Huntsville, Texas, Carlos De Luna, Michael James Perry

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 3, 2011
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This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Stephen Cone, The Wise Kids, Music Box, Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, In Memoriam, Gene Siskel Film Center, Polish Film Festival in America, Rosemont 18, In Darkness, Agnieszka Holland, The Secret Garden, Europa Europa, Facets Cinematheque, Pickwick, Chicago International Film Festival, Le Havre, Aki Kaurismaki, Like Crazy, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, The Double, Richard Gere, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Tower Heist, Brett Ratner, Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Urbanized, Gary Hustwit, Helvetica, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Ray Boulting, John Boulting, Brighton Rock, Graham Greene, Music Box, Sidney Lumet, Dog Day Afternoon, Doc Films; Zhao Dayong, Ghost Town, Ricky Gervais, Frank Tashlin, The Girl Can't Help It, Portage, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Steve James, Hoop Dreams, film festivals, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 11, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Film Noir Foundation, Egyptian Theater, Noir City Chicago 3, Music Box, Brute Force, Burt Lancaster, Sorry Wrong Number, Barbara Stanwyck, Deadline USA, Humphrey Bogart, The Dark Mirror, Olivia De Havilland, The Blue Dahlia, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Loophole movie, Larceny movie, Andrea Gronvall, The Interrupters, Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, Gene Siskel Film Center, Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, Yelling to the Sky, Gabourey Sidibe, Precious movie, Autumn Execution, Lee Hsing, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Detroit Wild City, The Help movie, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, Sleep Furiously, Wales, 30 Minutes or Less, Reuben Fleischer, Zombieland, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network, Aziz Ansari, Funny People, The Whistleblower, Rachel Weisz, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Robert Wiene, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, University of Chicago Doc Films, Samuel Fuller, I Shot Jesse James, The Steel Helmet, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, F.W. Murnau, Sunrise movie, Sunrise Murnau, Silent Film Society of Chicago, Jay Warren, film festivals, movies, Video

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Movies, Movie Review, Aug 11, 2011
Movie Review: The Interrupters

Filmmaker Steve James and author Alex Kotlowitz team up for a documentary about short-circuiting street violence
- by Andrea Gronvall
- Tags: Movie Review, The Interrupters, Steve James, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Alex Kotlowitz, Hoop Dreams, There Are No Children Here

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Movies, Movie Feature, Jul 7, 2011
The Interrupters: Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz document CeaseFire
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Movie Feature, Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, CeaseFire, Tio Hardiman, The Interrupters, Cobe Williams, Eddie Bocanegra, Ameena Matthews, Hoop Dreams

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 19, 2011
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The Interrupters

Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz tail former gang members addressing urban violence as a public health crisis in the Kartemquin Films documentary "The Interrupters," premiering Friday 1/21 at the Sundance Film Festival.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Jeff Fort, Ameena Matthews, CeaseFire, Interrupters, Sundance, film festival, Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, Kartemquin, documentary, Hoop Dreams, There Are No Children Here, Black P. Stones, El Rukns, gang, violence, AIDS, cholera, epidemic, urban, Gary Slutkin, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2010
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The Interview Show: Homaro Cantu, Ben Roche, Jonathan Eig, and Yuri Lane

The lineup for tonight's edition of the Interview Show, plus Steve James talking Allen Iverson.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Food & Drink, Food, Mark Bazer, The Interview Show, Hideout, Homaro Cantu, Jonathan Eig, Yuri Lane, Steve James, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, 30 for 30, Straight Outta LA, Ice Cube, John Scheinfeld, We Believe: The Movie, Ben Roche, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 2, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 4/2

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Visual Art, Food & Drink, Food, The Chicago Aldermen Project, 50 Aldermen/50 Artists, Johalla Projects, The Bluebird, Daniel Everett, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA, New Artists/New Work, Silver Spoon, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer, Steve James, No Crossover, Kid Sister, The Southern, High on Fire, Lincoln Hall, Kith & Kin, Dillinger Escape Plan, South Coast, Mid-August Lunch, Music Box, Deleece

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 1, 2010
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Toni Preckwinkle on The Interview Show; Next Up, Steve James & Kid Sister

Mark Bazer's latest lineup of local luminaries.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, The Interview Show, Steve James, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, Landmark's Century Centre, Brian Dickie, Chicago Opera Theater, COT, Frederica von Stade, Laura On Laura, Barrel of Monkeys, Laura Grey, Laura McKenzie, Toni Preckwinkle, Hideout, Prisoner of Her Past, late-onset PTSD, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 23, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 2/23

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Books, Basia Bulat, Schubas, Julius Meinl, Masters of Persian Music, Symphony Center, Trattoria No. 10, 30% Chance of Hailey, iO, Cullen's Bar & Grill, Where the Arts Meet, Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James, Bistro Bordeaux, Martha Nussbaum, Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen, Thaw: A Night of Hot Winter Ballyhoo, Links Hall, Coalfire

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 31, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 1/31

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Michael Attias, Magda Mayas, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Dana Jessen, Hungry Brain, El Tinajon, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, Steve James, Gene Siskel Film Center, Xoco, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Chilam Balam, the Vic, Rhinoceros Theater Festival, RhinoFest, Prop Thtr, Kuma's Corner

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 28, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New movie reviews in this week's Chicago Reader.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, 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, Odd Man Out, The Third Man, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 28, 2010
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Typeface

Kartemquin executive director Justine Nagan's "Typeface" premieres Friday 1/29 in the Gene Siskel Film Center's Stranger Than Fiction documentary series.
- by Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Visual Art, Sports, Kartemquin, Typeface, Viva la Causa, Justine Nagan, letter press, typography, craft, printing, mural, Mexican American, Chicago, documentary, Stranger Than Fiction, Gene Siskel, Film Center, Steve James, Allen Iverson, No Crossover, Trial, Hoop Dreams, Teena Webb, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Hamilton Wood Type Museum, Video

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