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, Feb 25, 2013
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This week in 70-millimeter: Sweating the small stuff
When fleeting details in movies seem like the product of a grand design
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, Feb 18, 2013
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Getting big eyes for 70-millimeter film
Are audiences more excited to watch a movie if they're unfamiliar with the technology it employs?
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, Feb 14, 2013
Music Box 70mm Film Festival
Two weeks of revivals in the high-definition format
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, Dec 28, 2012
Thomas Mann, film critic
What might the author of
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, Dec 27, 2012
My favorite films of 2012
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, Dec 19, 2012
Best comedy of 2012
Best of 2012 Countdown: Comedy
by J.R. Jones
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, Dec 17, 2012
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Movies for your ears, 2012 edition
Why so much movie music disappoints when compared to Scott Walker's cinematic new album
Bish Bosch
by Ben Sachs
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, Oct 29, 2012
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In praise of expressive chins
How an anatomy lesson from Grandma helped me appreciate two current releases
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, Oct 5, 2012
Aleksei Guerman and the art of time travel
Previewing the Siskel Center's retrospective of the great Russian director, which begins tomorrow with
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
and
Twenty Days Without War
by Ben Sachs
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, Oct 1, 2012
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The Master
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In the Family
: Two challenges, two victories
Comparing two recent U.S. releases as theatrical experiences
by Ben Sachs
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, Aug 17, 2012
Viva La Celluloid!:
The Master
in 70-millimeter
Viva La Celluloid!:
The Master
in 70-millimeter
by Drew Hunt
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, Aug 17, 2012
Coming not so soon:
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson's take on the Church of Scientology, which previewed at the Music Box Thursday night
by J.R. Jones
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Time Out Chicago
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L. Ron Hubbard
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Daniel Day Lewis
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