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, Feb 22, 2013
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Kung fu, women behind bars, Werner Herzog, and the rest of this week's movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
by J.R. Jones
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, Feb 15, 2013
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My dad the war criminal, and the rest of this week's screenings
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Hitler's Children
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, Feb 8, 2013
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Treasure, treachery, pirates, and the rest of this week's movies
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Concrete Parlay: An Evening With Fern Silva
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Shohei Imamura
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Karayuki-San: The Making of a Prostitute
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, Feb 1, 2013
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The first knockout of 2013, and the rest of this week's movies
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by J.R. Jones
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Groundhog Day
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, Jan 18, 2013
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A neglected Chicago filmmaker gets his due, and the rest of this week's screenings
Previewing new releases and notable revival screenings playing in town between January 18 and 24
by Ben Sachs
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Gunman's Walk
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Andrew Sarris
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Jean Rouch
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Moi un Noir
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The Lion Hunters
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Raising Arizona
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Cosmopolis
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The Trouble With Harry
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Alfred Hitchcock
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Out of the Past
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Jacques Tourneur
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Zazie in the Metro
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Louis Malle
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Days of Being Wild
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Devil in a Blue Dress
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Walter Mosley
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Chicago Cultural Center
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West of Memphis
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Amy Berg
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West Memphis Three
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Bel Borba Aqui
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In Bed With Ulysses
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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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Zero Dark Thirty
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Kathryn Bigelow
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Near Dark
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Strange Days
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Any Day Now
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Music Box Theatre
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Django
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Sergio Corbucci
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Django Unchained
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Quentin Tarantino
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Spaghetti Western
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Tal Rosenberg
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J.R. Jones
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Ben Sachs
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The Flat
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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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Doc Films
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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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John Stahl
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Portage Theater
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On the Waterfront
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Elia Kazan
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, Jan 3, 2013
This winter at Doc Films: Mitchum, Wong, Coens, and more
Previewing the University of Chicago film society's winter calendar
by Ben Sachs
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Robert Mitchum
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William Wellman
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The Story of G.I. Joe
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Ernie Pyle
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1928
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King Vidor
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The Driver
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Walter Hill
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Howard Hawks
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El Dorado
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Rio Bravo
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The Patsy
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Marion Davies
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Secret Ceremony
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Joseph Losey
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The Wind
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Victor Sjostrom
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Paul Leni
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The Man Who Laughs
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University of Chicago
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Joel and Ethan Coen
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Louis Malle
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Amy Taubin
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Wong Kar-Wai
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Christopher Doyle
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Happy Together
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In the Mood for Love
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Gus Van Sant
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Psycho
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, Dec 3, 2012
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Smell-o-vision replaces television?!
How unexpected odors can enhance our experience of a film
by Ben Sachs
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, Dec 2, 2012
Weekly Top Five: Wong Kar-wai films
Top five Wong Kar-wai films
by Drew Hunt
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In the Mood For Love
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Happy Together
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The Hand
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Eros
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Days of Being Wild
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Chungking Express
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Ashes of Time Redux
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Vulgaria
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Drew Hunt's Weekly Top Five
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, Nov 30, 2012
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Check out Adolf's newest playlist on Spotify, and the rest of this week's movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
by J.R. Jones
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Wagner & Me
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Gene Siskel Film Center
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Stephen Fry
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Gosford Park
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Richard Wagner
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Adolf Hitler
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Killing Them Softly
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Brad Pitt
,
Andrew Dominik
,
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
,
Wuthering Heights
,
Emily Bronte
,
Andrea Arnold
,
Red Road
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Fish Tank
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Fat Kid Rules the World
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Jacob Wysocki
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Terri movie
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A Liar's Autobiograpy
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Graham Chapman
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Shirley Clarke
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The Connection
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University of Chicago Doc Films
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Wong Kar-wai
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Happy Together
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In the Mood for Love
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Stephen Chow
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Kung Fu Hustle
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Jean-Luc Godard
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Made in U.S.A.
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Wim Wenders
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Pina Bausch
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University of Chicago Film Studies Center
,
Psycho Alfred Hitchcock
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Landmark's Century Centre
,
Joe Dante
,
Small Soldiers
,
Richard Fleischer
,
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
,
Terror in the Aisles 13
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Portage Theater Chicago; Phantasm
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Dario Argento
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The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
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, Apr 25, 2008
Here we go again . . .
Forgetting Sarah's easy ... but what about Wong Kar-wai?
by Pat Graham
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Sex Is Comedy
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My Blueberry Nights
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