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Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture, Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Under-the-Radar Programming

East Asian Imports at AMC River East 21
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2012, River East 21, Asian cinema, Ann Hui, Critics' Picks

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Blogs, Bleader, May 25, 2012
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Film Center presents a digital restoration of The Gold Rush and other notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Gene Siskel Film Center, Charles Chaplin, The Gold Rush, Elia Kazan, Wild River, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Battleship movie, Ben Sachs, Hick movie, Chloe Grace Moretz, Hysteria movie, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Man Who Will Come, Marzabotto, Men in Black 3, Polisse movie, Wallander: The Revenge, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve, Northbrook Public Library, Peter Jackson, Dead Alive, Music Box, Steven Spielberg, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, Lee Chang-dong, Poetry movie, Doc Films, Josef von Sternberg, The Scarlet Empress, Claire Denis, 35 Shots of Rum, Block Museum of Art, River East 21, Crown Village 18, Pixar, Ratatouille movie, Up movie, WALL-E, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2012
Showing this week: the John Woo-produced Warriors of the Rainbow

Checking out the John Woo-produced Taiwanese action film playing (under the radar) at River East 21
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Film, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, John Woo, River East 21, Chicago Cinema Society, Neil Calderone, Last of the Mohicans, Japanese imperialism, Taiwanese history

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Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2012
Three questions for Ann Hui's A Simple Life

Starting to figure out the deceptively simple Hong Kong drama
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, A Simple Life, Ann Hui, Andy Lau, Deannie Ip, River East 21, Hong Kong cinema, aging, nursing homes

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Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2012
The most important movie in Chicago no one knows about

What a pleasant surprise: River East is showing a movie by Ann Hui, one of the great Hong Kong filmmakers!
- by Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Film, Ann Hui, A Simple Life, River East 21, Andy Lau, Song of the Exile, God of Killers, Deannie Yip, Venice Film Festival, Facets Multimedia, Odd Obsession Movies

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2011
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Best of 2011, number 9: Beautiful Boy

J.R. Jones on Beautiful Boy, his number 9 movie of 2011.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Beautiful Boy movie, Shawn Ku, Maria Bello, Michael Sheen, River East 21, Zero Day, Gene Siskel Film Center, Virginia Tech massacre, Gabrielle Giffords, National Rifle Association, shooting massacres, gun violence, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 8, 2011
The Other Guys

Martin Sheen will be honored by the Chicago International Film Festival on August 19.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Martin Sheen, Chicago International Film Festival, River East 21, Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Bill Kurtis, The Way, Emilio Estevez, galas, movies

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 17, 2011
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Last Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Beautiful Boy, River East 21, The Art of Getting By, A Beginner's Guide to Endings, Harvey Keitel, J.K. Simmons, Scott Caan, Jason Jones, The Daily Show With John Stewart, Dying to Do Letterman, The First Beautiful Thing, Green Lantern, DC Comics, How to Live Forever, Mark Wexler, Tell Them Who You Are, Just Like Us, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Jim Carrey, My Perestroika, Phunny Business: A Black Comedy, All Jokes Aside, Le Quattro Volte, Michelangelo Frammartino, Sentiment Frantisek Vlacil, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Trip movie, Michael Winterbottom, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Charles Chaplin, The Gold Rush, Limelight movie, Todd Haynes Poison, Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival, Facets Cinematheque, film festivals, movies, Video

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Movies, Movie Review, Jun 9, 2011
Beautiful Boy: my son, my son, what have ye done?
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Beautiful Boy, Maria Bello, Michael Sheen, Shawn Ku, River East 21

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 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, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Battle for Brooklyn, Prospect Heights, Profane movie, Usama Alshaibi, Snow on tha Bluff, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, The Green Wave, 12 Angry Lebanese, Reginald Rose, 12 Angry Men, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life, Days of Heaven, Palm D'Or, Cannes film festival, River East 21, Century 12 and CineArts 6, L'Amour Fou, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Berg, X-Men: First Class, George Lucas, American Graffiti, Doc Films, Budd Boetticher, Comanche Station, Portage theater, Howard Hawks, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, William Castle, House on Haunted Hill, The Screaming Skull, Shock Theater, Wicker Park Arts Center, Lionel Rogosin, On the Bowery, film festivals, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 6, 2011
David Schwimmer to introduce Trust

David Schwimmer will participate in Q-and-A sessions after two public screenings of his new movie, Trust.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, David Schwimmer, Trust, River East 21, movies

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Movies, Movie Sidebar, Mar 31, 2011
Chicago Latino Film Festival
- by Ben Sachs and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Chicago Latino Film Festival, The Attempt, Jorge Fons, Embargo, Antonio Ferraira, The Great Vazquez, Manuel Vazquez Gallego, Oscar Aibar, The Man Next Door, Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat, No Return, Miguel Cohen, Password, Luis Freddie Vazquez, Transit Love, Luis Blanco, Instituto Cervantes, Landmark's Century Centre, AMC River East, Univ. of Chicago Doc Films, River East 21

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 25, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 9/25

Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.
- by John V. Santore
- Tags: Chicagoland, Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Counter, Landmark's Century Centre, jack goes boating, renaissance place, colin, Facets Cinematheque, Lincoln Park's Noodle House, catfish, river east 21, dao, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, International House, University of Chicago, Hyde Park Union Church, Experimental Station, Hyde Park Art Center, Medici on 57th, Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet, jazz showcase, Hackneyâ€™s Printersâ€™ Row, world music festival, Barbara Furtuna, Second Presbyterian Church, La Cantina Grill, Kings Go Forth, Edgewater Gralley, Banadir, Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, theater wit, harmony grill, menorca, freddy's pizza, chelsea handler, chicago theatre, emerald loop bar and grill, emerald loop bar & grill

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 24, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 9/24

Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.
- by John V. Santore
- Tags: Chicagoland, Film, Food & Drink, Food, Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno, Gene Siskel Film Center, Roof, Catfish, River East 21, Atrium Wine Bar, devil, big bowl, detroit, Landmark Grill and Lounge, This Lady's Not for Burning, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, No Exit Cafe, Menorca, 16th Street Theater, Berwyn Cultural Center, Freddy's Pizzeria, 1001, Chopin Theatre, Podhalanka Polksa Restauracja, World Music Festival, Red Baraat, Canceled Skaidi, Navy Pier, Randolph Cafe, Cimarron, Old Town School of Folk Music, Mahala Rai Banda, Balkan Beats DJ Robert Soko, Martyrs, Sonny & The Sunsets, sonny and the sunsets, Beat Kitchen, Village Tap, Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet, Hackney's Printers'Row, Jazz Showcase, Kate Zambreno, Women & Children First, Andies Restaurant, 600 N. Michigan, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Downstairs Theater, Chopin Theatre, Charlie's Ale House, Park Grill, Bad Dog Tavern, Sola

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Briefly noting three recent Indian films playing in Chicago this week

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A review of the latest Bollywood musical to play at the River East 21

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It's January, also known as make-out season for moviegoers.

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Observing the crowd dynamics of a weekday afternoon multiplex screening

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Notes on the latest Bollywood feature to play at the River East 21

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East Asian Imports at AMC River East 21

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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Checking out the John Woo-produced Taiwanese action film playing (under the radar) at River East 21

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Starting to figure out the deceptively simple Hong Kong drama

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What a pleasant surprise: River East is showing a movie by Ann Hui, one of the great Hong Kong filmmakers!

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J.R. Jones on Beautiful Boy, his number 9 movie of 2011.

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Martin Sheen will be honored by the Chicago International Film Festival on August 19.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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David Schwimmer will participate in Q-and-A sessions after two public screenings of his new movie, Trust.

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Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.

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Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.