- Blogs, Bleader, May 13, 2013
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Does national culture determine moviegoing habits?
Thinking about Donald Richie's assessment of Japanese movie audiences
- Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2013
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In the case of celluloid, it's better to fade away than to burn out
How the discoloration of faded prints can add to a movie's meaning.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 29, 2013
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Orson Welles, Terrence Malick, and Michael Bay: Three feet high and rising
Considering the use of low-angle shots in Mr. Arkadin, To the Wonder, and Pain & Gain
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 22, 2013
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Nollywood entertainment in Logan Square
Notes on last week's screening of 666, a popular Nigerian feature from 2007
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 15, 2013
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Pasolini's Salo: A film that bleeds onto other films
How the 1975 film has affected my enjoyment of everything I've seen since
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2013
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When celluloid film bleeds over the screen
On the sensation of watching film stock exceed the screen's parameters
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 1, 2013
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Concerning those movies that exist only in spectators' imaginations
Imagining a nonexistent movie classic starring Peter Sellers
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 25, 2013
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When images are at the mercy of technology
From the art of the real to the art of manipulation
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 18, 2013
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Well-furnished movie theaters are some of the best places to nap
. . . but, alas, there are no good sleep-inducing movies playing in town this week.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 11, 2013
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See You Next Tuesday and the underground among us
First impressions of this year's Audience Award winner at the Chicago Underground Film Festival
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 4, 2013
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Sense of place versus sense of purpose in two EU Film Festival titles
Considering those movies rich in sense of place and little else
- Blogs, Bleader, 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
- Blogs, Bleader, 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?
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 11, 2013
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Does Within Our Gates "certify" Chicago?
On seeing your neighborhood in the movies
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 4, 2013
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Considering the phenomenon of movie audiences cheering for murder
When applause isn't the same thing as good cheer
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 28, 2013
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No matter what's playing, the multiplex is a great place to make out
It's January, also known as make-out season for moviegoers.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 21, 2013
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Cosmopolis and the incredible shrinking theater
Is David Cronenberg's latest a different movie on DVD than it is in the cinema?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 14, 2013
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Attending a program of animated shorts with a room full of small children
First impressions of first impressions
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2013
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Gangster Squad is the most violent Hollywood movie in . . . two weeks
Ruben Fleischer's new gangster epic is gonna get even with you
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 7, 2013
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Lawrence of Arabia versus Tess: Looking up and looking around
Comparing two historical epics to have recently screened in new DCP restorations
