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Film, Movie Review Dec 17, 2015
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The Big Short nails the culprits of the 2008 financial crisis—and you're one of them

Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale star in this adaptation of the Michael Lewis best seller.
- By Leah Pickett
- Tags: Movie Review, The Big Short, Adam McKay, Michael Lewis, subprime mortgage crisis, Wall Street, Ryan Gosling, Charles Randolph, Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2015
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High and dry at Fifty Shades of Grey, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Last Five Years, Jeremy Jordan, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Nearing, Hogtown, Chicago Heights, Gene Siskel Film Center, Black History Month, Concerning Violence, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, The DUFF, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Denis Côté, Bestiaire, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass, McFarland USA, Kevin Costner, Rebecca Baron: Detour de Force, Song of the Sea, Tomm Moore, The Secret of Kells, Adam McKay, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, University of Chicago Doc Films, Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers, Music Box, Gillo Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers, Federico Fellini, Casanova, Thom Andersen, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption, Jean-Luc Godard, Weekend, American Denial, Chicago Cultural Center, The Stuart Hall Project, John Akomfrah, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, They Don't Give a Damn, Logan Center for the Arts, Through a Lens Darkly, Thomas Allen Harris, movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 13, 2014
iO makes a big move into founder Charna Halpern's 'dream theater'

The legendary improv comedy company leaves behind two decades of history as it enters a shiny, cavernous space in Lincoln Park.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, iO Theater, iO, Charna Halpern, Stacey Smith, Del-Tones, improv, Lincoln Park, Jimmy Carrane, Wrigleyville, ImprovOlympic, IOC, International Olympic Committee, bathrooms, theaters, ComedySportz, Del Close, short-form improv, long-form improv, Harold style, Swedish American Club, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, The Daily Show, Conan O'Brien, SNL, Armando Diaz, Dave Koechner, Adam McKay, Jason Chin, redevlopment, Chicago Cubs, Ricketts family, Peter Gwinn, writers, comedy, The Colbert Report, Noah Gregoropoulos, improvisers, Chris Farley, TJ Jagodowski, Dave Pasquesi, Cecily Strong, Jordan Klepper, Eric Stonestreet, Scott Adsit, Jack McBrayer, George Wendt, Second City, bars

Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2014
The iO bids its Wrigleyville home farewell

The final performance on Clark Street will take place Saturday, July 19.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Comedy, iO, comedy, improv, Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience & Hootenanny, Charna Halpern, Adam McKay, David Koechner, Armando Diaz

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2014
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God, Godzilla, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Pawel Pawlikowski, Ida, Music Box, Ben Sachs, Godzilla, The Cold Lands, The Immigrant, James Gray, Pharaoh, Gene Siskel Film Center, Martin Scorsese, Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Blended, Eroica, Fed Up, Laurie David, An Inconvenient Truth, Katie Couric, God's Pocket, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pete Dexter, Ilo Ilo, Camera d’Or, Cannes film festival, Jellyfish Eyes, Takashi Murakami, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Adam McKay, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Logan Theater Chicago, Giorgos Lanthimos, Dogtooth, University of Chicago Doc Films, Steven Spielberg, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Godzilla 1954, Music Box, Alfred Hitchcock Psycho, Ernst Lubitsch, The Shop Around the Corner, Andrew Stanton, WALL-E, Alain Resnais, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, Chicago Filmmakers, Tatsu Aoki, Logan Center for the Arts, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2014
Talking show business and Cheap Thrills with David Koechner (part one)

The veteran character actor discusses his new movie Cheap Thrills and his memories of performing comedy in Chicago.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Arts, Film, Comedy, David Koechner, Cheap Thrills, improv comedy, E.L. Katz, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Del Close, improvOlympic, Second City, Anchorman

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2013
Opening soon: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Will Ferrell returns as the vainglorious TV newsman.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Things I Hate, Film, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Kristen Wiig, Greg Kinnear, Harrison Ford, Will Smith, Jim Carrey, Marion Cotillard, Vince Vaughn, Liam Neeson, Kanye West, Sacha Baron Cohen, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, John C. Reilly, Kirsten Dunst, Adam McKay, comedy, movies

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2013
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An old-school Reader blowout, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Room 237, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Tabu, F.W. Murnau, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, Evil Dead, Sam Raimi, The Host movie, Twilight Stephenie Meyer, Never the Same: The Prisoner of War Experience, The Place Beyond the Pines, Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine, Adam McKay, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Landmark's Century Centre, Arthur Penn, Bonnie and Clyde, University of Chicago Doc Films, Werner Herzog, Only Dwarfs Started Small, Stephen Frears, High Fidelity, Logan Theater Chicago, Chris Marker, La Jetee, movies, Video

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The Big Short nails the culprits of the 2008 financial crisis—and you're one of them

Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale star in this adaptation of the Michael Lewis best seller.

Video
High and dry at Fifty Shades of Grey, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

iO makes a big move into founder Charna Halpern's 'dream theater'

The legendary improv comedy company leaves behind two decades of history as it enters a shiny, cavernous space in Lincoln Park.

The iO bids its Wrigleyville home farewell

The final performance on Clark Street will take place Saturday, July 19.

Video
God, Godzilla, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Talking show business and Cheap Thrills with David Koechner (part one)

The veteran character actor discusses his new movie Cheap Thrills and his memories of performing comedy in Chicago.

Opening soon: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Will Ferrell returns as the vainglorious TV newsman.

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An old-school Reader blowout, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale star in this adaptation of the Michael Lewis best seller.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The legendary improv comedy company leaves behind two decades of history as it enters a shiny, cavernous space in Lincoln Park.

The final performance on Clark Street will take place Saturday, July 19.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The veteran character actor discusses his new movie Cheap Thrills and his memories of performing comedy in Chicago.

Will Ferrell returns as the vainglorious TV newsman.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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