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Arts & Culture
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Performing Arts Feature
Apr 28, 2020
The Upright Citizens Brigade shutters its New York venues
A critic reflects on UCB's early history in Chicago.
By Jack Helbig
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Performing Arts Feature
,
Upright Citizens Brigade
,
Amy Poehler
,
Matt Besser
,
Ian Roberts
,
Matt Walsh
,
Kate McKinnon
,
Aubrey Plaza
,
Ilana Glazer
,
Chris Gethard
,
Adam McKay
,
Horatio Sanz
Film
,
Movie Review
Sep 12, 2019
Video
Hustlers
focuses on women doing horrible things for understandable reasons
In Lorene Scafaria’s latest, women take control of their lives by exploiting finance bros who exploit the common man.
By Leah Pickett
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Hustlers
,
Lorene Scarfaria
,
Constance Wu
,
Jennifer Lopez
,
Lili Reinhart
,
Keke Palmer
,
Julia Stiles
,
Lizzo
,
Cardi B
,
Adam McKay
,
Martin Scorsese
,
crime
,
strippers
,
Video
Film
,
Movie Review
Dec 17, 2015
Video
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
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Bleader
Feb 20, 2015
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
By J.R. Jones
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Film
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Fifty Shades of Grey
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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
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Animal Crackers
,
Music Box
,
Gillo Pontecorvo
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The Battle of Algiers
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Federico Fellini
,
Casanova
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Thom Andersen
,
Los Angeles Plays Itself
,
Frank Darabont
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The Shawshank Redemption
,
Jean-Luc Godard
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Weekend
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American Denial
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Chicago Cultural Center
,
The Stuart Hall Project
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John Akomfrah
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Northwestern University Block Museum of Art
,
They Don't Give a Damn
,
Logan Center for the Arts
,
Through a Lens Darkly
,
Thomas Allen Harris
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Video
Arts & Culture
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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
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Charna Halpern
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Stacey Smith
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TJ Jagodowski
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Dave Pasquesi
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Jordan Klepper
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Eric Stonestreet
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Scott Adsit
,
Jack McBrayer
,
George Wendt
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Second City
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Blogs
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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
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iO
,
comedy
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improv
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Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience & Hootenanny
,
Charna Halpern
,
Adam McKay
,
David Koechner
,
Armando Diaz
Blogs
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Bleader
May 23, 2014
Video
God, Godzilla, and the rest of this week's screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
By J.R. Jones
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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
,
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,
movies
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 5, 2013
Video
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
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