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Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2015
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Our reviews of the Chicago Latino Film Festival and the rest of what's screening this week

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Chicago Latino Film Festival, River East 21, Beloved Sisters, Friedrich Schiller, Cheatin', Bill Plympton, Bosnia in Our Hearts, Chicago Festival of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film, Desert Dancer, Footloose, Marfa Girl, Larry, Peter Davis, Hearts and Minds, University of Chicago Social Sciences Research Building, Buster Keaton, Sherlock Jr., Music Box, Drew Hunt, Stanley Kubrick, Spartacus, University of Chicago Doc Films, Michael Powell, Tales of Hoffman, Orson Welles, Touch of Evil, Frederick Wiseman Welfare, Dennis Clancy, Chasing Red, Showplace ICON, Tommy Heffron, Roots & Culture, Brock Riebe, Nightingale Cinema Chicago, Marisa Olson, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2014
I'm being haunted by the ghost of Wilson Mizner!

The legendary scam artist (and sometime Hollywood screenwriter) has been turning up all over Chicago in the past several months.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Paranormal, Moviegoing, Film, History, Wilson Mizner, moviegoing, Daniel Pinkwater, Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, Road Show, Assassins, Heroes for Sale, The Mind Reader, Warren William, Roy Del Ruth, William A. Wellman, Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library, the Brown Derby, The Neddiad, Showplace ICON

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Multiplex for Coffee

Showplace ICON
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2014, Showplace ICON, coffee, movie theaters, S&D Coffee & Tea, moviegoing, film, Critics' Picks

Film, Movie Review Jun 4, 2014
Recommended Video
In Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise does the time warp again (and again and again)

The hero of Doug Liman's sci-fi blockbuster keeps reliving the same day.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Tom Cruise, Showplace ICON, Edge of Tomorrow, Rain Man, Eyes Wide Shut, Born on the Fourth of July, Magnolia, Collateral, Lions for Lambs, Valkyrie, Tropic Thunder, Rock of Ages, Oblivion, Groundhog Day, Emily Blunt, Source Code, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2014
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Belles, dumbbells, 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, Misan Sagay, Belle movie, Landmark's Century Centre, Showplace ICON, Dido Elizabeth Belle, Ben Sachs, Bright Days Ahead, Fanny Ardant, Afternoon of a Faun, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Beneath the Harvest Sky, Films by Shellie Fleming, School of the Art Institute, Honey movie, Davis Theater Chicago, The Kill Team, Neighbors Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Andrzej Wajda, Ashes and Diamonds, Gene Siskel Film Center, Ishiro Honda, Godzilla, Music Box Chicago, Sergei Eisenstein, Potemkin, Dennis Scott, Alain Resnais, Same Old Song, University of Chicago Doc Films, Chan-wook Park, Stoker, Chicago Film Critics Association, David Wain, Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, They Came Together, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bob Goldthwait, Shakes the Clown, God Bless America, Willow Creek, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2013
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The Reader's film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week's movies

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Crime, Opening, Film, Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve, Hugh Jackman, Melissa Leo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, The Family, Luc Besson, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, UCLA Festival of Preservation, Gene Siskel Film Center, International House, Mantrap, Midnight Madness, silent film, Supernatural, 35-millimeter film, Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Columbia College, Showplace ICON, Romanian Film Festival of Chicago, Facets Multimedia, Nostalghia, Andrei Tarkovsky, Casque d'Or, Jacques Becker, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Patio Theater, The Pink Panther, Music Box Theatre, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Park Ridge Classic Film, Pickwick Theater, Wadjda, Saudia Arabia, Neil Simon, Thanks for Sharing, And While We Were Here, Cutie and the Boxer, Ushio Shinohara, C.O.G., David Sedaris, Good Ol' Freda, Freda Kelly, Inside, Zeki Demirkubuz, Notes From the Underground, Turkish cinema, Insidious: Chapter 2, James Wan, Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve, My Lucky Star, Zhang Ziyi, Salinger, J.D. Salinger, A Single Shot, Sam Rockwell, Sole Survivor, documentary, repertory screenings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2013
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.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Technology, Film, Moviegoing, Abbas Kiarostami, Showplace ICON, Andy Warhol, Like Someone in Love, Shirin, Five Dedicated to Ozu, Nude Restaurant, Sleep, napping, consumerism, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 23, 2011
Best movie theater

Music Box voted best movie theater
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best movie theater, Readers' poll, Music Box, Davis, Showplace ICON

Film, Movie Review Jul 8, 2010
The Nature of Nurture

Two of the year's best films, The Kids Are All Right and Dogtooth, address extremes of parenting.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Gene Siskel Film Center, Century 12 and CineArts 6, ShowPlace ICON, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place, River East 21

Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2010
South Loop Film Festival

The 1st Annual South Loop Film Festivals screens 17 under-10 minute shorts and music videos Thursday 4/8 at ShowPlace ICON.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Jennifer Jordan Day, Make a Mate, Ellen Lake, Betty and Johnny, Justin Brewer, Chuck's Third Date, Devon Ford, Never: Peter, Soyeon Kim, Father and Sister, Michael Forstein, This is Sex, Noah Riemer, Most Wonderful People, Mario Contreras, Bisnieta, Richard Paro, Allison, My Love, Dubi Kaufman, Lix, Stephen Neary, Chicken Cowboy, Owen Dennis, The Greatest Ape, Wayne, Andy Schlachtenhauf, Ron Gilman, Rawman and Green-Girl, Anna Krutzik, Oh Paprika, Cody Stokes Heartland Transport, John Akre, I Feel Tight, South Loop Film Festival, ShowPlace ICON

Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2009
New Movie Theater Opens (Yeah, You Heard Me)

Kerasotes Theatres has opened a new multiplex at Clark and Roosevelt.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Kerasotes Theatres, ShowPlace ICON, Burnham Plaza, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Greg Hinz, Chicago Business, movies

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Our reviews of the Chicago Latino Film Festival and the rest of what's screening this week

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

I'm being haunted by the ghost of Wilson Mizner!

The legendary scam artist (and sometime Hollywood screenwriter) has been turning up all over Chicago in the past several months.

Critics' Picks
Best Multiplex for Coffee

Showplace ICON

Recommended Video
In Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise does the time warp again (and again and again)

The hero of Doug Liman's sci-fi blockbuster keeps reliving the same day.

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Belles, dumbbells, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Video
The Reader's film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week's movies

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26

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.

Best movie theater

Music Box voted best movie theater

The Nature of Nurture

Two of the year's best films, The Kids Are All Right and Dogtooth, address extremes of parenting.

South Loop Film Festival

The 1st Annual South Loop Film Festivals screens 17 under-10 minute shorts and music videos Thursday 4/8 at ShowPlace ICON.

New Movie Theater Opens (Yeah, You Heard Me)

Kerasotes Theatres has opened a new multiplex at Clark and Roosevelt.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The legendary scam artist (and sometime Hollywood screenwriter) has been turning up all over Chicago in the past several months.

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The hero of Doug Liman's sci-fi blockbuster keeps reliving the same day.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26

. . . but, alas, there are no good sleep-inducing movies playing in town this week.

Music Box voted best movie theater

Two of the year's best films, The Kids Are All Right and Dogtooth, address extremes of parenting.

The 1st Annual South Loop Film Festivals screens 17 under-10 minute shorts and music videos Thursday 4/8 at ShowPlace ICON.

Kerasotes Theatres has opened a new multiplex at Clark and Roosevelt.

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