Articles
Clear Filters
Loading...
22 results
- Film, Movie Feature Feb 26, 2021
-
-
The Father faces the reality of growing old
Florian Zeller’s drama is a brilliant exploration of dementia, pain, and vulnerability.
- Film, Movie Review Oct 9, 2020
-
-
Black women have mid-life crises, too
The 40-Year-Old Version deftly offers a fresh and exciting perspective on a tired film trope.
- Film, Movie Feature Jul 7, 2020
-
-
Documenting the final years of Walter Mercado’s remarkable life
How the filmmakers behind Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado brought a Latino story to the masses
- Film, Movie Feature Feb 10, 2020
-
-
What we loved at Sundance
There are a lot of great movies coming your way in 2020.
- Film, Movie Feature Feb 5, 2020
-
-
Reviewing while Black at Sundance
On criticism, inclusion—and exclusion—at one of the most diverse Sundance festivals in history.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Dec 13, 2017
-
-
An ear to the ground at the Third Coast International Audio Festival
A trip to “the Sundance of radio” in the golden age of podcasting
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2017
-
-
The battle of the billionaires heats up as Rauner calls Pritzker 'one of the worst investors on the planet,' and other Chicago news
Also, "Chuy" Garcia is not the only candidate running for Luis Gutierrez's congressional seat.
- Film, Movie Review Jun 23, 2016
-
-
Two new documentaries reveal cycles of cruelty and control
In Tickled and Pervert Park, shame is a powerful weapon.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2014
-
-
Chris Rock is an auteur now, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2014
-
-
A heap of nonfiction and the rest of this week's screenings
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between 1/3 and 1/9
- Film, Movie Review Oct 23, 2013
-
-
All the Disney World's a stage in Escape From Tomorrow
Guerrilla filmmaking comes to the Magic Kingdom.
- Film, Movie Review Jul 17, 2013
-
-
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus: the spines are all mine
In Sebastian Silva's new Chilean feature, Michael Cera searches for a hallucinogenic plant.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2013
-
-
Spouses at odds, a ghostly guardian, a trip to the hospital, and the rest of this week's movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 26, 2010
-
-
This Week's Movie Action
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2010
-
-
Ozark Mountain Daredevil
Filmmaker Debra Granik appears at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Saturday to screen her Sundance award-winner Winter's Bone.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2010
-
-
O'er the Land
Deborah Stratman's meditation on Manifest Destiny, "O'er the Land," screens Monday 4/19 at UIC.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2010
-
-
Oddsac
As of this morning, volunteers could get tickets to the sold out Animal Collective/Danny Perez film "Oddsac" tonight at the Music Box.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2009
-
-
Califone Back on the Road, at Music Venues and Film Festivals
Califone (and Tim Rutili's first full-length movie) head to the Sundance Film Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2009
-
-
This Week's Movie Action
New movie reviews in the Chicago Reader.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2008
-
Ripped from the headlines
Three documentaries about the news make the news.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2008
-
What's Old: Chameleon Street
Writer-director Wendell B. Harris Jr. speaks at a screening of his 1991 feature Chameleon Street.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2007
-
-
Rock City, Utah
Live music elbows in on film at Sundance.