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Film, Movie Feature Oct 12, 2017
The 2017 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed

Our critics weigh in on 22 new films making their local premieres.
- Tags: Movie Feature, Patrick Stewart, Vanessa Redgrave, Fatih Akin, Philippe Garrel, Luca Guadagnino, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sea Sorrw, Blow-Up, Martin McDonough, Errol Morris, Guillermo del Toro, Pre-Crime, Chicago Crime Prevention Information Center, The Dark Knight, Harold Ramis Film School, Marc Evans, Paramount Pictures, Arrival movie, Interstellar movie, Selma, Alfre Woodard, Royal Shakespaeare Company, Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men, Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro, Barrage movie, Themis Pauwels, Isabelle Huppert, Lolita Chammah, Laura Schroeder, Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Verushka, Jane Birkin, Yardbirds, Blueprint movie, Daryl Wein, Jerod Haynes, Chasing the Blues, Grant Rosenmeyer, Ronald L. Conner, Anna Maria Horsford, Scott Smith, Jon Lovitz, Steve Guttenberg, Tim Kazurinsky, Faces Places, Agnès Varda, JR muralist, The Gleaners and I, The Beaches of Agnès, Golden Years, André Téchiné, Wild Reeds, Thieves movie, Pierre Deladonchamps, Céline Sallette, Last Flag Flying, The Last Detail, Darryl Ponicsan, Richard Linklater, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Let the Sunshine In, Roland Barthes, A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments, Juliette Binoche, Claire Denis, Beau Travail, Xavier Beauvois, Alex Descas, Gerard Depardieu, Christine Angot, The Line movie, Tomas Mastalir, Peter Bebjak, Andy Hyrc, Thurgood Marshall movie, Jackie Robinson, 42 movie, James Brown, Get On Up, Chadwick Boseman, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Koskoff, Reginald Hudlin, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown, Paula Wagner, Mutafukaz, Shoujirou Nishimi, Guillaume “Run” Renard, Never Steady, Never Still, Shirley Henderson, Nicholas Campbell, Théodore Pellerin, Kathleen Hepburn, On the Beach at Night Alone, Hong Sang-soo, Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Kim Min-hee, The Other Side of Hope, Aki Kaurismäki, Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator, Philip K. Dick, Minority Report, Matthias Heeder, Monika Hielscher, Illinois Institute of Technology, Robert McDaniel, PredPol, HunchLab, Beware software, The Rape of Recy Taylor, Nancy Buirski, Claire Chandler, Rogers Park movie, Kyle Henry, Carlos Treviño, Mike Leigh, Sicilian Ghost Story, Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza, Julia Jedlikowska, Spoor movie, Agnieszka Holland, The Square movie, Ruben Östlund, Force Majeure, Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West., Terry Notary, Thelma movie, Brian De Palma, Carrie movie, Eili Harboe, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Joachim Trier, Louder Than Bombs, Oslo, August 31, Tokyo Vampire Hotel, Sion Sono, Love Exposure, Touch of Evil, Orson Welles, Rick Schmidlin, Walter Murch, Dave Kehr, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia, 12 Days, Raymond Depardon, The 10th District Court: Judicial Hearings

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2016
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A new film series focuses on the impact of Chicago architecture

ArcLight Cinemas is partnering with the Chicago Architecture Foundation on a monthly curated film series that will run from January to April 2017.
- By Leah Pickett
- Tags: Architecture, Film, ArcLight, Chicago Architecture Foundation, The Untouchables, The Dark Knight, Stranger than Fiction, Metropolis, Nakea Barksdale, Fritz Lang, Christopher Nolan, Brian De Palma, Chicago Film Office, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2015
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Psychologists gone wild, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable sceenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Michael Almereyda, Experimenter, Stanley Milgram, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Taxi Jafar Panahi, The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Burnt movie, Bradley Cooper, Jem and the Holograms, The Last Witch Hunter, Vin Diesel, Nasty Baby, Sebastian Silva, The Maid, Kristen Wiig, Our Brand Is Crisis, Suffragette, Carey Mulligan, Tokyo-Ga, Wim Wenders, Truth movie, Dan Rather, Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight, Sam Raimi, Drag Me to Hell, William Friedkin, The Exorcist, Jean Epstein, The Fall of the House of Usher, Chris Marker, Le Joli Mai, Ingmar Bergman, The Magician, F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu, Trinity United Methodist Church, Fred Zinnemann, Oklahoma!, Michael Curtiz, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Victor Halperin, White Zombie, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, A Day's Work, Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, First Nations Film & Video Festival, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 10, 2014
Nobody Knows, Rope, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Le Grand Amour, Nobody Knows, The Leopard, The Dark Knight, Rope, Yojimbo, Mary Poppins

News & Politics, Zoom in Apr 15, 2013
Zoom in: Austin

Almost a decade since its closing, the Brach's Candy Factory sits abandoned and neglected.
- By Janey Lee
- Tags: Zoom in, Brach's Candy Factory, Emil Brach, Barry Callebaut, Gotham General Hospital, The Dark Knight

Blogs, Bleader Feb 11, 2013
Does Within Our Gates "certify" Chicago?

On seeing your neighborhood in the movies
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Books, Moviegoing, Film, Walker Percy, The Moviegoer, moviegoing, Binx Bolling, The Mother and the Whore, Jean Eustache, Within Our Gates, Oscar Micheaux, Chicago-shot movies, The Dark Knight, Public Enemies, Music Box Theatre, certification

Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2012
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Besides Batman, what to see this week

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Trishna, Brave movie, Farewell My Queen, Marie Antionette, A Tout de Suite, First Position, Into the Wake movie, The Magic of Belle Isle, Sherlock Holmes, Soundings: Films by James Herbert, Beetlejuice, Howl's Moving Castle, One Two Three movie, Princess Mononoke, The Steel Helmet, Cinemapocalypse, Vice Squad movie, Lady Terminator, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2012
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Opening soon: The Dark Knight Rises

Christopher Nolan delivers the last installment of his blockbuster Batman trilogy
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, Julie Newmar, Jonathan Nolan, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, comic books, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2012
Opening soon: The Amazing Spider-Man

Andrew Garfield takes over for Tobey Maguire as the masked superhero
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, The Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, Boy A, Red Riding: 1974, Tobey Maguire, The Dark Knight, Kirsten Dunst, Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer, 500 Days of Summer, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Irrfan Khan, Sally Field, Martin Sheen, movies

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2009
Oscar widens the playing field

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it's doubling the number of Best Picture nominees at the 82nd Oscar awards ceremony.
- By Andrea Gronvall
- Tags: Film, Academy Awards, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago International Film Festival, Golden Globes, The Dark Knight, Milk, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Reader, Oscars, Star Trek, Best Picture, Sid Ganis, Ziggy Kozlowski, Block-Korebrot Public Relations, Howards End, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Capote, Crash, Harold Ramis, Year One, Frost/Nixon, Up, Jean de St. Aubin, Michael Kutza

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2008
They're lovin' it

The Chicago Film Critics Association has spoken.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Film Critics Association, Richard Roeper, Dann Gire, Daily Herald, The Dark Knight, WALL-E, The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke, Rachel Getting Married, Anne Hathaway, Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, Man on Wire, Let the Right One In, Heath Ledger, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Simon Beaufoy, Kate Winslet, The Reader

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2008
Best films of 2008, west coast installment

Los Angeles Film Critics Association names WALL-E the year's best movie.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Penelope Cruz, The Dark Knight, WALL-E, Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Sally Hawkins, Sean Penn, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Elegy, Heath Ledger

Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2008
For the boys

A lot of people think superhero movies are "childish." If only that were true.
- By Pat Graham
- Tags: Film, David Bordwell, The Dark Knight, Patton, Frozen River, Hellboy series, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, Milla Jovovic, Resident Evil, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Gregory Bateson, Schismogenesis

Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2008
Knight moves

When it comes to "authentic" Chicago, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is more like a Gray Line tour.
- By Pat Graham
- Tags: Film, Michael Atkinson, The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, Timur Bekmambetov, Wanted, Walter Hill, Streets of Fire, Joe Versus the Volcano, Tom Hanks

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2008
Chicagoland movie minute: The X-Files: I Want to Believe

The Dark Knight vs. the X-Files: a paranoia zeitgeist showdown at a theater near you.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, The Dark Knight, X-Files

Film, Movie Review Jul 17, 2008
A Batman for the 21st Century

It's not just about good and evil anymore—it's about order and chaos.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2008
When you're Bruce Wayne, $4.50 a gallon is no big deal

Two custom vehicles from The Dark Knight will be on display Wednesday at Navy Pier.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, The Dark Knight, Batman, custom autos

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2008
Only slightly less excited than I am for the new X-Files movie (yes, it's true)

A brief Dark Night awesomeness news roundup.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Fashion, The Dark Knight, Batman, DC, Gershon Legman

Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2008
A Dark Knight in a city that knows how to buy its tickets

Next weekend's hot local tickets might not be Pitchfork.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, The Dark Knight

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Our critics weigh in on 22 new films making their local premieres.

ArcLight Cinemas is partnering with the Chicago Architecture Foundation on a monthly curated film series that will run from January to April 2017.

New reviews and notable sceenings in this week's issue

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

Almost a decade since its closing, the Brach's Candy Factory sits abandoned and neglected.

On seeing your neighborhood in the movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Christopher Nolan delivers the last installment of his blockbuster Batman trilogy

Andrew Garfield takes over for Tobey Maguire as the masked superhero

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it's doubling the number of Best Picture nominees at the 82nd Oscar awards ceremony.

The Chicago Film Critics Association has spoken.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association names WALL-E the year's best movie.

A lot of people think superhero movies are "childish." If only that were true.

When it comes to "authentic" Chicago, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is more like a Gray Line tour.

The Dark Knight vs. the X-Files: a paranoia zeitgeist showdown at a theater near you.

It's not just about good and evil anymore—it's about order and chaos.

Two custom vehicles from The Dark Knight will be on display Wednesday at Navy Pier.

A brief Dark Night awesomeness news roundup.

Next weekend's hot local tickets might not be Pitchfork.

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