India’s land reform policies are attacked in a 1982 feature by Shyam Benegal, which follows four intertwined stories of peasants forced from their farms despite the government’s guarantees of protection. […]
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My Way Home
Captured by the Russian army in its 1945 advance across Hungary, a boy is put to work herding cows with a young Russian soldier. The two become friends, but when […]
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Public Hero Number One
G-man Chester Morris gets the goods on underworld czar Joseph Calleia with the help of the mobster’s right-thinking sister, Jean Arthur. An MGM programmer from 1935 with a good reputation; […]
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Boutique of the Week
I can’t even tell you how many times people have asked me, “When is Zara coming to Chicago?” The massive Spanish retailer is beloved by budget-minded style hunters for its […]
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What Are You Wearing?
The Collector Mel Racho, 27, is a video artist who teaches motion graphics at Columbia College and Web-site construction at After School Matters. She lives in Logan Square. Tell me […]
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Restaurant Reviews
Comfort in a Pot Thirteen Asian noodle joints Amarind’s Thai Restaurant6822 W. North | 773-889-9999 F 7.0 | S 7.6 | A 7.6 | $$ (5 reports) Lunch: Tuesday-Saturday; Dinner: […]
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Movie Sidebars
FESTIVAL Red Diva: Lyubov Orlova, First Lady of Soviet Cinema In 1999, when the Moscow daily Komsomolskaya Pravda asked readers to name the most beautiful women of the 20th century, […]
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A Commoner’s Map of Chicago
Chicago, like ancient Troy, lives on top of its own history and is unaware of its existence. Historical sites are inexorably covered by freeways, rusty plaques fall off and are […]
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“What kind of paper is this, anyway?”
Questions we’ve heard over and over in the last year.
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Our Panel of Experts Present their Awards for 1971
Mike Kutza Director, Chicago International Film Festival -best films 1. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (directed by John Schlesinger) 2. Garden of the Finzi continis (Vittorio deSica) 3. The Last Picture Show […]