The Chicago-born filmmaker’s astonishing documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time tells the story of one of the greatest film finds in history by using the discovery itself.
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Tales of seduction and betrayal light up Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Hello Again, a musical reimagining of Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde, opens the fest’s 35th edition.
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How a Chicago company came to design the titles of some of Hollywood’s biggest movies
Sarofsky Corp. goes into top-secret “Marvel mode” while working on films such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
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Shorts, sharp and shocking, at the Chicago Underground Film Festival
Five days’ worth of features and short subjects screen in the festival’s 24th edition.
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The Chicago moviegoer’s guide to bucking summer blockbusters
Skip the popcorn movies in favor of a season full of dynamic screenings.
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Eight films playing the 33rd Chicago Latino Film Festival, reviewed
More than 50 new features make their local debuts in this year’s festival.
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A local documentary maker stages his great-grandfather’s lost Colombian opera
With The Way to Andina, Arlen Parsa records his journey from filmmaker to musical impresario.
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Lois Weber laid down a marker for women in film
But her progressive ideas left something to be desired.
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The Doc10 film festival offers an alternative to alternative facts
Ten new documentaries make their Chicago premieres at this year’s edition.
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The 2016 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed
Another year, another slate of prestige movies from all over the world
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Reeling film festival looks back, and ahead
The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens at Music Box with Hurricane Bianca.
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Ten new French features come to the Music Box
Our roundup of reviews of local debuts at the Chicago French Film Festival
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Best of Chicago 2016: Arts & Culture
Chicago’s best cinema, theater, comedy, visual art, literature, and more readers’ poll winners