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Movie Tuesday: The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe

by Ben Sachs September 24, 2019August 18, 2021

Five outstanding films about beings from outer space

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!

by Ben Sachs August 13, 2019August 18, 2021

In honor of the Reader’s Pets issue, here are five films with plenty of cinematic canine charisma.

Posted inBlogs

Five must-see films about film

by Patrick Friel March 9, 2018August 18, 2021

Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.

Posted inBlogs

Our Time Will Come is a subtle, moving study of Hong Kong’s WWII resistance movement

by Ben Sachs July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Ann Hui’s historical drama pays tribute to the unsung heroes of political movements.

Posted inFilm

With Lo and Behold, Werner Herzog ponders the heaven and hell of digital technology

by Dmitry Samarov March 31, 2016August 18, 2021

Werner Herzog explores the dream and the nightmare of 21st-century technology in Lo and Behold.

Posted inBlogs

The Revenant, Seijun Suzuki, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones January 15, 2016August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

My way or the Hemingway, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones July 31, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inFilm

How one Hemingway short story became three different movies

by J.R. Jones July 30, 2015August 18, 2021

A recent Blu-Ray reissue of a Criterion Collection set features different cinematic interpretations of 1927’s “The Killers.”

Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Posted inFilm

John Akomfrah’s collage of the humanities

by Ben Sachs December 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Black Cinema House revisits John Akomfrah, radical chronicler of the African diaspora.

Posted inBlogs

At CIFF: Of Good Report, a kamikaze exercise in shock value from South Africa

by Ben Sachs October 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Notes on another unfortunate cliche of contemporary global art cinema—and one film that avoids mediocrity by being flat-out bad

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

by Ben Sachs September 20, 2013August 19, 2021

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

Posted inBlogs

Getting personal in the theater, and the rest of this week’s movies

by Ben Sachs September 13, 2013August 19, 2021

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 13 and 19

Paradise: Faith
Posted inFilm

Our guide to week three of the European Union Film Festival

by Chicago Reader March 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Isabelle Huppert stars in My Worst Nightmare this week

Posted inBlogs

Oscar-nominated animated shorts: Minkyu Lee’s miniature epic Adam and Dog

by Ben Sachs February 20, 2013August 19, 2021

An oblique retelling of the story of the Garden of Eden

Posted inBlogs

The Weekly Top Five: Marathon Films

by Drew Hunt October 7, 2012August 19, 2021

The top five films with “marathon” running times

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