This year’s festival pays tribute to the late, great director.
Tag: Andrzej Wajda
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A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award
The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.
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Tom Cruise, Sam Shepard, John Carpenter, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Belles, dumbbells, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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LGBT, PFFA, and the rest of TWS*
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Andrzej Wajda returns to the Solidarity era with Man of Hope
Andrzej Wajda directs a biopic of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa.
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My favorite book about Chicago moviegoing
Revisiting Daniel Pinkwater’s young adult novel The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death