The local programming group is also handling distribution for the sci-fi cult classic Liquid Sky.
Tag: Chicago Cinema Society
Chicago’s wave of Filipino film screenings continues this weekend with Metro Manila
The 2013 crime thriller, a prize winner at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, receives its Chicago premiere.
Toy Masters to dominate Chicago Filmmakers this Saturday
Noting a new documentary about the Masters of the Universe franchise
The best of times and worst of times for Chicago moviegoing
The Portage and Patio theaters may be closing, but screenings go on for the Northwest Chicago Film Society.
In the case of celluloid, it’s better to fade away than to burn out
How the discoloration of faded prints can add to a movie’s meaning.
This weekend’s must-see revival: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on 35-millimeter
John Cassavetes’s personal take on the crime film screens Friday and Sunday at the Patio Theater.
That old Tabu
Miguel Gomes’s Portuguese drama embraces the early sound cinema of F.W. Murnau.
Chicago Cinema Society brings Warriors, Fellini, and an exploding head to the Patio this spring
Previewing the local programming group’s upcoming screenings at the historic northwest-side theater
Revisiting Walter Hill’s 1981 quasi-war movie Southern Comfort
The director of The Warriors has become so alien to contemporary American cinema that his movies feel new again.
Kung fu, women behind bars, Werner Herzog, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Another Terrible experience hits town this weekend
Previewing a late-night screening of the campy antidrug drama Death Drug
Showing this week: the John Woo-produced Warriors of the Rainbow
Checking out the John Woo-produced Taiwanese action film playing (under the radar) at River East 21
‘Round about midnight: Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale
Previewing this weekend’s midnight screening of the Japanese cult favorite