The local programming group is also handling distribution for the sci-fi cult classic Liquid Sky.
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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.
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Toy Masters to dominate Chicago Filmmakers this Saturday
Noting a new documentary about the Masters of the Universe franchise
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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.
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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.
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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.
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That old Tabu
Miguel Gomes’s Portuguese drama embraces the early sound cinema of F.W. Murnau.
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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
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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.
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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
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Another Terrible experience hits town this weekend
Previewing a late-night screening of the campy antidrug drama Death Drug
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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
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‘Round about midnight: Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale
Previewing this weekend’s midnight screening of the Japanese cult favorite