The Chicago Movies & Music Festival makes its November debut with feature films about David Bowie, queer punk, New Orleans piano, gospel quartets, Ozzfest, Malian traditional music, and lots more.
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CIMMFest opening night: The Smart Studios Story revisits the Madison recording studio that helped birth indie rock
The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.
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Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq opens today, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Our guide to the 2015 Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
New documentaries focus on Devo, Morphine, the Mekons, the Residents, and more
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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CIMMFest ascendant, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival 2014 (the music part)
Music headliners at CIMMfest 2014 include Yo La Tengo and Goblin soundtracking Suspiria.
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Chicago in the lens, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The long and short of it, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/19: CIMM Fest and Bizarro hour
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Friday, April 19, 2013.
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Best shows to see: Pissed Jeans, Luke Winslow-King, Takehisa Kosugi, Death to All, and Anciients
In addition to Record Store Day and Chicago International Movies & Music Festival there’s still plenty of live music to catch this weekend.
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Big Star shines again in Nothing Can Hurt Me
Big Star shines again in the documentary Nothing Can Hurt Me.
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Culture to cult?
A secretive religious sect is replacing NNWAC’s Wicker Park Arts Center; the alderman objects.
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John Wayne imitators, pre-op transsexuals, and mind-reading iPods
The third Chicago Movies & Music Festival opens Thursday
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The music of the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
CIMMfest’s attractions include Bobby Bare Jr., Kids These Days, and more than 40 film programs