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Chicago Palestine Film Festival: past versus present, neighbor versus neighbor
Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, tradition and modernity mark the 17th edition of the long-running festival at Gene Siskel Film Center.
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In the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, there’s no place like home
The Chicago Palestine Film Festival presents stories of occupation and exile.
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The Chicago Palestine Film Festival and CIMMFest highlight this week’s 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 Palestine Film Festival
Najwa Najjar’s Oscar entry Eyes of a Thief opens the 14th edition, at Gene Siskel Film Center.
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I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The Patio’s last shows for a while, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies screening in Chicago between 4/18 and 4/24
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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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What’s screening this weekend
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.
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Chicago Palestine Film Festival, Week Two
FESTIVAL Chicago Palestine Film Festival The Chicago Palestine Film Festival continues Friday through Wednesday, April 22 through April 27. The main event this week is the Chicago premiere of THE TIME THAT REMAINS, the latest from Elia Suleiman (Chronicle of a Disappearance). Completed in 2009, this loosely autobiographical tale follows a Christian Palestinian family in […]
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Chicago Palestine Film Festival
FESTIVAL Chicago Palestine Film Festival The Chicago Palestine Film Festival runs Friday, April 15, through Wednesday, April 27. Among the features screening this week are Samir Abdallah and Kheridine Mabrouk’s documentary GAZA ON AIR, whose clandestine video footage captures the Israeli bombardment of Palestine in 2009 (Sat 4/16, 6 PM, and Mon 4/18, 8 PM); […]
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Anvil rocks the Box
The Canadian speed-metal band, fresh from its Wednesday gig at Metro, drops in for Friday screenings of the critically acclaimed “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” at Music Box. Also this week: “The Informers,” final weeks of the Latino and Palestine film festivals, and new reviews by Cliff Doerksen, Andrea Gronvall, Josh Katzman, and Michael Wilmington.