Chris Marker’s multipart essay film screens all month at the Siskel Film Center.
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Five must-see films about film
Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.
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This Week on Filmstruck: Jacques Demy
Filmstruck presents the musical films of French master Jacques Demy.
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Psychologists gone wild, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable sceenings in this week’s issue
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Al Pacino in The Humbling, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats
Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it’s a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
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The Siskel Center revisits a transformative era in the career of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima
The Siskel Center presents an eight-film retrospective of the trailblazing Japanese filmmaker.
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In Level Five, a computer-game programmer tries to erase the history of Japanese atrocities
Experimental filmmaker Chris Marker revisits the bloody Battle of Okinawa in Level Five.
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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon
Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
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Our guide to the European Union Film Festival at Gene Siskel Film Center
More than 60 new features make their Chicago premieres through March at the European Union Film Festival.
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Guerrillas, gamma people, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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NCFS hits the road, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Incest, adultery, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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An old-school Reader blowout, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Remembering Chris Marker
The French director turned science fiction on its head, creating a haunting film in the process