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Home » Chris Marker

Tag: Chris Marker

Posted inFilm

The Owl’s Legacy is the best symposium on ancient Greece you’ll ever sit in on

by Ben Sachs January 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Chris Marker’s multipart essay film screens all month at the Siskel Film Center.

Posted inBlogs

Five must-see films about film

by Patrick Friel March 9, 2018August 18, 2021

Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.

Posted inBlogs

This Week on Filmstruck: Jacques Demy

by Patrick Friel February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Filmstruck presents the musical films of French master Jacques Demy.

Posted inBlogs

Psychologists gone wild, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones October 30, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable sceenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Al Pacino in The Humbling, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones January 23, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats

by Ben Sachs December 26, 2014August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

The Siskel Center revisits a transformative era in the career of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima

by Ben Sachs September 30, 2014August 18, 2021

The Siskel Center presents an eight-film retrospective of the trailblazing Japanese filmmaker.

Posted inFilm

In Level Five, a computer-game programmer tries to erase the history of Japanese atrocities

by Ben Sachs September 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Experimental filmmaker Chris Marker revisits the bloody Battle of Okinawa in Level Five.

Jason Moran
Posted inMusic

Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon

by Peter Margasak May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.

Agata Trzebuchowska in Ida
Posted inFilm

Our guide to the European Union Film Festival at Gene Siskel Film Center

by Chicago Reader March 5, 2014August 18, 2021

More than 60 new features make their Chicago premieres through March at the European Union Film Festival.

Posted inBlogs

Guerrillas, gamma people, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones October 25, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

NCFS hits the road, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones May 31, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Incest, adultery, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones May 17, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

An old-school Reader blowout, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones April 5, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Remembering Chris Marker

by Jordan Larson July 31, 2012August 19, 2021

The French director turned science fiction on its head, creating a haunting film in the process

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