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Tag: communism
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Cold War chronicles a passionate affair that blazes across the Iron Curtain
Pawel Pawlikowski’s follow-up to Ida celebrates individualism and unfettered emotion.
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The Old Woman Broods rejects decadent capitalism in favor of absurdism
Its grotesque comedy is the perfect antidote to holiday cheer.
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Rock ’n’ Roll sifts through the failed embers of history and kindles a glorious blaze
Between the lines of intellectual jargon, Tom Stoppard’s play is about the loss of innocence.
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Rapper Vic Mensa: Chicago’s newest Black Panther?
At this past weekend’s “anti-bait-truck” shoe giveaway, the 25-year-old rapper declared himself a revolutionary.
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Boots Riley on the ‘regular’ revolutionary messages of his radical debut film
An interview with the Chicago native, an artist and activist, about the politics of his sci-fi comedy with radical left and anti-capitalist messages.
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How Hail, Caesar! handles Hollywood history
The Coen brothers’ latest film is a fever dream of the Red-baiting right.
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In Generation War, the kids are all Reich
Music Box presents the controversial German miniseries Generation War.
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A written correspondence with Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu
Questions for the director of Beyond the Hills about his work and about Romanian cinema in general
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Free screening of Freedom on the Fence Tuesday
At 6 PM Tuesday, the DePaul University Art Museum (2350 N. Kenmore) will host the Chicago premiere of Freedom on the Fence, a 40-minute documentary following Polish poster design from WWII through the fall of Communism. A 5 PM reception will have a selection of Polish posters from the museum’s collection on view and will […]
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Back and to the left
Former Chicagoan Jim Finn explores the story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped and put to work for the North Korean propaganda machine in “The Juche Idea,” screening tonight at the University of Chicago.
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Welcome to the dustbin of history
Prague’s Museum of Communism can be found “above the McDonalds and next to the Casino.”