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Home » Cristi Puiu

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Posted inBlogs

Best Films of 2014, number three: Norte, the End of History

by J.R. Jones December 23, 2014August 18, 2021

J.R. Jones counts down his favorite films of 2014. Today at number three: Norte, the End of History.

Chicago International Film Festival director Michael Kutza in 1965.
Posted inFilm

A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs October 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: Un Certain Regard winners

by Drew Hunt April 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Highlights from the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.

Posted inBlogs

Essential versus arbitrary mystery in contemporary art house cinema

by Ben Sachs October 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Reflections on trends in contemporary art house movies, as observed in this year’s Chicago International Film Festival and Doc Films’ ongoing Hou Hsiao-Hsien retrospective

Posted inBlogs

This weekend’s must-see revival: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on 35-millimeter

by Ben Sachs May 2, 2013August 19, 2021

John Cassavetes’s personal take on the crime film screens Friday and Sunday at the Patio Theater.

A Long Journey
Posted inFilm

Our guide to the Chicago Latino Film Festival

by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs April 10, 2013August 19, 2021

Our coverage of the Chicago Latino Film Festival

Posted inBlogs

A written correspondence with Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu

by Ben Sachs March 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Questions for the director of Beyond the Hills about his work and about Romanian cinema in general

Posted inBlogs

Lessons from Facets Multimedia’s recent Lucian Pintilie retrospective

by Ben Sachs May 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Taking stock of what I learned from Facets Multimedia’s retrospective of the acclaimed Romanian filmmaker

Posted inBlogs

Coming soon: the films of Lucian Pintilie

by Ben Sachs May 2, 2012August 19, 2021

Previewing the upcoming retrospective of the 79-year-old Romanian filmmaker

Posted inBlogs

Best of 2011, number 1: Aurora

by Ben Sachs December 27, 2011August 19, 2021

Our year-end review concludes with Cristi Puiu’s Aurora.

To Die Like a Man
Posted inFilm

European Union Film Festival, Week Two

by Chicago Reader March 10, 2011August 19, 2021

The 14th European Union Film Festival continues Friday, March 11, through Thursday, March 31.

Hooked
Posted inFilm

The Death of Mr. Ceausescu

by Jonathan Joe March 4, 2010August 19, 2021

The European Union festival showcases Romania’s new wave . . . and next wave.

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