The apparent dryness of Tsai’s films is but a facade, a layer under which a body of water—perhaps, like in one of his films, a river—is waiting to be found.
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Now playing: a return to the movies
After several pandemic pivots and herd immunity on the horizon, local movie theaters and film programs are returning to business not-quite-as-usual.
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Chicago Movie Journal: Two Walshes, two Invisibles
Four films exploring humanity, made for the big screen.
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Doc Films is movie history
And you can still see a lot of it on 35 mm—the way it was meant to be seen.
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Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To gets a fall retrospective at Doc Films
The masterpiece Life Without Principle and nine more greats screen from October through December.
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The weird world of Guy Maddin
Five great films by Canadian indie Guy Maddin, whose latest, The Green Fog, screens this week at Gene Siskel Film Center.
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Five must-see African films
Five African film classics for this Black Panther moment.
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Akira Kurosawa’s Dodes’ka-den is the most beautiful movie in town this week
The Japanese master’s episodic 1970 feature about life in the Tokyo slums screens Sunday at Doc Films on 35-millimeter.
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Doc Films showcases the lesser-known work of Japanese director Seijun Suzuki
A new nine-week, 13-film series features a number of movies that rarely screen outside of Japan.
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Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017
A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant: One of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s best films
The director’s 1972 film adaptation of his own stage play screens at Doc Films this Sunday at 7 PM.
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Unforgettable revives a worthy subgenre but adds nothing to it
It’s also, alas, the only female-directed movie playing at most multiplexes right now.
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Horror director Mario Bava’s five best films
Highlights from the filmography of Mario Bava
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Frederick Wiseman’s Aspen is an unsung American masterpiece
This documentary epic is one of the most effective critiques of the Reagan revolution in American movies.
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Doc Films salutes one of the best French directors you’ve never heard of
Chicago’s first Jacques Doillon retrospective in 27 years begins Monday.