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Home » Doc Films

Tag: Doc Films

a side view of Tsai, hidden in the falling vines of a tree
Posted inFilm

Tsai Ming-liang (finally) comes to Chicago

by Kat Sachs September 15, 2022September 16, 2022

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.

Theaters across the city are dusting off their projectors.
Posted inFilm

Now playing: a return to the movies

by Kat Sachs April 12, 2021August 18, 2021

After several pandemic pivots and herd immunity on the horizon, local movie theaters and film programs are returning to business not-quite-as-usual.

Posted inFilm

Chicago Movie Journal: Two Walshes, two Invisibles

by Ben Sachs March 10, 2020August 18, 2021

Four films exploring humanity, made for the big screen.

Posted inFilm

Doc Films is movie history

by Quinn Myers May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

And you can still see a lot of it on 35 mm—the way it was meant to be seen.

Posted inFilm

Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To gets a fall retrospective at Doc Films

by Ben Sachs September 19, 2018August 18, 2021

The masterpiece Life Without Principle and nine more greats screen from October through December.

Posted inBlogs

The weird world of Guy Maddin

by Patrick Friel May 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Five great films by Canadian indie Guy Maddin, whose latest, The Green Fog, screens this week at Gene Siskel Film Center.

Posted inBlogs

Five must-see African films

by Patrick Friel February 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Five African film classics for this Black Panther moment.

Posted inBlogs

Akira Kurosawa’s Dodes’ka-den is the most beautiful movie in town this week

by Ben Sachs February 2, 2018August 18, 2021

The Japanese master’s episodic 1970 feature about life in the Tokyo slums screens Sunday at Doc Films on 35-millimeter.

Posted inBlogs

Doc Films showcases the lesser-known work of Japanese director Seijun Suzuki

by Ben Sachs January 5, 2018August 18, 2021

A new nine-week, 13-film series features a number of movies that rarely screen outside of Japan.

Posted inBlogs

Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017

by Ben Sachs December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.

Posted inBlogs

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant: One of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s best films

by Ben Sachs October 27, 2017August 18, 2021

The director’s 1972 film adaptation of his own stage play screens at Doc Films this Sunday at 7 PM.

Posted inBlogs

Unforgettable revives a worthy subgenre but adds nothing to it

by Ben Sachs April 26, 2017August 18, 2021

It’s also, alas, the only female-directed movie playing at most multiplexes right now.

Posted inBlogs

Horror director Mario Bava’s five best films

by Drew Hunt May 17, 2015August 18, 2021

Highlights from the filmography of Mario Bava

Posted inBlogs

Frederick Wiseman’s Aspen is an unsung American masterpiece

by Ben Sachs May 12, 2015August 18, 2021

This documentary epic is one of the most effective critiques of the Reagan revolution in American movies.

Posted inBlogs

Doc Films salutes one of the best French directors you’ve never heard of

by Ben Sachs December 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago’s first Jacques Doillon retrospective in 27 years begins Monday.

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