The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.
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An interview with veteran special effects supervisor Scott Squires
An Academy Award-winning effects artist reflects on his four-decade career and the current state of the industry.
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Weekly Top Five: Science fiction, the art of extrapolation
Weekly Top Five: sci-films
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Silent Running: Hollywood’s greatest plant movie
A movie about plant life in deep space
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Best of 2011, number 3: The Tree of Life
J.R. Jones on The Tree of Life, his third-favorite film of 2011.
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Terrence Malick moves heaven and earth in The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick’s new movie, The Tree of Life, made news last month for the prolonged boos it drew after its world premiere at the Cannes film festival, boos that were eventually turned back by sustained applause from the film’s champions. The polar reaction isn’t too surprising, given the multitudes Malick tries to contain in one […]