The creator of Blacklight Cinema, a Chicago film festival that ran from 1982 to 1995, reminisces about the history of black underground filmmaking and his own “adventures in cinema.”
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The Reader’s film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26
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Getting personal in the theater, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 13 and 19
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Great popular art, past and present, and the rest of this week’s movies
Noting new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 9 and 15
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One Japanese masterpiece, two local film festivals, and the rest of this week’s screenings
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 2 and 8
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The 25-year-old Mestizo: The freshest movie in town
Mario Handler’s Venezuelan feature receives a belated Chicago premiere tomorrow.
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A “living newspaper” from Madagascar, now at Facets
Previewing one of the highlights of this year’s African Diaspora Film Festival, which screens Sunday with the director in attendance
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Does Aqui y Allà (Here and There) take you anywhere?
Considering the similarities of three recent art films from Mexico, Turkey, and Israel
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Rare Manoel de Oliveira screens at Facets this Saturday
Previewing Saturday night’s midnight screening of The Cannibals (1988)
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A list of 20 notable classics and rediscoveries that screened in Chicago in 2012
The year in revival screenings
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First steps in appreciating performance art
The audience is present: Marina Abramovic, Dress Rehearsal, and Sweet Movie
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Getting uncomfortable with Rick Alverson, director of The Comedy
An interview with the Virginia-based independent filmmaker
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Coming soon: Rick Alverson’s unsettling The Comedy
Previewing the provocative New York indie feature, which opens in Chicago on Friday
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky revisits the singular Alan Rudolph
Previewing an upcoming Facets film class about the overlooked American filmmaker
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Ways to Live Forever: making death safe for kids
Previewing one of the highlights of this year’s Chicago International Children’s Film Festival