Thoughts on the late German director, the subject of an upcoming partial retrospective at Facets
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The Master and In the Family: Two challenges, two victories
Comparing two recent U.S. releases as theatrical experiences
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What’s new again: E.A. Dupont’s Variety
Revisiting the forgotten German expressionist melodrama, once a staple of film studies courses
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Preparing for a Whale of a class
Announcing my six-week class on the versatile James Whale, director of Frankenstein, Show Boat, and much more
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L’auteur de la semaine: Benoit Jacquot
Considering how Farewell, My Queen, opening this week, fits into director Benoit Jacquot’s varied body of work
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The mastery of French filmmaker Philippe Garrel
In praise of the intensely personal director, whose latest, A Burning Hot Summer, is currently playing in Chicago
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Now playing: the Sundown in K-Town documentary series
Previewing the free documentary screening series in Lawndale
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Hitting the books with writer-director Alex Ross Perry (part 2)
The second part of an interview with Alex Ross Perry, writer-director-producer of the independent comedy The Color Wheel
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Hitting the books with writer-director Alex Ross Perry
An interview with the writer-director of the independent comedy The Color Wheel
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Big Wednesday: One People and other notable screenings
Previewing the highly Surinamese film One People and other movies playing around town tonight
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The communal filmmaking of Welcome to Pine Hill
Previewing the New York-shot independent drama, which director Keith Miller will introduce at Facets this weekend
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The most important movie in Chicago no one knows about
What a pleasant surprise: River East is showing a movie by Ann Hui, one of the great Hong Kong filmmakers!
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Coming soon: the films of Lucian Pintilie
Previewing the upcoming retrospective of the 79-year-old Romanian filmmaker
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Talking truth with Fake It So Real director Robert Greene
An interview with the independent documentary filmmaker
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Watching the Detective with Chicago Cinema Society
A preview of the 2011 Indian documentary The Bengali Detective, which receives its Chicago premiere this weekend