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Home » foreign film

Tag: foreign film

tons of DVDs stacked on three shelves in a dimly lit room
Posted inFilm

Odd Obsession has returned

by Noah Berlatsky July 21, 2022July 28, 2022

If you want to see Crispin Glover’s Olivia Newton-John impersonation, head around the bunny-headed Jesus, past the John Wayne Gacy display, and watch your head down the stairs.

a film poster of a big face and shadowed profiles on the sides, all in black, white, and brown
Posted inFilm

Showcasing Black actors in foreign cinema

by Arionne Nettles June 23, 2022July 8, 2022

Floyd Webb is the curator of the Black Actors in Foreign Cinema screening series, co-presented by nonprofit media arts organization Chicago Filmmakers and his company, the Blacknuss Network.

Posted inFilm

A quarter century of EU films

by Dmitry Samarov March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

If a viewer can’t find something to catch their eye in this lineup, they’re not looking very hard.

Posted inFilm

A Night of Knowing Nothing

by Kat Sachs February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

The accompanying footage—of student life, of the protests, of that violence—is made to look artsy rather than realistic. It’s rather distracting and almost makes the occurrences seem fictitious.

Posted inFilm

Hive

by Adam Mullins-Khatib February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

Basholli’s film is a gorgeous and tightly crafted work of realism, capturing the struggles and hopes of the community through lingering camerawork.

Posted inBlogs

The eighth annual Chicago Festival of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film starts tomorrow

by Ben Sachs April 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Previewing the two-day series, which takes place at Loyola University’s Sullivan Center

Posted inBlogs

Chinese social satire 6/11

by Peter Jackson June 9, 2008August 19, 2021

Chinese social satire at the Chicago Cultural Center

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