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Home » Grand Illusion

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Posted inNews & Politics

Who loves Chicago’s most unlovable losers, the Bears?

by Ted Cox November 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Perhaps no local fan base is more loyal than that of the Bears. But what has the so-called pride and joy of Illinois done in three decades to deserve such devotion?

Posted inBlogs

Polish Film Festival in America, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 7, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Why try to reason with Maliki when we can fill his head with Hollywood pixie dust?

by Michael Miner July 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Let the movies show Iraq’s Maliki what a great man he could be.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s press doesn’t keep its politics honest, but it keeps Chicago Chicago

by Michael Miner May 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Reform in Chicago—a lovely idea

Posted inBlogs

Grand Illusion: going with the current

by Ben Sachs July 2, 2012August 19, 2021

A few thoughts on Jean Renoir’s directorial style, in light of the new print of Grand Illusion playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 6

by Jerome Ludwig September 9, 2009August 19, 2021

Hardcover Fiction 1. Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow 2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett3. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore 4. South of Broad by Pat Conroy 5. The Women by T.C. Boyle

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