The Chicago Reader debuted October 1, 1971—almost two years before DJ Kool Herc threw the very first hip-hop party in the Bronx in August 1973, nearly three years before the Ramones made their first appearance onstage at CBGB in August 1974, and more than five years before Frankie Knuckles first spun at the Warehouse in […]
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Gone too soon: five films by directors who died young
These final films by five directors who died too young give a taste of what was left unrealized.
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Jean-Pierre Melville’s brooding cinema surveyed on FilmStruck
FilmStruck presents the films of influential French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville.
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Urgh! A Music War and other punk and postpunk new wave cinema
Five films that captured the vibrant, changing pop-music scene of the 1980s.
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James Cagney is more than just a tough-guy as FilmStruck’s Star of the Week
James Cagney dances past his gangster persona in several of FilmStruck’s “Star of the Week” selections.
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Five masters of stop-motion animation
If you like the Czech animations by Jiri Trnka showing this month at Film Center, try out these other five greats of nontraditional animation.
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Chicago Underground Film Festival at 25: A look back
As the 25th Chicago Underground Film Festival approaches, here are ten stand-out features from festivals past.
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David Lean, FilmStruck’s Director of the Week, has more to offer than just Lawrence of Arabia
FilmStruck spotlights director David Lean, whose early Dickens adaptations and later epics shouldn’t obscure his more intimate dramas from the 1950s.
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The weird world of Guy Maddin
Five great films by Canadian indie Guy Maddin, whose latest, The Green Fog, screens this week at Gene Siskel Film Center.
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Undercover cops infiltrate FilmStruck this week
FilmStruck showcases undercover cop films this week, with movies by Anthony Mann and Quentin Tarantino.
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Five must-see films about film
Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.
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J.R. Jones alone in an IMAX theater with Fifty Shades of Grey
A film critic does what he has to do.
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A second printing for Reader film critic J.R. Jones’s book on Robert Ryan
Having nearly sold out, The Lives of Robert Ryan gets a second pressing.