Magician Paige Thompson takes over the artist-in-residence slot at Chicago Magic Lounge (5050 N. Clark) with her show A Paige in Time, opening tonight at 7 PM and running Wednesdays through 12/21. Thompson combines autobiography with sleight-of-hand to illustrate the moments “that have motivated her to pursue her passion and fuel the inspiration for her […]
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This month, three silent films will screen in the Chicago area with live music
See The Kid at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles on February 15, The Artist at the Logan Theatre on February 11, and 7th Heaven at St. John Cantius Church on February 26.
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Renée Baker on the challenges of scoring silent race films
This fall the musician will provide live accompaniment to two mid-1920s pictures.
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Patio Theater lights up its silver screen again
Under general manager Dennis Wolkowicz, the Patio Theater in Portage Park reopens as a neighborhood movie house.
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Embrace of the Serpent slithers into town, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Fall movies on the march, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Will the real Brian Wilson please stand up, plus the rest of this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The Chicago Film Critics Festival, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week’s notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Welcome to New York, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week’s notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Spike Lee drinks Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The soon-to-reopen Portage Theater announces film events for summer
Starting in mid-June the historic Portage Park theater is back in business.
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Chaplin’s The Kid is all right
The Silent Film Society of Chicago finds shelter at the Patio for a screening of Chaplin’s The Kid accompanied by a live orchestra.
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Wild Chicago, lost Chicago, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue