For the better part of two decades, Jozef Van Wissem has been on a mission to challenge the notion that his main instrument is a museum piece. The 57-year-old Dutchman has recontextualized the Renaissance lute by submerging its sound in Maurizio Bianchi’s industrial noise, by improvising with guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama, and by engaging in instrumental […]
Tag: Jim Jarmusch
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Check in, then check out these five iconic hotel movies
Hotels play a starring role in film history, from Georges Méliès in 1897 to Wes Anderson in 2014.
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Deadpool leads in new GOP poll, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats
Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it’s a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
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Burroughs lays bare the notorious author of Naked Lunch
This 1983 documentary gets Burroughs right between the eyes.
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Blood Ties and Gambit: Two genre films for the grown-ups
Blood Ties and Gambit: two genre films from the “disappearing middle” of American cinema
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Forces of the past in Only Lovers Left Alive and Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life
Chicago is currently playing host to films by two great cinematic poets, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jim Jarmusch; the works complement each other rather nicely.
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The Patio’s last shows for a while, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies screening in Chicago between 4/18 and 4/24
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12 O’Clock Track: ‘Lies to Live By,’ a lost classic from a young Jim Jarmusch
An arty pop gem from the Del-Byzanteens
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The year’s most Seussian-named film festival, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between October 4 and 10
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One Japanese masterpiece, two local film festivals, and the rest of this week’s screenings
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 2 and 8
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Video Drone: Driverx4: The Lost and Found Films of Sara Driver
A two-disc retrospective looks at New York indie Sara Driver
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Rebel without a script
A new documentary chronicles the last years of Hollywood maverick Nicholas Ray
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The Real Ethio Jazz
A recent album by Ethiopian composer and percussionist Mulatu Astatke nails the Ethio jazz sound he began developing in the 60s.