Five films that provide an all-too-brief introduction to cinema made in Africa or that consider the legacy of African traditions
Tag: John Akomfrah
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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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High and dry at Fifty Shades of Grey, 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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A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award
The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.
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The Face of Love, the face of Wes Anderson, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 12/15: Holiday markets, John Akomfrah, and “Catch Your Breath”
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, December 15
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Persons of interest, and this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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John Akomfrah’s collage of the humanities
Black Cinema House revisits John Akomfrah, radical chronicler of the African diaspora.
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The latest obsession: an interview with Nine Muses director John Akomfrah
Talking with the British filmmaker about his latest experimental work
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Straight-Up Lincoln, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Handsworth Songs: an hour of collective resistance
A short review of the British experimental work Handsworth Songs (1986) screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center this week
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The Man and the Dream
“Martin Luther King Jr.: The Man and the Dream” screens Thursday 1/7 at Chatham 14.