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Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The best unrealized films

by Drew Hunt March 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Notable films that never made it to screen

Posted inBlogs

Garbo, Divine, Bettie Page, and the rest of this week’s domination screenings

by J.R. Jones December 6, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 12/1: John Waters, Deck the Holodeck, and Pedway

by Tal Rosenberg December 1, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, December 1

Posted inBlogs

Honey Boo Boo’s second season doesn’t stink

by Gwynedd Stuart July 24, 2013August 19, 2021

John Waters and Honey Boo Boo have more in common than you think

Posted inBlogs

Marking time with Powell and Pressburger, and other highlights from this week’s film section

by Ben Sachs April 26, 2013August 19, 2021

A summary of new releases and major revival screenings for the week of April 26 – May 2.

Posted inArts & Culture

People Issue 2012: Dave Cerda, the performer

by Chicago Reader December 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Hell in a Handbag Productions founder: “I loved camp before I knew it was camp.”

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: ShowYouSuck, “All Rad Everything”

by Miles Raymer June 7, 2012August 19, 2021

Mea culpa and let’s all watch BioDome

Magnetic Fields chief songwriter Stephin Merritt
Posted inFilm

Artist on Artist: Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields talks to Kelly Hogan

by Chicago Reader March 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Stephin Merritt talks to Kelly Hogan about White Castle, Hootie the Owl, and why he can’t do drag

Posted inBlogs

Saying good-bye to George Kuchar

by Ben Sachs February 23, 2012August 19, 2021

A preview of two upcoming screenings devoted to George Kuchar

Posted inBlogs

Sebastian Junger, Harry Shearer, John Waters introduce screenings this weekend

by J.R. Jones June 8, 2011August 19, 2021

This weekend brings three personal appearances by noted directors.

Posted inBlogs

Local Burroughs doc coming to theaters, PBS

by Ed M. Koziarski June 2, 2010August 19, 2021

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s Oscilloscope Laboratories will release local filmmaker Yony Leyser’s documentary “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within.”

Posted inBlogs

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

by Ed M. Koziarski February 27, 2010August 19, 2021

Yony Leyser’s documentary “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within” and Thomas Woschitz’s “Universalove” open the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival on Thursday, March 4.

Posted inBlogs

Sharing My Current Earworm

by Miles Raymer September 28, 2009August 19, 2021

John Prine and Iris DeMent want to take over your brain.

Jonathan "Yony" Leyser
Posted inNews & Politics

William Burroughs, Unabridged

by Ed M. Koziarski August 28, 2009August 19, 2021

Jonathan Leyser works to finish the first documentary covering William Burroughs’s entire life.

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