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Home » Jonathan Demme

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Urgh! A Music War and other punk and postpunk new wave cinema

by Patrick Friel July 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Five films that captured the vibrant, changing pop-music scene of the 1980s.

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Vidal vs. Buckley, plus the rest of this week’s new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones August 7, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Reader’s Agenda Tue 8/19: Summer Music Film Festival, “Phantoms in the Dirt,” and a day at the MCA

by Drew Hunt August 19, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Tuesday, August 19

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The cross, the crosshairs, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones August 15, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 8/11: Illinois State Fair, Lila Downs, and A Master Builder

by Lucy Wang August 11, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Monday, August 11

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The best of Jonathan Demme

by Drew Hunt August 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Highlights from the filmography of Jonathan Demme

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Show us your Ibsen, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones August 8, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

A Master Builder
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Jonathan Demme directs a screen version of Ibsen’s The Master Builder

by J.R. Jones August 6, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago native Lisa Joyce contributes a scene-stealing performance to Jonathan Demme’s screen version of Ibsen’s The Master Builder.

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Chicago Public Library presents free documentary screenings for Women’s History Month

by Ben Sachs March 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Noting the monthlong citywide program

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Best human-interest documentary of 2012

by J.R. Jones December 18, 2012August 19, 2021

Best of 2012 Countdown: human-interest documentary

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A four-star movie, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones September 14, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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A Burning Hot Summer screens, with air conditioning

by J.R. Jones July 12, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

In defense of late lunch

by Ben Sachs July 10, 2012August 19, 2021

Eating with the mobs during lunch hour isn’t a break so much as an extension of the working day

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‘Tis the region: Robert Greene’s Fake It So Real

by Ben Sachs April 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Previewing Fake It So Real, an independent documentary opening this week at Facets

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This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones March 18, 2010August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable films in this week’s issue.

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