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Movie Tuesday: The test of time

by Ben Sachs April 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Films that successfully subvert ordinary cinematic conventions about the passage of time

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Five opera films that hit the high notes

by Patrick Friel August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

If the Gene Siskel FIlm Center’s screening of The Magic Flute has you longing for more opera films, here are five that hit the high notes.

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Discover the work of noted Japanese genre director Umetsugu Inoue

by Ben Sachs May 30, 2018August 18, 2021

The Gene Siskel Film Center screens four films by the popular filmmaker this month.

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UNC investigation could bring glory to Illini basketball—in 2005

by Michael Miner April 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Should UNC be stripped of its championships, it would be nice if its previous national titles were passed to the teams it beat—including the University of Illinois.

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A sports reporter’s better idea for basketball

by Michael Miner April 29, 2016August 18, 2021

A New York Times columnist thinks up a way to improve NBA games.

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Reeling roundup, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

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

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Michael Powell’s last film, Age of Consent, features a young Helen Mirren

by Ben Sachs September 9, 2015August 18, 2021

Shot in luscious color around the Great Barrier Reef, the final feature (1969) by British director Michael Powell (who with Emeric Pressburger codirected such classics as The Red Shoes and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp) returns to Chicago in a 35-millimeter print. James Mason stars as a frustrated artist who moves to a […]

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