You don’t have to be on pain medication to enjoy Fleischer’s bloated 1967 children’s film, but you just might want to.
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I’m being haunted by the ghost of Wilson Mizner!
The legendary scam artist (and sometime Hollywood screenwriter) has been turning up all over Chicago in the past several months.
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What the band the Walkmen taught me about watching movies
On the rock album as film-appreciation course
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When Cheech and Chong made for good company on the national holiday
Doc Films wished the city Nice Dreams for Independence Day in 2010.
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Best Multiplex for Coffee
The perfect complement to a doughnut, a bagel, or a loud, shitty movie
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Revisiting Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: I was there for love!
Under the direction of Howard Hawks, the musical number “Ain’t There Anyone Here for Love?” approaches pure cinema.
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The infrequent (but undeniable) rewards of watching movies outdoors
Sharing mixed feelings on picnic-like film screenings
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How does Nymphomaniac compare to other cinematic endurance tests?
Reflections on watching all four hours of Lars von Trier’s latest in one sitting
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Remembering the reel that ran before coming attractions at Cineplex Odeon theaters
The 20-second snippet of film that gave the impression you were about to watch a movie in a Greek amphitheater in outer space.
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Why is it easier to see a movie about James Broughton than movies by James Broughton?
The new documentary Big Joy draws attention to a chronic failure of U.S. movie culture.
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How a movie might be memorable because of a single detail
Snacking on some nourishing movie crumbs
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The family member who most influenced me as a critic
Remembering an elderly cousin, who died one year ago
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What’s the difference between video surveillance and portraiture?
Reflections on an interactive performance piece from the recent Nightingale exhibition “Persistence of Motion”
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The case of the missing missing reel
As celluloid projection becomes a thing of the past, it’s increasingly rare to watch a movie out of order in the theater.
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Stephen Sondheim and Alain Resnais, together again in Chicago
In a fortuitous turn, Doc Films’s current Alain Resnais retrospective coincides with Chicago revivals of several musicals by Stephen Sondheim, a hero and onetime collaborator of Resnais’s.