A conversation with the former Chicagoan and longtime independent moviemaker about the relationship between movies and spectators
Tag: moviegoing
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Who let that evil wizard into the Music Box Theatre?
William Friedkin’s Sorcerer is only a little wider in a theater than on home video, but the difference is striking all the same.
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Pretty Butterflies reminds you not to judge a festival film by its title
Salvatore Mereu’s spirited portrait of Sardinia’s lower depths is not that pretty at all.
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Terror in the aisles: Revisiting Bigas Luna’s Anguish
The late Spanish filmmaker’s English-language horror film celebrates the thrill of getting spooked in a theater.
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Visitors—or, the movie as sculpture exhibit
The latest feature-length montage from Koyaanisqatsi director Godfrey Reggio needs to be seen on a big screen if it’s seen at all.
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The surrealists’ moviegoing game (RIP Alain Resnais, 1922-2014)
The great French filmmaker, who passed away yesterday at 91, transformed the screening environment into a portal to the subconscious.
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Memories of the Highland Park Theater
Reminiscing about the North Shore cinema, which shuttered in May 2012
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In defense of persistent shaking sensations
The Landmark Century in Lakeview has issued an apology that one of their auditoriums rests over a fitness center. They shouldn’t have to apologize.
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The projector bulb at Doc Films is growing romantic as it grows old
Common wear and tear on projector bulbs can add subtle effects to film presentation.
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Finding the right stories for winter, when getting to the theater proves difficult
There aren’t many epic narratives playing in theaters, so I’ve had to get my fix elsewhere.
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My Filipino family outing in Park Ridge
On seeing the comedy Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy at the historic Pickwick Theatre
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Movies as points on a map
Regardless of their artistic merit, canonized old movies help shape our understanding of film history.
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One generation’s trash is another generation’s art
Noting recent revivals of exploitation movies in respectable environments
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The year in nausea
Quite a few high-profile releases of 2013 asked us to consider the existence of evil.
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I miss the Patio Theater already
A short ode to the Portage Park movie palace, which will soon close for the foreseeable future.