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Home » Nagisa Oshima

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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: So long for now

by Ben Sachs October 29, 2019August 18, 2021

Final films from five directors to mark our farewell—for now—from writer Ben Sachs.

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: The director as public intellectual

by Ben Sachs June 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Five masterpieces from filmmakers whose work has pushed the cultural envelope

Posted inBlogs

Doc Films showcases the lesser-known work of Japanese director Seijun Suzuki

by Ben Sachs January 5, 2018August 18, 2021

A new nine-week, 13-film series features a number of movies that rarely screen outside of Japan.

Posted inBlogs

The inmates take over the asylum, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones October 24, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Chicago International Film Festival director Michael Kutza in 1965.
Posted inFilm

A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs October 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.

Posted inBlogs

In praise of movies that fail spectacularly

by Ben Sachs October 6, 2014August 18, 2021

Why have I seen Diary of a Shinjuku Thief so many times if I don’t like the film very much?

Posted inBlogs

The real story behind Dog Day Afternoon, Nicolas Cage, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by Drew Hunt October 3, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

The Siskel Center revisits a transformative era in the career of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima

by Ben Sachs September 30, 2014August 18, 2021

The Siskel Center presents an eight-film retrospective of the trailblazing Japanese filmmaker.

Posted inBlogs

This week’s moviegoing dilemma: Katharine Hepburn or Nagisa Oshima?

by Ben Sachs January 31, 2014August 18, 2021

George Cukor’s Sylvia Scarlett and Oshima’s Death by Hanging both screen from 35-millimeter this Monday at 7 PM. Why? Why?!?!

Posted inBlogs

The 25-year-old Mestizo: The freshest movie in town

by Ben Sachs June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Mario Handler’s Venezuelan feature receives a belated Chicago premiere tomorrow.

Posted inBlogs

This spring Doc Films remembers a creative revolution

by Ben Sachs March 29, 2013August 19, 2021

Previewing a series devoted to the films of Japan’s Art Theater Guild

Posted inBlogs

Sub-zero cinema

by J.R. Jones January 2, 2009August 19, 2021

Where to go for sustenance now that the winter has arrived.

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