The theater, recently named a city landmark, has been closed following the revocation of its liquor license.
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Portrait of Jason delves inside a hustler’s world
Portrait of Jason delves inside a hustler’s world.
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Incest, adultery, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Marking time with Powell and Pressburger, and other highlights from this week’s film section
A summary of new releases and major revival screenings for the week of April 26 – May 2.
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Tomorrow at the Portage, see one of the few female-directed Hollywood films of the 1950s
Previewing Ida Lupino’s The Bigamist, which the Northwest Chicago Film Society will present this week
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It’s Mary Pickford Week in Chicago
Previewing two Mary Pickford movies playing in town this week, both of them introduced by film historian Christel Schmidt
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Weekly Top Five: “Film is like a battleground”—the best of Samuel Fuller
Weekly top five: Samuel Fuller films
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Inspecting the cracks of American film history with Hold Back the Dawn
Previewing the neglected 1941 romantic drama (cowritten by Billy Wilder) which screens tomorrow night
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The first knockout of 2013, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.
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A list of 20 notable classics and rediscoveries that screened in Chicago in 2012
The year in revival screenings
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People Issue 2012: Rebecca Hall, the projectionist
Northwest Chicago Film Society cofounder: “If it was born on celluloid and we can’t get celluloid, we won’t show it.”
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Reader’s Agenda, Wed 12/19: An “oddball holiday classic,” Kent McDill’s latest book, and The Nativity
What’s on the Agenda for Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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Weekly Top Five: An ode to “the soul of film noir,” Robert Mitchum
Weekly Top Five: Robert Mitchum performances
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Bhopal bests Bilbo, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue