Arthur Swidzinski and Mike Kosciesza planned to document their adventure, but never thought it would take ten years.
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Rauner is fighting to keep details of a lawsuit filed by former business partner under wraps, and other Chicago news
Also, the long-awaited Apple flagship on the Chicago River is opening Friday.
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Joe Maddon compares MLB plate collision rule to overturned soda tax, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper will headline the Obama Foundation Summit closing concert.
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Patio Theater lights up its silver screen again
Under general manager Dennis Wolkowicz, the Patio Theater in Portage Park reopens as a neighborhood movie house.
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Talking to the director of the El Chapo Guzman documentary that comes to the Patio on Friday
A conversation with the prolific TV journalist-turned-filmmaker, whose film Es el Chapo? opens in Chicago on Friday.
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Losing Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Jeffrey Goldstein turned their caches of negatives by posthumously famed street photographer Vivian Maier into full-time jobs. Now the government wants in.
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Getting to know pre-Code star Ann Dvorak with biographer Christina Rice
An interview with the author of Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel, who will be in Chicago this week to introduce two classic film screenings
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The Patio’s last shows for a while, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies screening in Chicago between 4/18 and 4/24
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/18: The Kid, Todd Barry, and Regina Carter
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 18
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Chicago in the future, the underground in Chicago, and the rest of this week’s movies
Noting new and notable films screening in Chicago from 3/28 to 4/3
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 3/22: The Salvagers’ Ball, Welcome to Night Vale Live, and The Dark Crystal
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, March 22
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Northwest Chicago Film Society returns to the northwest side next week
The programming organization has five events scheduled over the next two months, starting with the revival of a lesser-known Burt Lancaster film noir.
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The year in movie revivals, P through Z
The final installment of a three-part series on notable repertory screenings of 2013
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The year in movie revivals, A through G
The first in a three-part series on Chicago’s best repertory film screenings of 2013