A short ode to the Portage Park movie palace, which will soon close for the foreseeable future.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 11/30: Corrections House, Paper Machete, and classic horror films
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, November 30
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 11/7: Congrats on Your Success, Greek Film Fest Chicago, and Julia Serano
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, November 7
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 11/6: Reading Under the Influence, Sparks, and M
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, November 6
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Northwest Chicago Film Society is moving again
Another chapter in the saga of Chicago’s migrating classic film society and a beautiful and beleaguered old movie palace.
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Weekly Top Five: Horror-fest essentials
Criteria and picks for your own scary-movie marathon
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The best new movie in theaters, the best new movie not in theaters, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 27 and October 3
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The Reader’s film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26
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Getting personal in the theater, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 13 and 19
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This week’s movies, narrative and abstract
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 6 and 12.
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A couple of smoke screens and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 30 and September 5
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The ‘Scope of Fleischer’s vision, and the rest of this week’s movies
A preview of new and notable films playing in Chicago from August 23 to 29
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The Northwest Chicago Film Society and the Patio Theater are both alive and well
After near extinction, the film society and movie palace have found happiness together.
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Aldrich rides again, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 16 and 22.
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Great popular art, past and present, and the rest of this week’s movies
Noting new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 9 and 15