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Julian Antos, Kyle Westphal, Rebecca Hall
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The Robert Altman film Altman never wanted you to see

by J.R. Jones June 17, 2014August 18, 2021

A crew of cinephiles tracked down a rare print of Corn’s-a-Poppin’ and set about restoring Robert Altman’s 1955 musical comedy.

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Speaking of porno culture, Fred Halsted’s L.A. Plays Itself (1972) screens this weekend

by Ben Sachs January 24, 2013August 18, 2021

Previewing the groundbreaking gay hardcore film, which screens this weekend in a new digital restoration.

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This week in New German Cinema

by Ben Sachs September 28, 2012August 19, 2021

Previewing a screening of the experimental German film Studies for the Decay of the West, screening this Sunday at the Nightingale

Lewis Klahr's The Pettifogger is a collage animation about culture and memory
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Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival

by Ben Sachs June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Chicago Filmmakers presents the 24th Onion City experimental festival

All That Sheltering Emptiness
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Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival: start peeling

by Fred Camper June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, the 23rd Onion City festival runs Thu-Sun 6/23-6/26. Following are selected works from the opening-night program (Thu 6/23, 8 PM) at Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, and the nine subsequent programs (showtimes below) at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark. For more information call 773-293-1447; a complete schedule is available […]

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Facets Film School

by Ed M. Koziarski February 22, 2010August 19, 2021

The winter session of Facets Film School begins Monday 2/22 with weekly screenings and lectures on musicals of the 70s and 80s, screwball comedy star Carole Lombard, Billy Wilder’s buddy comedies, and neorealism and its descendants.

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