Five masterpieces from filmmakers whose work has pushed the cultural envelope
Tag: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Movie Tuesday: Successfully avoiding the sophomore slump
Wondrous second films from directors whose debut outings set the bar high
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Akira Kurosawa’s Dodes’ka-den is the most beautiful movie in town this week
The Japanese master’s episodic 1970 feature about life in the Tokyo slums screens Sunday at Doc Films on 35-millimeter.
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This week on Filmstruck: Anna Magnani
Filmstruck revisits the career of Italian actress Anna Magnani, a favorite of Roberto Rossellini, Jean Renoir, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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In praise of The Conformist, one of the greatest-looking movies ever made
Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 classic screens from 35-millimeter this Monday night.
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Medieval nuns own their pleasure in The Little Hours
In the a farcical comedy based on Boccaccio’s Decameron, Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, and Kate Micucci star as sisters with a new mister.
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Orson Welles’s five best performances in films he didn’t direct
Highlights from Orson Welles’s acting career
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A look back at the great repertory film programming in Chicago in 2014
The year in old movies
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Jon Stewart, fake news, and real trouble
Jon Stewart’s Rosewater is less significant as a movie than as an act of atonement.
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More on the Trilogy of Life, Nymphomaniac, and Roommates: Three ways of playing the organs
Considering how three very different films (all of which played recently in Chicago) employ hard-core imagery
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Weekly Top Five: The best of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Highlights from the filmography of Pier Paolo Pasolini
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CIMMFest ascendant, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Forces of the past in Only Lovers Left Alive and Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life
Chicago is currently playing host to films by two great cinematic poets, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jim Jarmusch; the works complement each other rather nicely.
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Darren Aronofsky’s Noah tells the story by the book
Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is immersed in Judaic literature.
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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