Or, a collection of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite things about late-60s LA.
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Movie Tuesday: Hollywood during the late-60s transition
Five films that span the old studio system, the ushering in of innovation, and the road to the 70s
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Jean-Pierre Melville’s brooding cinema surveyed on FilmStruck
FilmStruck presents the films of influential French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville.
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Northbrook Public Library: The best Chicago revival house not actually in Chicago
Some of the choicest repertory cinema in the Chicagoland area screens in 35-millimeter at the NPL.
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Undercover cops infiltrate FilmStruck this week
FilmStruck showcases undercover cop films this week, with movies by Anthony Mann and Quentin Tarantino.
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The Insult explores tensions in Lebanon before turning into yet another courtroom drama
Ziad Doueiri wrote and directed this tale of an irate Christian clashing with a Palestinian refugee.
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Five must-see heist films
Great heist movies from 1955 to 2005 (that don’t have “Ocean” in the title and aren’t directed by Quentin Tarantino).
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What does Nat Turner have to say to today’s America?
On the culture’s current preoccupation with the eras of slavery and Jim Crow in the U.S.
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Does 70-millimeter film improve the moviegoing experience?
The Music Box’s festival, devoted to the celluloid format, begins tonight.
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In Son of Saul, a Jew in Auschwitz readies his fellow prisoners for the gas chamber
László Nemes’s acclaimed debut feature re-creates the awful plight of the Sonderkommandos.
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Quentin Tarantino is still out of ideas
It’s more of the same hatred for human progress in The Hateful Eight.
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Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq opens today, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The man who inspired Reservoir Dogs is back with another down-and-dirty crime saga
Now playing at the River East 21, Wild City is Hong Kong director Ringo Lam’s first film in 12 years.
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Mayor Rahm stages an aldermanic press conference
When it comes to budgets, TIFs, taxes, and other financial matters, the last people we should turn to for advice are the mayor’s City Council rubber-stampers.
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Spike Lee brings the blaxploitation classic Ganja & Hess back from the grave
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus pays tribute to the 70s chiller.