Ozon’s ode offers a diverting, fresh perspective on Fassbinder’s harrowing melodrama.
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Movie Tuesday: Masterful melodramas
Five films that show the underrated genre at its best
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In Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi wonders if human longing is innate or instilled by something beyond us
Who hasn’t experienced heightened emotional states at moments of crisis or epiphany?
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Movie Tuesday: Art imitating life
Five films in which directors look at themselves via autobiographical stand-ins
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Ben Sachs picks the top ten—well, 13—movies of 2018
A mix of the new, the old, and new work by the old
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When Rainer Werner Fassbinder cheered up
The German master’s 1972 miniseries Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, screening in a new restoration at Gene Siskel Film Center, shows ordinary people improving their lives.
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More than 60 new features premiere locally at the European Union Film Festival
New films by Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale), Kornél Mundruczó (White God), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), and Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club) light up the festival’s 21st edition.
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant: One of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s best films
The director’s 1972 film adaptation of his own stage play screens at Doc Films this Sunday at 7 PM.
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Tokyo Tribe: A mixture of Cassavetes, Fassbinder, and arterial spray
Japanese street gangs do battle in Sion Sono’s Tokyo Tribe.
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Olivier Assayas opens up about Clouds of Sils Maria and his secrets to directing actors
The French director’s latest opens in Chicago today.
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Memories of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood
The German playwright and director remains a major influence on the Austin-based independent, as a crucial scene of Boyhood demonstrates.
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An interview with Richard Linklater and Northwest Chicago Film Society on film programming (part two)
The second part of a conversation between the noted film director and the local repertory film organization
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Steven Soderbergh pays homage to the great R.W. Fassbinder, by way of Liberace
The creepy showbiz saga Behind the Candelabra is now available to rent at Redbox.
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Kris Swanberg’s Empire Builder: Ennui go to Montana!
On the second half of tonight’s “Kris & Joe Swanberg double feature” at Doc Films