Current musical obsessions of sound artist and performer Andy Slater, DJ Hannah Viti, and Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin
Tag: Robert Altman
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Movie Tuesday: Jazz on film
Both highly collaborative art forms often play on improvisation and the music of chance.
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Old Boyfriends is still Joan Tewkesbury’s one and only feature
And now’s your chance to see it.
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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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Robert Altman’s Popeye gets the big-screen revival it deserves
The director’s 1980 family musical screens from 35-millimeter at the Music Box on Monday.
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Jesse Morgan Young of Baathhaus on why you shouldn’t piss off Peaches
Plus: Actor Alex Grelle on the best songs in Robert Altman’s Nashville, the Reader‘s Kevin Warwick on the best way to listen to nasty noise-rock, and more
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Deaf kids tear it up in The Tribe, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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In Maps to the Stars, Hollywood is a living hell
In David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars portrays the movie business as a nightmare of outsize egos.
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Good old Bill, good old Bob, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Whiplash: A jazz movie that has nothing to do with jazz
You’ve heard about Damien Chazelle’s much-praised Whiplash—now here’s the backlash.
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A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award
The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.
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Here’s Robin Williams as Popeye performing ‘I Yam What I Yam’
For today’s 12 O’Clock Track, remembering the late actor with this clip from Robert Altman’s 1980 film
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One of the worst movies ever made, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The Robert Altman film Altman never wanted you to see
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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CIMMFest ascendant, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue