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Home » Robert Altman

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Posted inMusic

Sound artist Andy Slater on the spring-into-summer sound of 80s freestyle

by Salem Collo-Julin March 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of sound artist and performer Andy Slater, DJ Hannah Viti, and Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Jazz on film

by Ben Sachs October 15, 2019August 18, 2021

Both highly collaborative art forms often play on improvisation and the music of chance.

Posted inFilm

Old Boyfriends is still Joan Tewkesbury’s one and only feature

by Kat Sachs August 22, 2019August 18, 2021

And now’s your chance to see it.

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Hollywood during the late-60s transition

by Ben Sachs July 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that span the old studio system, the ushering in of innovation, and the road to the 70s

Posted inBlogs

Robert Altman’s Popeye gets the big-screen revival it deserves

by Ben Sachs May 19, 2017August 18, 2021

The director’s 1980 family musical screens from 35-millimeter at the Music Box on Monday.

Posted inMusic

Jesse Morgan Young of Baathhaus on why you shouldn’t piss off Peaches

by Kevin Warwick October 23, 2015August 18, 2021

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

Posted inBlogs

Deaf kids tear it up in The Tribe, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones July 10, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inFilm

In Maps to the Stars, Hollywood is a living hell

by J.R. Jones March 11, 2015August 18, 2021

In David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars portrays the movie business as a nightmare of outsize egos.

Posted inBlogs

Good old Bill, good old Bob, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 14, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
Posted inFilm

Whiplash: A jazz movie that has nothing to do with jazz

by J.R. Jones October 29, 2014August 18, 2021

You’ve heard about Damien Chazelle’s much-praised Whiplash—now here’s the backlash.

Chicago International Film Festival director Michael Kutza in 1965.
Posted inFilm

A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs October 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.

Posted inBlogs

Here’s Robin Williams as Popeye performing ‘I Yam What I Yam’

by Tal Rosenberg August 12, 2014August 18, 2021

For today’s 12 O’Clock Track, remembering the late actor with this clip from Robert Altman’s 1980 film

Posted inBlogs

One of the worst movies ever made, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones June 20, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Julian Antos, Kyle Westphal, Rebecca Hall
Posted inFilm

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.

Posted inBlogs

CIMMFest ascendant, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones May 1, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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