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Home » ShowPlace ICON

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Theaters across the city are dusting off their projectors.
Posted inFilm

Now playing: a return to the movies

by Kat Sachs April 12, 2021August 18, 2021

After several pandemic pivots and herd immunity on the horizon, local movie theaters and film programs are returning to business not-quite-as-usual.

Posted inBlogs

Our reviews of the Chicago Latino Film Festival and the rest of what’s screening this week

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

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

I’m being haunted by the ghost of Wilson Mizner!

by Ben Sachs July 14, 2014August 18, 2021

The legendary scam artist (and sometime Hollywood screenwriter) has been turning up all over Chicago in the past several months.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Multiplex for Coffee

by Drew Hunt June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

The perfect complement to a doughnut, a bagel, or a loud, shitty movie

Edge of Tomorrow
Posted inFilm

In Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise does the time warp again (and again and again)

by J.R. Jones June 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Tom Cruise relives the same day over and over in the sci-fi blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow.

Posted inBlogs

Belles, dumbbells, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones May 9, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

The Reader’s film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week’s movies

by Ben Sachs September 20, 2013August 19, 2021

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26

Posted inBlogs

Well-furnished movie theaters are some of the best places to nap

by Ben Sachs March 18, 2013August 19, 2021

. . . but, alas, there are no good sleep-inducing movies playing in town this week.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best movie theater

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Music Box voted best movie theater

The Kids Are All Right; Dogtooth
Posted inFilm

The Nature of Nurture

by J.R. Jones July 8, 2010August 19, 2021

Two of the year’s best films address extremes of parenting.

Posted inBlogs

South Loop Film Festival

by Ed M. Koziarski April 7, 2010August 19, 2021

The 1st Annual South Loop Film Festivals screens 17 under-10 minute shorts and music videos Thursday 4/8 at ShowPlace ICON.

Posted inBlogs

New Movie Theater Opens (Yeah, You Heard Me)

by J.R. Jones December 30, 2009August 19, 2021

Kerasotes Theatres has opened a new multiplex at Clark and Roosevelt.

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