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Tag: Steve James
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Real Chicago
The scariest thing about our city is how our political system works.
Posted inFilm
City So Real is peak Chicago
Steve James’s docuseries authentically captures the people and places that define the city.
Posted inFilm
A Chicago International Film Festival unlike any other
The 56th annual celebration of cinema features nearly 60 films, seven of which are world premieres, online and at the drive-in.
Posted inMusic
Natural Information Society make the stage a home—and vice versa
Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado of Natural Information Society help give the Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.
Posted inFilm
An interview with Laura Checkoway, director of the Oscar-nominated Edith+Eddie
The Kartemquin Films release profiles nonagenarian newlyweds who were torn apart.
Posted inBlogs
Son of Saul opens at Music Box, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inBlogs
Chris Rock is an auteur now, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inBlogs
Not coming to a theater near you, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inBlogs
The latest from Steve James, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between July 4 and 10
Posted inFilm
Reluctant auteur Steve James on life and Life Itself
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Steve James discusses his life in the Chicago suburbs and his new film on Roger Ebert, Life Itself.
Posted inMusic
Listen closely to Jimmy Whispers
His street art and love songs have a powerful antiviolence subtext—and his Summer in Pain Festival benefits CeaseFire.
Posted inBlogs
Coming Tuesday: The first Good Pitch Chicago, a fund-seeking round table for documentary filmmakers
After success in other American cities, a forum that sits documentary filmmakers down with potential backers comes to the Chicago Cultural Center.
Posted inBlogs
Ceasefire Illinois head charged with domestic battery
The Illinois director of CeaseFire is charged after his wife filed a report.
Posted inBlogs
Weekly Top Five: Dream on—the American dream on film
Michael Bay’s recent Pain & Gain inspires the latest Weekly Top Five.