• Newsletters
  • Donate now
  • CITY LIFE
    • Out Here
    • Public Service Announcement
    • Shop Local
    • Street View
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: City Life
    • Best of Chicago: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago: Cannabis
    • Best of Chicago: Sports & Recreation
  • NEWS & POLITICS
    • News
    • Features
    • En español
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • John Greenfield: On Transportation
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • Gossip Wolf
    • The Listener
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Music & Nightlife
    • Chicago in Tune guide
    • Bull Horn (paid sponsored content)
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Summer Theater & Arts Preview
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Book reviews
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Arts & Culture
    • Arts listings community calendar
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Drinks Issue
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Best of Chicago: Food & Drink
    • Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content)
  • READER
    • About
      • Contact
      • Staff
      • Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Find a print copy
      • Print subscriptions
    • Advertise
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Classifieds
      • Matches
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Best of Chicago
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

Donate now
  • »
  • Summer Theater & Arts Preview
  • The Pride Issue
  • Latest issue
  • Reader 50
  • Nonprofit Guide
  • En español
  • Contests
  • Reader Store
  • Advertise
Home » The Insider

Tag: The Insider

Posted inFilm

Michael Mann goes to Brooklyn and talks about Chicago

by James Hughes February 24, 2016August 18, 2021

At a keynote that was part of a retrospective at BAMcinématek, the director largely reflected on his hometown roots.

Posted inBlogs

Speedboats and neon: Michael Mann’s five best films

by Drew Hunt January 25, 2015August 18, 2021

Highlights from the filmography of Michael Mann

Posted inBlogs

The special effect of screen actors playing characters older than themselves

by Ben Sachs December 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Noting a few fine performances by younger actors of older people in light of teenager Adèle Exarchopoulos’s performance in Blue Is the Warmest Color

Posted inBlogs

Pizza Hut gets it

by Kevin Warwick April 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Pizza Hut’s hot dog stuffed crust pizza deserves your applause.

Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Posted inFilm

Public Enemy Numéro Un

by J.R. Jones September 2, 2010August 19, 2021

An ambitious French gangster epic leaves Michael Mann’s Dillinger biopic in the shade.

Get the Reader's free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday.

Recent Posts

  • The Chicago Soul Jazz Collective refreshes the sounds of the city’s postbop era
  • A note from an editor
  • House music, Midsummer parties, and Queer Pride
  • Cult emo experimentalist Weatherday arrives in Chicago
  • Method and madness
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2021

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us
Become a member
Donate

Advertise

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2022 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic