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Tom Palazzolo’s Love It/Leave It lampoons the binary choice presented to 70s antiwar protesters

by J.R. Jones January 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Logan Center screens the experimental classic as part of a retrospective on underground distributor Canyon Cinema.

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Embrace of the Serpent slithers into town, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones March 11, 2016August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Andrew Bujaski gets Results, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones June 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Inside Out This week we take a look at Results, the latest comedy from indie stalwart Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, Computer Chess), and Inside Out, the latest Pixar animation. Guess which one is going to make a yawning ass-load of money this weekend? From Mayerling to Sarajevo Check out the new issue […]

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Rahm Emanuel hates Illinois Nazis!

by Jake Malooley March 30, 2015August 18, 2021

A shirtless Rahm Emanuel attended an anti-Nazi demonstration in Chicago back in 1978.

Hairy Who, from The Portable Hairy Who (1966)

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The where and why of the Hairy Who

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

The Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists revisits the local artists who freaked out the world.

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Reader’s Agenda Sat 3/29: Nelson Algren, Rare Soul Weekender, and Malachi Ritscher

by Drew Hunt March 29, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, March 29

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Reader’s Agenda Thu 1/23: Con Air, the Chicago Picasso, and Chicago Psych Fest V

by Drew Hunt January 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Con Air Looking for something to do today? Agenda‘s got you covered. Doc Films, the University of Chicago’s student film society, hosts a screening of the Nic Cage actioner Con Air, which former Reader film critic Lisa Alspector called “both cheeky and tongue-in-cheek because it’s so far over-the-top.” At Co-Prosperity Sphere, South Side Projections screens […]

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Co-Prosperity Sphere to host a multimedia event about the Chicago Picasso

by Ben Sachs January 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Noting the event “Picasso and the Mayor: The Chicago Picasso on 16-millimeter”

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Showdown in Cairo, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones January 17, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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City to See—and more movies to see—at the Museum of Contemporary Art

by Ben Sachs January 2, 2014August 18, 2021

Noting three upcoming film programs in January: a shorts collection from Chicago Film Archives, a retrospective of Chilean director Pablo Larraín, and a multimedia performance piece co-coordinated by the Nightingale Cinema

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