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Weekly Top Five: The best of Howard Hawks

by Drew Hunt September 29, 2013August 19, 2021

Weekly Top Five: The best of Howard Hawks

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This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones February 24, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

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Coming soon: Northwest Chicago Film Society’s winter calendar

by Ben Sachs December 20, 2011August 19, 2021

A preview of Northwest Chicago Film Society’s winter calendar

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Facets Film School

by Ed M. Koziarski February 22, 2010August 19, 2021

The winter session of Facets Film School begins Monday 2/22 with weekly screenings and lectures on musicals of the 70s and 80s, screwball comedy star Carole Lombard, Billy Wilder’s buddy comedies, and neorealism and its descendants.

Archive Dive Day 30, 2000: 2000: Free and freak since the previous millennium, the Reader kicked off the new one with this insightful cover piece of the January 7, 2000 issue.

Essay

The Wisdom in Our Underwear

by Richard Meltzer January 7, 2000September 3, 2021

Final Notes on the only century we had until last week