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There are Chicagoans in the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival!

by Kathleen Sachs October 10, 2018August 18, 2021

A mostly complete local viewing guide

Posted inFilm

The Chicago International Film Festival returns, this time with more experiments and work by female directors

by Chicago Reader October 9, 2018August 18, 2021

It lacks some of the buzzier movies from the international festival circuit, but there’s still plenty worth seeing. Our critics weigh in on 24 offerings.

Posted inBlogs

A year before Stonewall, there was The Boys in the Band, the first successful mainstream play with all gay characters

by Albert Williams March 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Mart Crowley’s controversial drama about gay liberation turns 50.

Posted inBlogs

This year’s edition of Noir City: Chicago expands its focus

by Ben Sachs August 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The annual series celebrates the art of the heist.

Posted inBlogs

Psychologists gone wild, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones October 30, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable sceenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

The Chicago Underground Film Festival highlights this week’s new movie reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones May 15, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

A look back at the great repertory film programming in Chicago in 2014

by Ben Sachs December 26, 2014August 18, 2021

The year in old movies

Chicago International Film Festival director Michael Kutza in 1965.
Posted inFilm

A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs October 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.

Posted inBlogs

Revisiting The Brink’s Job, William Friedkin’s neglected 1978 heist comedy

by Ben Sachs May 8, 2014August 18, 2021

As long as we’re reviving Friedkin’s Sorcerer, currently touring the country in a new digital restoration, maybe it’s time to revisit this 1978 film.

Posted inBlogs

Who let that evil wizard into the Music Box Theatre?

by Ben Sachs March 31, 2014August 18, 2021

William Friedkin’s Sorcerer is only a little wider in a theater than on home video, but the difference is striking all the same.

Posted inBlogs

William Friedkin’s Sorcerer rolls back into action at the Music Box

by Ben Sachs March 20, 2014August 18, 2021

A restored version of the Exorcist director’s remake of The Wages of Fear screens as a midnight movie over the next two weekends.

Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep in August: Osage County
Posted inFilm

The home fires burn in August: Osage County

by J.R. Jones January 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Meryl Streep is a fire-breathing matriarch in August: Osage County.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Tue 4/16: “The Reinvention of Vivian Maier,” William Friedkin, and Rectify

by Drew Hunt April 16, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

Posted inBlogs

GIFs of love, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones April 12, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: “Violence is not funny”—the best of William Friedkin

by Drew Hunt April 7, 2013August 19, 2021

Weekly Top Five: William Friedkin films

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