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[ Back and Forth with Miss July ] // By Richard Sharp
Hyperproductive artist and Camera D'Or winning director Miranda July on "Me and You and Everyone You Know."
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[ Hustle and Flow ] // By Lee Shoquist
Writer/director Craig Brewer on Memphis hip-hop, art and circumstance.
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[ The Race Card] // By Richard Sharp
Westside Chicagoan Larenz Tate takes on an incendiary role in Paul Haggis' artful "Crash."
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[ Dawn Wiener is Dead (Long Live Dawn Wiener) ] // By Richard Sharp
Fearless Todd Solondz on killing off the past and tackling taboos in "Palindromes."
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[ Boyle's 180] // By Lee Shoquist
Cool. Panicked. Intense. Desperate. Alive. Sensitive? Trainspotting director Danny Boyle goes from heroin chic to children's tales in Millions.
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[ All Upside ] //
By Lee Shoquist
Joan Allen may be Chicago's greatest living actress. Lee Shoquist talks with her and Director Mike Bender on The Upside of Anger. [ Get More ]
[ Duchovny's D ] //
By Richard Sharp
X-Files alum David Duchovny goes it alone, writing/directing his first feature, House of D, with wife Tea Leoni.
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[ Gleaming the Cube ] //
By Richard Sharp
Hip-hop's original bombastic bad man Ice Cube on Chicago, John Singleton, "Barbershop" and the improbable path from Parental Advisory poster-boy to PG-rated kid's star.
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[ Smooth Criminal ] //
By Richard Sharp
Christopher Walken is a bad man and an icon of cool.
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[ 2005 Chicago Really Short Film Festival Go Shorty Awards ]
In its second year, the Chicago Really Short Film Festival brought out the talent, local and otherwise. [ Get More ]
[ Eternal Sunset, Aquatic Garden ]
The first year of ChicagoFilm was jam-packed with quality filmgoing fare, particularly of the American indie variety. [ Get More ]
[ 2004: The Best of the Rest ]
It happens all the time. It's Friday night, you're in Blockbuster video, and you're browsing the DVD new release section. Somewhere between Spiderman 5: MJ's Last Stand and Shrek 6: The Return of Gingey, it's sitting right there in front of you on the shelf, a single copy, untouched. [ Get More ]
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[The Midwest Independent Film Festival] continues its solid locally-focused programming lineup with The Midwest premieres of The Divine and Jeff, as well as Phil Donlon's A Series of Small Things on Tuesday, October 4th at 6 p.m. at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark. Filmmakers will be in attendance to present their work and field questions from the audience.
You ready? [The Chicago International Film Festival] kicks into full gear on Thursday, October 6th, launching two weeks of competition, panels, special presentations and gala celebrations. As usual, the strength of the fest comes from the International competition, with new films by Tsai Ming-Liang, Patrice Chereau, Zhang Yang and Manoel De Oliveira. The special presentations are also quite interesting this year, featuring Lars Von Trier's Manderlay, Noah Baumbach's Squid and the Whale and the Steve Martin-written Shopgirl. Check out our festival blog for more news, previews and reviews starting on opening night.
Local collaborative filmmaking troupe [Split Pillow] will be screening its third feature film Common Sense on October 21, 22 and 23rd at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. The film, a cooperative effort between five local filmmakers, is a Dogme-inspired effort about a klepto, a hustler and a missing child. Tickets are $8 bucks and cast and crew will be on hand at the screenings to answer questions.
On Friday, Oct. 21, the Gene Siskel Film Center is hosting a book release party for Chicago Tribune writer Robert K. Elder's new book [John Woo: Interviews], and will screen the director's masterpiece The Killer. A book signing and reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a special screening of Woo's long out of print classic, The Killer, at 8 p.m. Read the ChicagoFilm interview with Woo from last year.
[Reeling 2005: The 24th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival] takes place November
3-12, 2005. The second-oldest festival of its kind, REELING has brought the best in international independent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cinema to Chicago audiences for 24 years. This year, the fest screen 130 films and videos from 16 countries, to be presented in 67 different programs at the Landmark Century, Chicago Filmmakers and Columbia College.
Mwahahahahah. Rusty Nails and the devilish folks at the Movieside Film Festival have lined up a whopping 24 hours of horror films to prepare you for a truly frightening Halloween. October 15-16 from midnight to midnight, Nails and crew will introduce [Music Box Massacre] - a 12 horror film lineup including The Crazies, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Scanners and the controversial and oft-banned Aftermath. Festivities include prizes, costume contests, a gothic burlesque show, live music and more. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door.
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