Reminder: Chili Cookoff This Saturday on November 4, 2009
28 Years of Reeling on November 2, 2009
5 Movies For Halloween on October 29, 2009
No Luxury Movies at Block 37 on October 27, 2009
Movie Roundup on October 26, 2009
Properly Sauced: Bijou Cocktail on October 20, 2009
CIFF Best of Fest Screenings Announced on October 20, 2009
Mississippi Damned, Vincere Clean Up at CIFF Awards on October 19, 2009
CIFF Update: A Single Man on October 15, 2009
CIFF: Police, Adjective on October 14, 2009
CIFF: Mother on October 13, 2009
CIFF: Shorts 1, Illinoi[s]emakers on October 12, 2009
CIFF: Made in China on October 10, 2009
CIFF: About Elly on October 9, 2009
CIFF: Ricky on October 8, 2009
CIFF: Chicago Overcoat on October 8, 2009
45th Chicago International Film Festival Opens on October 8, 2009
CIFF: Air Doll on October 7, 2009
CIFF: Videocracy on October 7, 2009
CIFF: Beyond Ipanema on October 6, 2009
CIFF: A Frozen Flower on October 5, 2009
CIFF: Antichrist on October 5, 2009
Michael Shannon’s Play Extended on October 1, 2009
Our CIFF Adventure on September 29, 2009
David Byrne: A Big Suit And A Bicycle on September 28, 2009
Last Day of Voting for Our CIFF Adventure on September 28, 2009
Rob’s CIFF Adventure: VOTE! on September 25, 2009
45th Chicago International Film Festival: Choose Our Adventure on September 23, 2009
The Fall In Film: October At A Glance on September 21, 2009
Essential Cinema: A Woman Under The Influence on September 15, 2009
Rockin’ Our Turntable: Lamar Holley on September 14, 2009
The Value Of Access on September 11, 2009
Interview: Wallace Shawn on September 8, 2009
Properly Sauced: Tiki on Acid on September 2, 2009
CIFF Looking for a Hottie and a Honey on August 31, 2009
Tiki E-Book Brings Stone Age into the Digital Age on August 26, 2009
Francis Ford Iowa on August 25, 2009
The Worst Movie Remake Idea. Ever. Period. on August 24, 2009
Properly Sauced: Rum Roundup on August 17, 2009
Second Chance Cinema Roundup on August 17, 2009
Blow Your Dough at Dusty Groove’s Sidewalk Sale on August 12, 2009
David Mamet, Anne Frank, Disney on August 12, 2009
The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue on August 10, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are Paraphernalia Galore on August 5, 2009
Malls R Us on August 3, 2009
Harry Belafonte, Naked Lunch Come to Chicago on July 29, 2009
We’re Here, We’re Queer, We Love to Watch Movies on July 21, 2009
See This: RiP! A Remix Manifesto on July 20, 2009
Properly Sauced: The Zombie on July 8, 2009
Interview: The Onion’s Nathan Rabin on July 6, 2009
Review: Public Enemies on July 2, 2009
See This: Independence Day Weekend Edition on July 1, 2009
Oscars Returning To The Era Of Judy Garland on June 24, 2009
Booze Coming Back to Walgreens? on June 23, 2009
Move Over, Rocky Horror, Here Comes The Room on June 22, 2009
Opening Today: Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro on June 19, 2009
Interview: Lucas Hilderbrand on June 16, 2009
Johnny Depp’s Public Enemies Gets Advance Screenings … But Not in Chicago on June 9, 2009
Freddy Krueger Needs YOU on June 8, 2009
See These at the Siskel: Daytime Drinking and Objectified on June 3, 2009
Relocated Reckless Records Reopens on June 2, 2009
Indiana Teens Tout DIY Terror Flick on May 27, 2009
Some Chicagoans Still Clueless About DTV on May 26, 2009
New Modernist Neo-Psychedelic Ethnographic Filmmaking on May 20, 2009
Dan Aykroyd: Ghostbusters 3 Coming Soon on May 20, 2009
Interview: Filmmaker Michael Caplan on May 18, 2009
Mingus. Partch. Klugman. on May 12, 2009
Properly Sauced: Orange Barb on May 12, 2009
See This: The Limits of Control on May 8, 2009
Essential Cinema: Diary of a Mad Housewife on May 4, 2009
Properly Sauced: El Diablo on May 1, 2009
Me-TV’s Me-Too Remembers Bea Arthur All This Week on April 27, 2009
Ebert Giving As Good As He Gets on April 23, 2009
Music For Scientists on April 21, 2009
Snark Twittering at the Movies on April 16, 2009
Gorging on Movies on April 14, 2009
Essential Cinema: Wendy and Lucy on April 10, 2009
What’s in a Series? on April 8, 2009
Willem Dafoe Replacing Matt Dillon at Nelson Algren Tribute on April 3, 2009
Facets vs. Netflix on April 1, 2009
Movie Roundup: Hit Men, Vampires, Other Unusual Beings on March 30, 2009
Anthony Hopkins as Papa? on March 26, 2009
Do This: Get Juiced with Dan Aykroyd on March 25, 2009
Let Warner Bros. Burn That For You on March 24, 2009
European Union Film Festival: Angel and Left Bank on March 20, 2009
Properly Sauced: The Suffering Bastard on March 17, 2009
European Union Film Festival: Puffball and Fear Me Not on March 13, 2009
Whatchu’ Talkin’ ‘Bout, Willis? Sears Tower Gets New Name on March 12, 2009
Jazz Comes to the Symphony on March 10, 2009
Matt Dillon. Nelson Algren. Barry Gifford. Be There. on March 9, 2009
Love and Hate for The Neofuturists on March 8, 2009
European Union Film Festival: Fermat’s Room and About Water on March 6, 2009
Bootywatch: Cook Country Sheriff Sues Craigslist on March 5, 2009
Movies & Music Roundup on March 3, 2009
What’s Up at the Music Box? on February 26, 2009
Essential Cinema: Two by Nicholas Ray on February 25, 2009
Interview: Filmmaker Stephen Cone on February 23, 2009
Properly Sauced, Oscar Edition: Sofia’s Punch on February 17, 2009
At The Cinema on February 16, 2009
Chicago: Miserable, But Best Place to Make an Independent Film on February 11, 2009
Oscar Countdown: Safe As Milk? on February 9, 2009
Second Chance Theater: Che and Haute Horror on February 6, 2009
Short Take on Shorts on February 5, 2009
Do This: Trader Vic’s Valentine’s Day Dinner Package on February 3, 2009
Oh Gee, It’s Oscar Season on January 31, 2009
Che Chat: Point/Counterpoint on January 19, 2009
Movie Roundup: Epic Edition on January 15, 2009
Getting Intimate with Oscar on January 14, 2009
Bloody January, Part 2 on January 12, 2009
The Dark Knight: Dark Horse? on January 7, 2009
Bloody January on January 5, 2009
12 Great Movies We Saw This Year on December 30, 2008
10 Movies We Wish We’d Seen This Year on December 29, 2008
R.I.P. VHS on December 23, 2008
Properly Sauced: Yule Wassail on December 22, 2008
Snow Day! on December 19, 2008
Trader Vic’s Is Open! on December 18, 2008
A Few Words About the Greatest Movie of the Season on December 15, 2008
Movie Roundup on December 9, 2008
20 Years of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind on December 9, 2008
The 13” Test on December 5, 2008
Properly Sauced: The Beulah on December 3, 2008
Movie Roundup on November 25, 2008
Sneak Peek: Trader Vic’s on November 24, 2008
Cinephile Gift Alert! on November 22, 2008
Review: Twilight on November 19, 2008
Properly Sauced: The Perfect Manhattan on November 17, 2008
Trader Vic’s Almost Here … on November 12, 2008
Steppenwolf Honors Studs on November 11, 2008
Another Chance to Be Terrified on November 6, 2008
Reeling Unspools Starting Thursday on November 3, 2008
Interview: Obscene co-director Neil Ortenberg on October 31, 2008
No More Obamapalooza Tickets on October 29, 2008
Wrapping Up CIFF on October 29, 2008
Hunger Wins Top Prize at CIFF on October 26, 2008
CIFF: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Waltz in Starlight on October 23, 2008
CIFF: Sleep Dealer on October 22, 2008
CIFF: Hunger, Fear(s) of the Dark on October 20, 2008
CIFF: 24 City, Of Time and the City on October 19, 2008
CIFF: Sparrow, Julia on October 18, 2008
CIFF: Wesley Willis’s Joyrides, Terribly Happy on October 17, 2008
CIFF: Synecdoche, New York; Wendy and Lucy; Must Read After My Death on October 14, 2008
Jim Henson Retrospective Coming to Siskel on October 13, 2008
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell on October 10, 2008
Chicago International Film Festival Tickets Now on Sale on October 7, 2008
Second Chance Theater: Home of the Giants on October 5, 2008
About That James Bond Post… on October 1, 2008
James Bond in Chicago? on October 1, 2008
Paul Newman & Chicago on September 30, 2008
Bribes for Batman? on September 29, 2008
What’s Playing at CIFF on September 25, 2008
Two Movies About Water on September 23, 2008
Movie Roundup on September 16, 2008
Tina Fey Out-Palins Palin on September 14, 2008
Chicago International Film Festival Passes Now Available on September 10, 2008
The New Jazz Showcase Really Swings on September 9, 2008
Review: Viva on September 4, 2008
Queue Tips: Movies for Republicans on September 1, 2008
Movies: Second Chance & Last Chance on August 29, 2008
Loud, Stupid, Fast on August 26, 2008
Showgirls Gone Wild on August 21, 2008
Peace On Earth Film Festival on August 17, 2008
Looking Back 40 Years on August 14, 2008
Bike & Watch on August 11, 2008
Everybody Must Get Stoned on August 8, 2008
Interview: Filmmaker Andrew Bujalski on August 4, 2008
Queue Tips: Hot, Hot, Hot on August 2, 2008
Review: Chris & Don, A Love Story on July 31, 2008
MeTV Teams Up with MGM on July 29, 2008
Sound + Vision + Taste on July 25, 2008
Holy Ticket Sales, Batman! on July 21, 2008
Some Area Starbucks Closing, Forcing People to Go to One Across Street on July 16, 2008
Wachowski Brothers’ Ninja Assassin Being Cut in Ravenswood on July 14, 2008
A Short Take on a Long Movie on July 9, 2008
Obama’s Moving Picture on July 7, 2008
RIP Don Davis, 1942-2008 on July 2, 2008
The Movie Queens Yakk It Up on June 30, 2008
Horrible = Hilarious on June 26, 2008
Cold, Sweet, Refreshing on June 25, 2008
MeTV: Classic TV and Now, Classic Movies Too on June 20, 2008
Interview: Bank of America Cinema Programmers Mike King and Mike Phillips on June 17, 2008
Review: Gas For Less on June 11, 2008
The Killing of Johnny Depp’s John Dillinger on June 10, 2008
Jazz: Was and Is on June 9, 2008
Summer Eye Candy on June 5, 2008
Dancing with Chew on June 2, 2008
No Landmark Century for CIFF This Year on May 29, 2008
G-Rod Signs Illinois Filmmakers Tax Credit Bill on May 27, 2008
Review: Recount on May 22, 2008
Indiana Jones a Hyde Parker? on May 20, 2008
When Larry Craig Was 17 on May 14, 2008
Bond & Body Snatchers at the Music Box on May 9, 2008
Terrible Lakeview Intersection Proves Deadly on May 7, 2008
MBC Still Not Ready for Primetime on May 6, 2008
Jonathan, Jonathan Everywhere on May 2, 2008
Movie Round-up on April 28, 2008
Tiki Terrace Tantalizes on April 24, 2008
Mother’s Day with Joan on April 24, 2008
Advertising Ads on April 17, 2008
New Deal Film Festival on April 14, 2008
South of the Border on Sunday on April 11, 2008
The Best Play of 2007 Gets an Encore on April 8, 2008
Charles Carter, 1924-2008 on April 6, 2008
Movie Music at the Harris on April 2, 2008
Interview: Barry Gifford on March 31, 2008
Encore: Senator Obama Goes to Africa on March 28, 2008
A Chicago Take on a Single-Take Movie on March 24, 2008
Movie Roundup on March 21, 2008
Our Two Cents: Funny Games on March 17, 2008
Cine Under 20 on March 12, 2008
DIY Together on March 10, 2008
4 from the EU on March 7, 2008
Trader Vic’s Is Coming Back to Chicago. Really. on March 5, 2008
A Self-Portrait from the Outside on February 27, 2008
All Starbucks Closing Tonight for 3 Hours, Apocalypse Imminent on February 26, 2008
Finally, We Get Excited about Oscar on February 22, 2008
Even More Me on February 19, 2008
Queue Tips: Twisted Romance on February 14, 2008
Probably Not Coming to a Theater Near You on February 13, 2008
Interview: Bob Balaban on February 8, 2008
Queue Tips: Snow on February 7, 2008
Changing Scenery: Japan to Hyde Park on February 5, 2008
Buster Keaton’s Stroll on February 1, 2008
Movies: City as Symphony on January 28, 2008
Obama Documentary Screenings Rescheduled on January 24, 2008
Batman Calls the Shots on January 21, 2008
Movie Roundup on January 18, 2008
O Fireside, Where Went Thou? on January 14, 2008
Siskel Cancels Obama Documentary Screenings on January 8, 2008
Hollywood Junk Food Fatality #1 on January 7, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum Retiring on January 2, 2008
Ten Great Movies We Saw This Year on December 31, 2007
Ten Movies We Wished We’d Seen This Year on December 27, 2007
One Great Sandwich: Egg Salad at Stella’s on December 26, 2007
Gangsters and Griswolds on December 18, 2007
Channukah Presents for the Coen Brothers on December 17, 2007
Cool Beyond Yule on December 13, 2007
Enter Virtually, Enter Comedically on December 11, 2007
Whippersnappers Snapping on December 6, 2007
Interview: The Movie Queens on December 3, 2007
Review: “What Would Jesus Buy?” on November 29, 2007
Poi Dog Pondering Plays Along on November 26, 2007
The Future of Movies (If You Can Afford It) on November 20, 2007
Perversion, Diversion on November 15, 2007
Setting Up Camp on November 12, 2007
Reeling Film Festival: “V.O.” and “The Godfather of Disco” on November 8, 2007
Writer’s Guild Goes on Strike (and Guess Whose Side We’re On) on November 5, 2007
More Than Just Pickled Cabbage on October 30, 2007
Theater Review: The Birds on October 29, 2007
Scary Cinema on October 25, 2007
Stairs and Cheese (Not Necessarily Simultaneously) on October 22, 2007
An Open Letter to the Chicago International Film Festival on October 18, 2007
CIFF: “One Hundred Nails” and “Home of the Giants” on October 14, 2007
CIFF: “The Man from London” on October 12, 2007
CIFF: “Chicago 10” on October 10, 2007
CIFF: “You, the Living” and “Heartbeat Detector” on October 9, 2007
CIFF: “The Aerial” on October 8, 2007
CIFF: “Hallam Foe” and “Stuck” on October 7, 2007
CIFF: “Control” on October 6, 2007
CIFF: “America the Beautiful” on October 3, 2007
Getting Ready for CIFF: What’s on Our List on October 1, 2007
Darjeeling Limited Tea Party on September 27, 2007
Second-Chance Theater: “Helvetica” and “Bug” on September 26, 2007
Here’s the Deal with CIFF on September 19, 2007
What’s the Deal with CIFF? on September 17, 2007
Poring Over the Past, Squinting at the Future on September 12, 2007
Chicago Pit Stop for “Tiki Road Trip 2” on September 10, 2007
Love Movies? Sites to Bookmark. on September 6, 2007
Movie Roundup on September 4, 2007
Creepy Stuff Every Sunday on August 30, 2007
Q: What Do You Call a Movie That’s Getting Its Chicago Premiere 48 Years After Being Made? on August 29, 2007
Caddyshack for Real on August 22, 2007
Ken Vandermark on the Job in Musician on August 21, 2007
Chicago Underground Film Festival: 14 Years of Being Different on August 13, 2007
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, (Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna) Break My Stride on August 8, 2007
Bergman 101 on August 6, 2007
Filmmaker Antonioni Dead at 94 on July 31, 2007
The Best Movie You’ve Never Seen on July 30, 2007
Five Pounds Every Day on July 26, 2007
Chicago Film Grind: Past, Present, Future on July 24, 2007
Warning: This Post Does Not Contain Harry Potter Spoilers on July 19, 2007
Fritz Lang’s Martini, Buster Keaton’s Brides, Gene Wilder’s Hair on July 16, 2007
Music Box Enters the Movie Business on July 12, 2007
Nice Bombs on July 10, 2007
Totin’ at the Tower on July 6, 2007
Movie List: Other Facets of the Fourth on July 4, 2007
Essential Cinema: The Films of David Lynch on June 29, 2007
SiCKO Hits Above the Belt on June 26, 2007
Belated Happy Birthday, Roger! on June 19, 2007
A Certain Type on June 18, 2007
On Location: Bats and Books (?) on June 13, 2007
High Time for Tiki Time on June 13, 2007
Local Film Goes Cross-Country on June 11, 2007
Something Different than Whatever Made Money Last Summer, Part III on June 7, 2007
Q: What’s Better Than a Free Movie? on May 30, 2007
Sweet: Redford Moving In on Fannie May on May 29, 2007
A Different Kind of Barbecue on May 25, 2007
New Sounds, Old Sights on May 23, 2007
Interview: Movie Extra Jeremy Wells on May 21, 2007
Crispin Glover in Chicago, Pt. 2: “Brand Upon The Brain!” on May 16, 2007
Lotta Film Stuff (and a TV Thing Too) on May 9, 2007
A Benefit Screening on May 8, 2007
Watch Around the Loop on May 4, 2007
Lots of Ha Ha on May 1, 2007
Sci-Fi Around the Clock on April 25, 2007
A Few Film Events on April 23, 2007
Essential Cinema: Playtime on April 20, 2007
Gotham Returns to Chicago on April 18, 2007
The Lady Hijacker on April 16, 2007
Lost and Found and Shown on April 12, 2007
As We Are on March 29, 2007
Benefit: My Brother’s War, a Documentary on March 26, 2007
Blues Brothers Boost on March 22, 2007
Somebody’s Child: The Redemption of Rwanda on March 20, 2007
Bot and Hothered About Peminist Fornography on March 16, 2007
Telling Stories, Watching Stories on March 12, 2007
European Vacation on March 8, 2007
In Latest Triumph, Jennifer Hudson Named Queen of Known Universe on March 5, 2007
Interview: Filmmaker Brian Jun on March 2, 2007
Movie Roundup: Coming Attractions on February 28, 2007
Oscar Recap on February 26, 2007
Chicagoist Oscar Predictions on February 23, 2007
Chicagoist Smackdown: TV vs. Movies on February 22, 2007
When It Comes to TV, Everything That Rises Must Converge on February 15, 2007
Five Twisted Romances on February 13, 2007
You Just Gonna Sit There All Day? Absolutely! on February 8, 2007
TV Tonight? Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life on February 6, 2007
Shooting in the Midwest on February 5, 2007
Interview: MeTV’s Neal Sabin on February 1, 2007
Review: INLAND EMPIRE on January 29, 2007
Vince Vaughn Is the Tip of the Iceberg on January 25, 2007
Tickets So Hot They Melt You on January 24, 2007
Celluloid’s Ceiling on January 19, 2007
Working on Work on January 16, 2007
Golden Globes: Gals, Gowns, Guys, Grins on January 15, 2007
Watching Movies Closer to the Edge on January 11, 2007
High-Def Home Skillet on January 9, 2007
It’s Heavier Than You Might Think on January 8, 2007
Breaking News: INLAND EMPIRE Tickets Now on Sale on January 5, 2007
Local Film Fiction Is Now a Fact on January 5, 2007
Local Actor James Andelin Passes Away on January 2, 2007
Cults Take Over Music Box on December 27, 2006
Ten Great Movies We Saw This Year on December 26, 2006
Top Ten Movies We Didn’t See This Year on December 22, 2006
We Look Great When We Look Like Someone Else on December 20, 2006
Review: The Architect on December 15, 2006
Like Wow Man, Cosmic Xmas on December 13, 2006
Reality TV vs. Reality on December 11, 2006
Dirty Black Snow on December 6, 2006
Those Guys Bring on the Goofy on December 4, 2006
Blu-ray or Not Blu-ray? on December 2, 2006
Stay In and Veg Out on November 29, 2006
Piloting Chicago TV Comedy on November 27, 2006
For Crying Out Loud on November 24, 2006
Filmmaker Robert Altman Dead on November 21, 2006
That Riot in the Park on November 20, 2006
TV Heads Begin Rolling on November 17, 2006
Reeling Burglarized on November 14, 2006
Tasty Crispin on November 13, 2006
If Ever Oh Ever a Wiz There Was on November 10, 2006
Pieces and Parts on November 9, 2006
Who We Really Are on November 6, 2006
Reeling: Looking for Cheyenne on November 2, 2006
Will Will Obama Be? on October 31, 2006
Chicago Humanities Festival: Film on October 30, 2006
Looking at Where We Watch on October 27, 2006
That Reeling Feeling on October 25, 2006
Essential Jonathan on October 24, 2006
The Film Equivalent of Carb-Loading on October 19, 2006
Still Imagining the Post-Digital Future on October 18, 2006
No Lion, No Witch, Awesome Wardrobe on October 16, 2006
Simply Irresis-T-ible on October 13, 2006
“30 Rock” Makes Us Laugh on October 12, 2006
Syndromes and a Century on October 9, 2006
Chicago International Film Festival Begins Today on October 6, 2006
Post of Shame: We Watched “The Bachelor: Rome” on October 4, 2006