Film Review: New Restoration of The Passion of Joan of Arc Is as Breathtaking as Ever
I have such vivid memories of seeing Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 groundbreaking work The Passion of Joan of Arc back…
Film Review: Don’t Miss the 4k Restoration of Renoir’s The Crime of Monsieur Lange
I shouldn’t have to convince you to see a beautifully restored, 4K presentation of a great French film by the…
Film Review: Quiet The Fencer Teaches Compassion At the End of a Sword
Nominated a year ago for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards and also the official Finnish contender…
Film Review: Despite Predictability, Biopic Tom of Finland Draws Compelling Portrait of Gay Icon
At some point right around the time the artist Tom of Finland (real name Touko Laaksonen) died in the early…
Siskel Film Center Kicks off 2018 with Slate of Docs in Stranger Than Fiction Series
When Siskel Film Center re-opens tomorrow, they’re doing it with all guns blazing. The arthouse cinema on State Street took…
Screens Monthly: January
With the new year comes the coldest temperatures in Chicago since…well, since last winter, probably. In what’s traditionally a month…
