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After Hours Film Society Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove 630-534-4528 afterhoursfilmsociety.com "A Separation" ✭✭✭✭ (Iran; Asghar Farhadi, 2011) Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave Iran for good with...Tags: Iran, Entertainment, A Separation (movie), Alzheimer's Disease, University of Chicago
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'Quill': Just keep the camera on the dog ✭✭ 1/2
What is it about yellow Labrador puppies? Whether it's the "world's worst dog" in "Marley & Me," or the much more manageable lead character in "Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog," those little guys in their clumsy, adorable baby phase can win a viewer's...
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Civic premieres clever 'Grey Gardens: The Musical'
Civic Theatre of Allentown artistic director William Sanders likes to choose plays and musicals that haven't been presented in the Lehigh Valley — so "Grey Gardens: The Musical" seemed a great choice for the 2012 season honoring women in the...Tags: James Earl Jones, John Larroquette, Arts and Culture, Music Theater, Gore Vidal
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'Surviving Progress' ✭✭✭ 1/2
Dire but wisely humane to its core, the beautiful new documentary "Surviving Progress" reacquaints us with the idea that not all technological, materialistic and relentlessly acquisitive behavior works either for us or for those around us. The globe-...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Entertainment, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, Genes and Chromosomes
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Film festivals for many tastes this weekend
We're heading into a crowded weekend for film fests in Chicago, with no fewer than three major events competing for attention. This kind of overlap is far from ideal, but then again filmgoers are a self-selecting bunch, and the three festivals on tap...
Tags: Radio, D.A. Pennebaker, Entertainment, Matt Walsh, David Bowie
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'In the Family': Director Wang's first feature takes its time, gets it right ✭✭✭ 1/2
Its plot description carries the faint aroma of virtuous cheese, but there's nothing cheesy about writer-director-star Patrick Wang's remarkable first feature, which proceeds at its own calm but effective pace and leads to a very full emotional finale....
Tags: Trevor St. John, Entertainment, Movies
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Landmark Century Centre Cinema opens Midnight Movies series with 'The Big Lebowski'
The Music Box Theatre has long been in the business of showing midnight movies ("The Room" doesn't look quite as good in the middle of the day), but now that's not the only place in Lakeview where you can watch a movie until 2 a.m. and re-experience...
Tags: The Big Lebowski (movie), Arts and Culture, Jurassic Park (movie), The Shining (movie), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (movie)
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James Corden hilariously crosses pond in 'One Man, Two Guvnors'
Los Angeles Times Theater CriticNEW YORK -- The old "contents may have shifted during flight" warning seemed especially worrying for "One Man, Two Guvnors," the London smash from the National Theatre of Great Britain that opened last week on Broadway. Although the play by Richard...Tags: Entertainment, Matthew Broderick, Arts and Culture, England, Nathan Lane
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What to see this weekend in the LV
LakeviewStaring down the prospect of a three-day weekend with way too many film choices? Never fear, I'll narrow it down for you! Below are my personal picks of what's playing in Lakeview: At Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark): “Carnage”:... -
Midnight at Music Box: Party time! Excellent!
LakeviewIf you haven't already guessed this weekend's Music Box Midnight Movie…I'll tell you. “Wayne's World” will go from suburban cable access to midnight movie January 6-7 at Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport). In honor of the lovable... -
S.S. Poseidon at Music Box New Year’s Eve
LakeviewThere's got to be a morning after…if you can hold on to Dec. 31. If bar-hopping and candlelight yoga aren't your bags, the ever-splendiferous Music Box Theatre has a fun alternaplan for New Year's Eve: a screening of the classic disaster flick ... -
Music Box Christmas Show through Dec. 24
LakeviewTwo of my life philosophies: “no man is a failure who has friends” and “the best things happen while you're dancing.” Both of these are illustrated in fabulous Technicolor at the 28th Annual Music Box Christmas Show, running...
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