<em>The Artist</em>

Film

The Artist

Today @ Various Chicago theaters

This black-and-white, near-silent throwback by French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius (OSS 117) delivers film-geek kicks in both form (gleefully antiquated transitions, early-cinema... 

<em>A Separation</em>

Film: Independent

A Separation

Today @ Music Box Theatre

Iran's entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar and winner of Berlin's Golden Bear, A Separation is a complex family drama that... 

<em>Carnage</em>

Film

Carnage

Today @ Various Chicago theaters

Roman Polanski doesn't make bad films. He may be known for his bad decisions off set, but on set, he remains... 

<em>Pina</em>

Film: Documentary

Pina

Today @ AMC River East 21

Wim Wenders pays poetic tribute to friend and influential German choreographer Pina Bausch using 3D technology. On the surface, it seems... 

<em>Tomboy</em>

Film: Independent

Tomboy

Today @ Music Box Theatre

In Tomboy, filmmaker Céline Sciamma's (Water Lilies) second feature, a family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure (Zoé Heran) and 6-year-old Jeanne... 

<em>My Piece of the Pie</em>

Film: Independent

My Piece of the Pie

Today @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Totally timely in its semi-humorous focus on class warfare and the human toll exacted by the financial crisis, My Piece of... 

<em>The Taking of Pelham One Two Three</em> (1974)

Film

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Today @ Doc Films

Skip the 2009 Washington & Travolta rendition of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three — another in Hollywood's eternal conga... 

<em>Casablanca</em> (1942)

Film

Casablanca (1942)

Today @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

"One of the greatest romances in cinematic history" is a grand claim, but there's a reason that Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid... 

<em>Foxes</em> (1980)

Film

Foxes

Today @ Doc Films

It's LA in the late '70s, and their parents are off somewhere, "finding themselves" or cruising the singles bars. So the... 

Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animated and Live Action

Film: Shorts

Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012

Tomorrow @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Whether you enjoy your cinema in bite-sized pieces, or want to be a know-it-all at the annual Oscar party, this theatrical... 

<em>House of Pleasures</em> (2011)

Film

House of Pleasures

Tomorrow @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Bertrand Bonello's languid portrait of a turn-of-the-century Parisian brothel made several critics' Best of 2011 lists, but it's only now finding... 

<em>Love Streams</em> (1984)

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Love Streams (1984)

Tomorrow @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

Directed by John Cassavetes and adapted from a play by Ted Allan, Love Streams follows a brother (Cassavetes) and his sister... 

<em>Addiction Incorporated</em>

Film: Documentary

Addiction Incorporated

Tomorrow @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Just what did the tobacco industry know about the evils of nicotine, and when did it know it? That's the subject... 

Robert Bresson

Film: Independent

Robert Bresson

Saturday 2/11 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

No recent film event has enraptured critical circles more than TIFF's comprehensive, traveling retrospective of Robert Bresson's career, the first of... 

<em>Hot Saturday</em> (1932) with <em>School for Romance</em> (1934)

Film

Hot Saturday (1932) with School for Romance (1934)

Saturday 2/11 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

(William A. Seiter, 1932, 73 min.) Nancy Carroll stars as Ruth Brock, a cute young bank teller who longs for adventure and...