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    Oct 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Highlights of Chicago film fest travel far from Hollywood

    In "Gimme the Loot," a loose, disarming bit of larceny — and one of the bright offerings of the 48th Chicago International Film Festival — director Adam Leon's Bronx-bred characters live to tag. Teenage graffiti artists on the run, the friends dream of the day they'll make their mark on the pop-up New York Mets home-run logo at Citi Field.
    In "Gimme the Loot," a loose, disarming bit of larceny — and one of the bright offerings of the 48th Chicago International Film Festival — director Adam Leon's Bronx-bred characters live to tag. Teenage graffiti artists on the run, the friends...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Bahman Ghobadi, Incendies (movie), Martin Scorsese, Movies

    2. Sep 6, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Toronto film fest opens with shows of force

    Immersing yourself in a major film festival means more than getting your feet wet. In the screening time it takes to experience two films, perhaps the very first two you see across several days, your perceptions are scrambled in the best possible fashion.
    Immersing yourself in a major film festival means more than getting your feet wet. In the screening time it takes to experience two films, perhaps the very first two you see across several days, your perceptions are scrambled in the best possible fashion....

    Tags: Arts and Culture, The Gatekeepers (movie), Israel, Movies, Entertainment

    3. Sep 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Al Pacino, Christopher Walken attending Chicago International Film Festival's opening night

    The Chicago international Film Festival has had its share of celebrity guests over the years, but this year's opening night could be its most star-studded yet.
    The Chicago international Film Festival has had its share of celebrity guests over the years, but this year's opening night could be its most star-studded yet. Oscar winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin and Emmy winner Julianna Margulies...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Stand Up Guys (movie), Movies, Entertainment

    4. Oct 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Al Pacino and Christopher Walken kick off Chicago International Film Festival

    It’s going to be tough for the Chicago International Film Festival to top this year’s opening night. The 48th annual festival kicked off Thursday with a screening of “Stand Up Guys” at the Harris Theater and appearances on the red carpet by cast members and Oscar winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin.
    It’s going to be tough for the Chicago International Film Festival to top this year’s opening night. The 48th annual festival kicked off Thursday with a screening of “Stand Up Guys” at the Harris Theater and appearances on the...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Stand Up Guys (movie), Music, Movies

    5. Oct 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Chicago International Film Festival gets a digital face-lift

    The biggest changes afoot in this year's Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), the 48th edition, are on the screen, yet they're not part of the programming. As the worldwide cinema industries push actual film — meaning celluloid — into the past or off to the hardy margins of cinephilia, digital projection has become dominant. Filmmakers and audiences can debate the aesthetics and the creative implications of such a shift.
    The biggest changes afoot in this year's Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), the 48th edition, are on the screen, yet they're not part of the programming. As the worldwide cinema industries push actual film — meaning celluloid — into...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Foreign Language (Movie Genre), Post Tenebras Lux (movie), Steppenwolf Theatre, Rome (Italy)

    6. Oct 19, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Viola Davis plots a career, not just for herself

    Viola Davis has won two Tony Awards for her Juilliard-trained stage work in the August Wilson plays "King Hedley II" and "Fences." She has been Oscar-nominated twice, first for a supporting role in "Doubt," more recently for a much larger role, in "The Help." Playing the African-American domestic, Aibileen, in that hit brought her much acclaim and no little amount of grief, Davis told me the other day by phone. She's coming to Chicago Monday to pick up a career achievement award from the Chicago International Film Festival.
    Viola Davis has won two Tony Awards for her Juilliard-trained stage work in the August Wilson plays "King Hedley II" and "Fences." She has been Oscar-nominated twice, first for a supporting role in "Doubt," more recently for a much larger role, in "The...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Won't Back Down (movie), Movies, Viola Davis, Entertainment

    7. Aug 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Chicago International Film Festival's first slate announced

    Broadly speaking, a film festival's programmers can handle news of a new lineup one of two ways: all at once, or nearly; or the drib-drab approach.
    Broadly speaking, a film festival's programmers can handle news of a new lineup one of two ways: all at once, or nearly; or the drib-drab approach. The Chicago International Film Festival goes for the dribs and drabs. The 48th edition of founder and...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Plant Closings, Movies, Entertainment, Shameless (tv program)

    8. Oct 19, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. 'Word Jazz' pioneer Ken Nordine's career gets a closer look at film festival

    Chicago's Oldest Living Hipster lives in Edgewater, on the North Side. He is 92 but looks 83. He lives behind a wrought-iron fence, surrounded on all sides by the drabbest of stone-colored apartment complexes.
    Chicago's Oldest Living Hipster lives in Edgewater, on the North Side. He is 92 but looks 83. He lives behind a wrought-iron fence, surrounded on all sides by the drabbest of stone-colored apartment complexes. His home is a small castle, built a...

    Tags: Jackson Pollock, Edgewater, Arts and Culture, Radio, Movies

    9. Oct 12, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. How to ruin an arts panel

    Today is the first day of the Chicago Humanities Festival and last day of Chicago Ideas Week. Not that it matters anymore when one annual celebration of creativity ends and another begins. Somewhere, every day of the year, morning, brunch and night, there seems to be an arts panel, arts seminar, book talk, onstage discussion between a moderator and artist, onstage discussion between a moderator and several artists, onstage discussion between an artist and artist, or discourse on the state of something artistic happening.
    Today is the first day of the Chicago Humanities Festival and last day of Chicago Ideas Week. Not that it matters anymore when one annual celebration of creativity ends and another begins. Somewhere, every day of the year, morning, brunch and night, there...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Harold Washington Library Center, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Artists

    10. Oct 29, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. For film fest, is 'good enough' good enough?

    My own feelings about the Chicago festival, the 48th edition of which concluded Thursday, are necessarily shaped by individual taste as well as equally subjective notions of relevance. Does the event matter? Is it as vital as it could be, should be? Tough queries, tougher to answer.
    Is the Chicago International Film Festival good, good enough or not quite that? This is the question. This is the question to be asked of any festival, every perennial cultural mainstay in every city. It's the way to keep us all honest, whatever dog we...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cloud Atlas (movie), Lincoln Center, Alan Arkin

    11. Oct 21, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Stars shine at film fest

    For the 48th Chicago International Film Festival's opening night Oct. 11, attendees were treated to a star-filled red carpet at the Harris Theater that included Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin and Jon Bon Jovi. Academy Award-winning producer Tom Rosenberg brought his film "Stand Up Guys" to Chicago for its world premiere, and festival founder Michael Kutza couldn't have been happier. "This is a remarkable year for Chicagoans in the film industry," said Kutza. "The evening was flawless, one of our festival's proudest moments."
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    For the 48th Chicago International Film Festival's opening night Oct. 11, attendees were treated to a star-filled red carpet at the Harris Theater that included Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin and Jon Bon Jovi. Academy Award-winning producer Tom...

    Tags: Addison Timlin, Arts and Culture, Alan Arkin, Bill Kurtis, Columbia College Chicago

    12. Oct 17, 2012 |Column| RedEye

  12. Q&A: Chicago-native 'Mr. Sophistication' star Harry Lennix

    In the excellent new drama “Mr. Sophistication,” veteran comedian/actor Ron Waters (Chicago-native Harry Lennix) is tempted by the notion that fame means he exists on a different level in society.
    In the excellent new drama “Mr. Sophistication,” veteran comedian/actor Ron Waters (Chicago-native Harry Lennix) is tempted by the notion that fame means he exists on a different level in society. “I think any honest celebrity would see...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Superman (fictional character), Drama (genre), Entertainment

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