CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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Blu-ray Review: Dazzling Visuals Overpower Muddled Messages in ‘Samsara’
Submitted by mattmovieman on January 17, 2013 - 10:49amCHICAGO – Blending the spiritual majesty of 1992’s “Baraka” with ominous overtones suggesting a world out of balance (so memorably portrayed in 1982’s “Koyaanisqatsi”), master cinematographer Ron Fricke’s “Samsara” is the sort of rapturous visual feast that his fans have come to expect from him. The key difference here is the spectacular level of clarity brought to each image.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Anytime Passes to ‘Samsara’ Plus 5 Grand Prize Packs
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 7, 2012 - 1:53pmCHICAGO – In our latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of guaranteed, anytime movie passes plus 5 grand prize packs up for grabs for the new Oscilloscope Laboratories film “Samsara” from the creators of the award-winning film “Baraka”!
Film Review: ‘Samsara’ is a Film That Will Be Whatever You Want
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 7, 2012 - 7:36amCHICAGO – It is revitalizing to take a break from traditional cinema, and the new artistic film “Samsara” is a non-linear quasi-documentary and travelogue that is a parade of images contemplating existence and the beauty around us. Who doesn’t need that tonic of meditation every so often?