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The Music Box Theatre's 70mm Festival
The February fest had its fair share of technical glitches. A print of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang arrived with a pink tint; a screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey was canceled because two of the three DTS soundtrack discs were cracked. Yet the minifest showed off the visual splendor of the large format film-and gave us another chance to see Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master as it was meant to be seen.

Best of 2013: Most memorable Chicago movie moments

The Chicago movie scene in 2013 saw some impactful events, from the Music Box's 70mm Festival to Roger Ebert's memorial.

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The biggest Chicago movie story of 2013 was, unfortunately, an obituary: Roger Ebert succumbing to cancer in April at the age of 70. During a public memorial at the Chicago Theatre, Ebert's wife and constant companion, Chaz, saw everyone from Joan and John Cusack to Old Town Ale House proprietor Bruce Elliott to Christie Hefner paying tribute to the great critic whose thinking on film (and life) will be so missed. The year offered more upbeat news, too, including a luscious 70mm fest, the reopening of Hyde Park's Harper Theater and the start of Pitchfork's new Chicago-based film site, the Dissolve.   

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