"In response to the recent death of Ingmar Bergman, the Chicago Cinema Forum has organized a Bergman marathon (Chicagoist termed it a "crash course in Bergman") to be held at the Chopin Theatre this coming weekend. Included will be the local premiere (two screenings) of a recent three-part, three-hour documentary about Bergman made for Swedish TV and screenings of five major Bergman features: 16-millimeter prints of Sawdust and Tinsel (1953), The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), and Persona (1966), and a DVD projection of the 188-minute version of Fanny and Alexander (1982), a Bergman miniseries that was the last thing he ever shot on film. All five of the features will be introduced and discussed by local critics. I’ll be trying my hand at Sawdust and Tinsel, and the founder of Chicago Cinema Forum (and organizer of this event), Gabe Klinger, will do Fanny and Alexander; WBEZ producer Alison Cuddy will introduce The Seventh Seal, Time Out Chicago’s Ben Kenigsberg will introduce Wild Strawberries, and National Louis University prof Robert Keser will introduce Persona. The social aspect of the Chicago Cinema Forum has been a central part of Klinger’s project from the beginning, and two hour-long receptions on Saturday and Sunday, offering a further chance to discuss Bergman, are also scheduled" - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader 08/10/07

"In this week’s print edition, we list the impressive Ingmar Bergman mini-retrospective at the Chopin Theater, which was assembled with remarkable speed by Gabe Klinger and the Chicago Cinema Forum. Maybe it was our enthusiasm getting the better of us, but we claimed erroneously that the screenings are free. Not so! The Chicago Cinema Forum is not Big Oil. They need your dollars to pay for things like, you know, renting the Chopin space, paying exhibition rights for the films, etc. So, let it be noted that tickets are $7.50 per show, or $20 for a full 2-day pass. We regret the error and want to publicly apologize for any confusion. We’re giving ourselves a suitable punishment (watching Daddy Day Camp again, perhaps…). Let it be further noted that for Bergman fans, that is a fricking bargain. In addition to iconic classics like Persona and Wild Strawberries, you can see the less-well-known Sawdust and Tinsel and the sprawling biographical doc Bergman Complete. And finally let it be noted that this weekend-long event marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship between the Chicago Cinema Forum and the Chopin: it’s the first in a planned series. So show them a little love and a little cash" - Hank Sartin, TimeOut Chicago Film Blog 8/10/07

"Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, will celebrate the life of legendary Swedish director Igmar Bergman this weekend with two days of films and discussions of Bergman’s work. On Saturday, Aug. 11, the series will kick off at 1 p.m. with "Bergman Complete" three documentaries on the artist’s life. The day will continue with discussions led by the theater and film critics and other Bergan works. The series continues Sunday with a 1 p.m. screening of "The Seventh Seal," an existential journey of a knight who returns from war to a plague-ravaged homeland. Tickets for each event run $7.50, but a $20 pass gets participants into all events both days" - Timothy Inklebarger, Chicago Journal 08/09/07