This year the Chicago International Film Festival turns 50, and in observation of that milestone, WTTW Channel 11 will be broadcasting a monthly series of notable features that screened in the festival; it kicked off last night at 10 PM with Legacy, Tod Lending's Oscar-nominated documentary (2000) about a family trying to escape from the nightmarish Henry Horner Homes (since demolished) in West Town. We've also got a review of 3 Days to Kill, a dopey thriller starring Kevin Costner as a CIA assassin trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter.…
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