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, Jan 16, 2013
Recommended
Western swing
Phil Karlson's politically minded films pushed the genre leftward.
by Drew Hunt
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Movie Review
, Dec 28, 2012
Black and white and read all over
As a radical account of American slavery,
Django Unchained
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Tal Rosenberg
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Movie Feature
, Dec 26, 2012
The year in review: film
Our favorite films of the year
by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones, and Ben Sachs
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Movie Feature
, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Ehsan Ghoreishi, the filmmaker
"I knew my potential. I knew my limits. I knew that I had to work my ass off."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Rebecca Hall, the projectionist
"If it was born on celluloid and we can't get celluloid, we won’t show it."
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, Dec 12, 2012
Kinky to a fault
Sean Baker's
Starlet
never progresses past its clever plot twists
by Ben Sachs
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Movie Review
, Dec 5, 2012
The thin blue lie in
The Central Park Five
A new documentary revisits the Central Park rape that sent five innocent men to jail
by J.R. Jones
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, Nov 28, 2012
The fanboy and the fuhrer
In
Wagner & Me
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Movie Review
, Nov 21, 2012
The oral tradition
Pang Ho-cheung's
Vulgaria
raises the dirty joke to the level of art
by Ben Sachs
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, Nov 14, 2012
The bi who loved me
James Bond in
Skyfall
: man's man, ladies' man, or a little of both?
by J.R. Jones
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Movie Review
, Nov 7, 2012
Dishonest Abe
Steven Spielberg's long-awaited biopic of the 16th president reveals the pol behind the legend
by J.R. Jones
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, Oct 30, 2012
Nick Cave: "The best and most terrifying Australian movie in existence"
In Ted Kotcheff's
Wake in Fright
, a city boy is swallowed up by the outback
by Drew Hunt
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Movie Feature
, Oct 11, 2012
Our guide to the 48th Chicago International Film Festival
For two weeks, the world is your neighborhood
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, Sep 19, 2012
Crass consciousness
Is
Resident Evil
the work of a "vulgar auteur," or just plain vulgar?
by Drew Hunt
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, Sep 19, 2012
Big boss man
Paul Thomas Anderson's
The Master
is a thinly veiled story of L. Ron Hubbard
by J.R. Jones
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Movie Feature
, Sep 12, 2012
Our ten best bets for fall movies
Steven Spielberg's
Lincoln
, plus new movies from Steve James, David O. Russell, and more
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, Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: filmmaker Mary Fishman combats the culture of looking down on nuns
And she became a better Catholic in the process
by Sam Worley
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, Sep 12, 2012
In the realm of the sensuous
Pleasure is the business of David Mackenzie's
Tonight You're Mine
by Ben Sachs
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, Sep 5, 2012
Have it your way
Customer service meets compliance in Craig Zobel's
Compliance
by J.R. Jones
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, Aug 29, 2012
A gay dad fights to reclaim his son in Patrick Wang’s
In the Family
The heart-wrenching indie drama returns to town for a second run at Facets
by J.R. Jones
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