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Movies, Movie Review, Dec 9, 2010
Hey, His Brain's Up Here

For their directorial debut, I Love You Phillip Morris, the writers of Bad Santa turn the tale of a brilliant con man into a series of gay gags.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, I Love You Phillip Morris, Bad Santa, Steven Jay Russell, Steve McVicker, Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 14, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Chicago International Film Festival, Carancho, Ricardo Darin, The Secret in Their Eyes, Fair Game, Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Joseph Wilson, Valerie Plame, Hereafter, Clint Eastwood; Housemaid Im Sang-soo, The President's Last Bang, The Minutemen, Trust Clive Owen, Trust Catherine Keener, Winnebago Man, Ben Steinbauer, Jack Rebney, Gene Siskel Film Center, Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight, Last Train Home, My Soul to Take, Wes Craven, Nowhere Boy, John Lennon, RED, Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Sailor's Luck, Raoul Walsh, Skirt Day, Isabelle Adjani, Tehran Tehran, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Francis Ford Coppola, Grand Guignol, Century 12 and CineArts 6, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Portage theater, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Stanley Kubrick, The Lady From Shanghai, Orson Welles, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Robert Altman, The Trial, Franz Kafka, Block Museum of Art, White Heat, James Cagney, film festivals, movies., Video

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Movies, Movie Review, Sep 2, 2010
Public Enemy Numéro Un

An ambitious French gangster epic leaves Michael Mann's Dillinger biopic in the shade.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy #1, Jean-Francois Richet, Public Enemies, John Dillinger, Michael Mann, The Insider, Jacques Mesrine, Ma 6-T Va Crack-er, Vincent Cassel, Florence Thomassin, Elena Anaya, Gilles Lellouche, Mathieu Amalric, Cecile De France, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 15, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Restrepo, Afghanistan war, Korangal Valley, Taliban, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Pipers Alley, The Oath, Osama bin Laden, Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo, Gene Siskel Film Center, GasLand, out Halliburton, Chicago Filmmakers, Inception Christopher Nolan, The Living Wake, Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Adventureland, Facets Cinematheque, Predators, Something Better Somewhere Else, Ron Lazzeretti, The Sorceror's Apprentice, Disney, Jay Baruchel, Nicolas Cage, Wild Grass, Alain Resnais, Last Year at Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Music Box, Ernst Lubitsch, Cluny Brown, Doc Films, Richard Linklater, Dazed and Confused, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Clara Bow, Douglas Fairbanks, Robin Hood, Chicago movies, movies, Video

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Movies, Movie Review, Jul 8, 2010
The Nature of Nurture

Two of the year's best films, The Kids Are All Right and Dogtooth, address extremes of parenting.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Gene Siskel Film Center, Century 12 and CineArts 6, ShowPlace ICON, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place, River East 21

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 1, 2010
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Marx of the Vampire

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Noah Berlatsky, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Restrepo, Pipers Alley, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Tim Hetherington, Nightline, Sebastian Junger, Vanity Fair, Korangal Valley, Korengal Valley, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, Coco Before Chanel, Gene Siskel Film Center, Let It Rain, tor Agnes Jaoui, Look at Me, The Taste of Others, Love Ranch, Joe Pesci, Jean-Luc Godard Breathless, Music Box, Preston Sturges, Hail the Conquering Hero, University of Chicago Doc Films, Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Peckinpah, The Wild Bunch, Music Box, Michael Showalter, Wet Hot American Summer, movies, Video

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Movies, Movie Review, Jun 17, 2010
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Family Values in Meth Country

In Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, traditional and modern America intersect in the ugliest way.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Winter's Bone, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place, Debra Granik, Daniel Woodrell, Jennifer Lawrence, Garret Dillahunt, Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone, addiction, John Hawkes, Thump Milton, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2010
It's Not That Good, but If I Use a Photo From It, Will You Please Read My Post?

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Nicole Holofcener, Please Give, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place, Good the Bad the Weird, Iron Man 2, Babies movie, Ferlinghetti A City Light, Human Centipede, Letters to Juliet, Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Ki-duk, 3-Iron, Gene Siskel Film Center, Takedowns and Falls, Vincent A Life in Color, Joseph Losey, Galileo, Doc Films, Anthony Mann, Glenn Miller Story, Northbrook Public Library, Maurice Pialat, Loulou, Akira Kurosawa, Red Beard, Vittorio de Sica, Umberto D, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Word Is Out, Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago movies, movies.

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Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2010
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Talking Points

The second annual Talking Pictures Festival opens tonight in Evanston.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Evanston, Talking Pictures Festival, Century 12 and CineArts 6, George Ovashvili, The Other Bank, Tapped movie, No Crossover The Trial of Allen Iverson, Oscar nominated short films, Oscar nominated shorts, Prisoner of Her Past, film festivals, movies, Video

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Movies, Movie Review, May 6, 2010
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When Giving Hurts

Nicole Holofcener ponders the pitfalls of generosity in Please Give
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Please Give, Nicole Holofcener, Walking and Talking, Lovely & Amazing, Friends With Money, Please Give review, Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Sarah Steele, Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet, Ann Guilbert, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place, Video

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Movies, Movie Review, Apr 29, 2010
What Familiarity Breeds

A poignant meditation on aging turns into a rote vigilante narrative in Harry Brown.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Michael Caine, Michael Cain, The Ipcress File, Daniel Barber, Harry Brown, David Bradley, Emily Mortimer, Gran Torino, Red Riding Trilogy, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 30, 2009
New Movie Theater Opens (Yeah, You Heard Me)

Kerasotes Theatres has opened a new multiplex at Clark and Roosevelt.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Kerasotes Theatres, ShowPlace ICON, Burnham Plaza, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Greg Hinz, Chicago Business, movies

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 21, 2009
Dinner & A Show: Monday, 12/21

A free show at the Empty Bottle, sophisticated Italian food in Evanston, and more
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Netherfriends, Empty Bottle, Shawn Rosenblatt, Sundance Shorts, Don Hertzfeldt, I Am So Proud Of You, Music Box, Julius Meinl Cafe, Broken Promises, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Landmark's Century Centre, Buffet Palace, Century 12 and CineArts 6, The Stained Glass Bistro, Blue Nativity, Campagnola

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2009
Dinner & A Show: Friday, 12/18

N00b-friendly dance music, two of the best new restaurants of 2009, and more
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Treasure Fingers, Smart Bar, The Young Victoria, Emily Blunt, River East 21, Star of Siam, Chilam Balam, Chy Valencia, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Kansaku, Cloud 9, Music Box, Istanbul Restaurant, Yasar Demir, Breed With Me, Zoo Studio, Sean Sanders, Browntrout

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Movies, Movie Review, Dec 17, 2009
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When Princesses Grow Up

The Young Victoria puts a reality check on the Disney fantasy.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, The Young Victoria, Jean-Marc Vallee, Julian Fellowes, Queen Victoria, The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth, Helen Mirren, The Queen, The Duchess, Keira Knightley, Emily Blunt, Gosford Park, Sir John Conroy, Mark Strong, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, Landmark's Century Centre, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 29, 2009
Dinner and a Show: Sunday 11/29
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Guillermo Gregorio & the Madi Ensemble, Cibo Matto, Dave Rempis, Frank Rosaly, Dave Rempis, Hungry Brain, Chicago Cultural Center, Turquoise Cafe, Coco Before Chanel, Wally and Agador's Gourmet Cafe, Michael Lachowicz, The Road, River East 21, Pipers Alley, Sayat Nova, Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Kansaku, Lunatic(a)s, Cafe Central, Redmoon Theater, Redmoon Winter Pageant, Mexique

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For their directorial debut, I Love You Phillip Morris, the writers of Bad Santa turn the tale of a brilliant con man into a series of gay gags.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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An ambitious French gangster epic leaves Michael Mann's Dillinger biopic in the shade.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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Two of the year's best films, The Kids Are All Right and Dogtooth, address extremes of parenting.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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In Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, traditional and modern America intersect in the ugliest way.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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The second annual Talking Pictures Festival opens tonight in Evanston.

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Nicole Holofcener ponders the pitfalls of generosity in Please Give

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A poignant meditation on aging turns into a rote vigilante narrative in Harry Brown.

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Kerasotes Theatres has opened a new multiplex at Clark and Roosevelt.

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A free show at the Empty Bottle, sophisticated Italian food in Evanston, and more

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N00b-friendly dance music, two of the best new restaurants of 2009, and more

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The Young Victoria puts a reality check on the Disney fantasy.

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