- Blogs, Bleader, May 3, 2013
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Alex Espinoza talks about Latino actors in old Hollywood and The Five Acts of Diego León
A new book tells the story of a Mexican actor in Hollywood in the 1930s.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, May 2, 2013
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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark pulls the mask off old Hollywood
The title character of Lynn Nottage's play is an amalgam of the African-American actresses whose roles were restricted in early cinema—and who are still expected to play to type.
- Movies, Movie Review, Apr 17, 2013
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Mass murderers embrace movie magic in The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer revisits the Indonesian slaughter of 1965-'66
- Movies, Movie Critic's Choice, Feb 26, 2013
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Gall in the family
Hitchcock's Uncle Charlie is back in Chan-wook Park's Stoker.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 24, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sun 2/24: Oscar Experience: Chicago, 70mm Film Festival, and The Motherfucker With the Hat
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, February 24, 2013.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 24, 2012
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A real horse race
The Oscars vs. the Republican primary
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 5, 2011
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Hollywood Fail
The eminently creepy Dutch abduction thriller "The Vanishing" kicks off "Hollywood Fail," the Logan Square International Film Series's monthlong program of "amazing foreign films remade into American films."
- Blogs, Bleader, May 28, 2010
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I Lost It at the Movies
Sex and the City 2 destroyed my capacity to distinguish between a knock-off and the real thing.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 21, 2010
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Pavement Tour Diary: Day Off in Los Angeles
A couple pre-Coachella days off in LA for Pavement. What to do? How about Oaxacan food and the U.S. Barista Championship?
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2010
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Restraint of Trade
"We got a nice quiet beach community here, Capone, and I aim to keep it nice and quiet."
