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  • Jaws It broke box-office records in 1975, and probably posted an aesthetic landmark, too—in proving that actors and characters were completely redundant in the shopping center … Patio Theater

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  • Kartemquin Spring Showcase The documentary outfit Kartemquin Films presents preview clips of forthcoming projects; among the video makers are Judith Helfand, Xan Aranda, Usama Alshaibi, and Kirsten Kelly … Gene Siskel Film Center
  • Kon-Tiki A longtime pet project for producer Jeremy Thomas (who's collaborated with Nicolas Roeg, Bernardo Bertolucci, and David Cronenberg), this British-Norwegian coproduction recounts the 1947 voyage … Landmark's Century Centre

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  • Quartet The premise may sound insufferable, but this light comedy about a nursing home for retired classical musicians isn't half-bad. Ronald Harwood's script (adapted from his … Gene Siskel Film Center

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  • When I Walk Jason DaSilva documents his first six years with multiple sclerosis, charting his struggle to keep working as his body deteriorates. This feels less like a … Gene Siskel Film Center
  • White Frog In this heavy-handed indie drama a teenager with Asperger syndrome comes of age after the death of his older brother, who concealed his homosexuality. I … Gene Siskel Film Center
  • Woyzeck Werner Herzog, at his weakest, directs a 1979 adaptation of Georg Büchner's prescient, premodern modernist play of 1836. Herzog has distorted the text, about a … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

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  • You Should Go Fred Schmidt-Arenales directed this indie drama that "follows a day in the life of four twenty somethings as their relationships knot together in the aftermath … Univ. of Chicago Doc Films

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  • Zardoz Probably John Boorman's most underrated film—an impossibly ambitious and pretentious but also highly inventive, provocative, and visually striking SF adventure with metaphysical trimmings (1974). Set … Portage Theater
  • Zoolander The premise of this contemptible comedy—the fashion industry conspires to remove world leaders who oppose child labor—isn't absurd enough to be funny. Director Ben Stiller, … Landmark's Century Centre