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As a radical account of American slavery, Django Unchained pales in comparison to Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Our favorite films of the year

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"I knew my potential. I knew my limits. I knew that I had to work my ass off."

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Real world: Ivory Coast

For Jean Rouch’s quasi-documentary Moi, un Noir, the subjects wrote the script.

By Ben Sachs | 01.16.13
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Mad Max

Claude Sautet flips the script on cop movies in Max et les Ferrailleurs

By Ben Sachs | 01.09.13
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The hunt club

With Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the CIA’s search for Osama bin Laden

By J.R. Jones | 01.03.13

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Jean Rouch in Chicago: An interview with Judy Hoffman and Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films, part one

By Ben Sachs | 01.18.13
Can the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty be defended?

By Michael Miner | 01.18.13
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A neglected Chicago filmmaker gets his due, and the rest of this week's screenings

By Ben Sachs | 01.18.13
Arnold Schwarzenegger's cartoonish comeback, by way of South Korea

By Ben Sachs | 01.17.13

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