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Apr 1, 2021
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Sit in the anxiety of
Shiva Baby
Rachel Sennott shines in Emma Seligman’s artful cringe comedy.
By Cody Corrall
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Molly Gordon
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Dianna Agron
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Ariel Marx
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Ayo and Rachel Are Single
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Olivia Peace
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Tahara
,
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Movie Review
Feb 19, 2021
What we loved at Sundance 2021 . . . from our couch
The best of the virtual fest is coming to you soon.
By Josh Flanders and Sheri Flanders
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In the Same Breath
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Nanfu Wang
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John and the Hole
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Michael C. Hall
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Charlie Shotwell
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Pascual Sisto
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Mass
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Fran Kranz
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Marvelous and the Black Hole
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Pleasure
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Bella Cherry
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Ninja Thyberg
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Rebel Hearts
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Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
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Rita Moreno
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Mariem Pérez Riera
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
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Jim Henson
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Summer of Soul (. . . Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Questlove
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Black Woodstock
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Try Harder!
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Lowell High School
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Writing With Fire
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Khabar Lahariya
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Hogir Hirori
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Philly D.A.
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Larry Krasner
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Passing
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Rebecca Hall
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Ruth Negga
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Tessa Thompson
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Night of the Kings
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Phillipe Lacôte
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My Name is Pauli Murray
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Betsy West
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Julie Cohen
,
Faya Dayi
,
Jessica Beshir
,
At the Ready
Film
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Movie Review
Feb 9, 2021
Recommended
Revolution vs. reform:
Judas and the Black Messiah
With knockout performances comes an examination of the need for revolutionaries when pushing for real change.
By Arionne Nettles
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Jan 12, 2021
Commanding performances carry
One Night in Miami
Regina King’s feature directorial debut tackles social and racial justice through the eyes of four icons.
By Cody Corrall
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Kingsley Ben-Adir
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,
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,
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Film
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Jan 4, 2021
Netflix's
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
is a beautiful heartbreak
The film adaptation of the August Wilson play shows how Black folks navigate the power struggles that white structures create.
By Arionne Nettles
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,
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The American Century Cycle
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Film
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Dec 8, 2020
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Finding Yingying
looks at the human impact of a tragic crime
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi’s documentary honors Yingying Zhang as a person, not a victim.
By Josh Flanders
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,
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,
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
,
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Nov 18, 2020
Recommended
An
Unapologetic
love letter to Chicago’s Black women activists
The documentary takes audiences to the front lines with millennial women leading the city’s Movement for Black Lives.
By Arionne Nettles
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Ashley O'Shay
,
Morgan Elise Johnson
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Rekia Boyd
,
Dante Servin
,
Kartemquin Films
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Janaé Bonsu
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Ambrell “Bella BAHHS” Gambrell
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Black Lives Matter
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LaCreshia Birts
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Page May
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Assata’s Daughters
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Black and Pink Chicago
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BYP100
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Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
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,
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Project NIA
,
S.O.U.L.
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Laquan McDonald
,
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Nov 4, 2020
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City Hall
highlights public servants actually serving the public
Frederick Wiseman’s documentary offers a hopeful look at political institutions.
By Kathleen Sachs
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Frederick Wiseman
,
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Mayor Martin J. Walsh
,
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Movie Review
Oct 19, 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
asks: What is worth standing up for?
Aaron Sorkin’s new drama shows what happens when it’s time to fight and “the whole world is watching.”
By Arionne Nettles
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Tom Hayden
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Rennie Davis
,
Abbie Hoffman
,
Jerry Rubin
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David Dellinger
,
John Froines
,
Lee Weiner
,
Bobby Seale
,
Sacha Baron Cohen
,
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
,
Eddie Redmayne
Film
,
Movie Review
Oct 19, 2020
Books of Blood
doesn’t pass the horror test
The new Hulu movie looks scary enough, but it doesn’t offer much else.
By Catey Sullivan
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,
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,
Britt Robertson
,
Clive Barker
,
Brannon Braga
,
Freda Foh Shen
,
Clive Russell
,
Yul Vazquez
,
Farid Yazdan
,
Anna Friel
,
Ravi Gavron
,
horror
Film
,
Movie Review
Oct 9, 2020
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Black women have mid-life crises, too
The 40-Year-Old Version
deftly offers a fresh and exciting perspective on a tired film trope.
By Sheri Flanders
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The 40 Year Old Version
,
Radha Blank
,
mid-life crisis
,
Netflix
,
Peter Kim
,
Oswin Benjamin
,
Sundance Film Festival
,
Watchmen
,
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Movie Review
Sep 22, 2020
The Devil All the Time
needs more Robert Pattinson
Stellar performances get lost in the film’s prolonged rigmarole.
By Cody Corrall
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The Devil All the Time
,
Antonio Campos
,
Robert Pattinson
,
Tom Holland
,
Donald Ray Pollock
,
Bill Skarsgård
,
Jason Clarke
,
Riley Keough
,
Sebastian Stan
Film
,
Movie Review
Sep 10, 2020
Tenet
is the most Nolan-esque film yet—and that’s not a good thing
The auteur doesn’t show much growth in his most recent self-indulgent work.
By Kathleen Sachs
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Tenet
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Christopher Nolan
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Inception
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Following
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70-millimeter
,
John David Washington
,
Clémence Poésy
,
Kenneth Branagh
,
Elizabeth Debicki
,
Michael Caine
,
Dimple Kapadia
,
Himesh Patel
,
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
,
Robert Pattinson
Film
,
Movie Review
Sep 4, 2020
The Burnt Orange Heresy
critiques the art critic
Giuseppe Capotondi’s latest looks at the dark inauthenticity of the art world.
By Noah Berlatsky
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Elizabeth Debicki
,
Claes Bang
,
Giuseppe Capotondi
,
Mick Jagger
,
Donald Sutherland
,
art
,
art critic
Film
,
Movie Review
Sep 4, 2020
The Queens
takes you behind the scenes of a Chicago drag pageant
The documentary is at its best when focusing on the most marginalized in the drag community.
By Cody Corrall
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The Queens
,
Mark Saxenmeyer
,
lexis Gabrielle Sherrington
,
Sunny Dee-Lite
,
Tiffany T. Hunter
,
Mimi Marks
,
Maya Douglas
,
Sheri Payne
,
Miss Continental
,
Hamburger Mary’s
,
Baton Show Lounge
,
the Vic
,
RuPaul’s Drag Race
,
Naysha Lopez
,
Ginger Grant
,
Jim Flint
Film
,
Movie Review
Jul 30, 2020
A Most Beautiful Thing
reunites the first all-Black high school rowing team
The Chicago-based documentary flips the script on the white savior story.
By Josh Flanders
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A Most Beautiful Thing
,
rowing
,
Mary Mazzio
,
Manley High School
,
Arshay Cooper
,
Common
,
Grant Hill
,
Dwyane Wade
,
9th Wonder
Film
,
Movie Review
Jul 23, 2020
Holy Trinity
is a trip to gay church
The Chicago production looks at sexuality, religion, and subordination in all forms.
By Cody Corrall
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,
Holy Trinity
,
Molly Hewitt
,
Glamhag
,
Theo Germaine
,
Sarah Squirm
,
Alex Grelle
,
Rebirth Garments
,
Sky Cubacub
,
Imp Kid
,
Eda Birthing
,
Mood Killer
,
Full Spectrum Features
Film
,
Movie Review
Jul 10, 2020
The Beach House
,
Palm Springs
, and more to watch this weekend
Movies of note now playing.
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Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
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Film
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Movie Review
Jun 16, 2020
Babyteeth
is a lot to chew on
Shannon Murphy’s promising debut feature explores the difference between being alive and living.
By Cody Corrall
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,
Babyteeth
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Eliza Scanlen
,
Toby Wallace
,
Ben Mendelsohn
,
Essie Davis
,
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Film
,
Movie Review
May 6, 2020
After nearly seven decades,
A Secret Love
is secret no more
The Chicago-based documentary expertly weaves together LGBTQ history, baseball, and the ups and downs of loving someone for a lifetime.
By Taryn Allen
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Chris Bolan
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Terry Donahue
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Pat Henschel
,
A League of Their Own
,
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Film
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Movie Review
Mar 18, 2020
A tough pill to
Swallow
Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s film explores the horrors of reality.
By Cody Corrall
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,
Swallow
,
Carlo Mirabella-Davis
,
Kaucylia Brooke
,
Haley Bennet
,
Austin Stowell
Film
,
Movie Review
Mar 12, 2020
First Cow
shows the evolution of Kelly Reichardt
The writer-director transcends while still treading familiar ground.
By Kathleen Sachs
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First Cow
,
Kelly Reichardt
,
Alia Shawkat
,
Toby Jones
,
Christopher Blauvelt
,
Lily Gladstone
,
John Magaro
,
Orion Lee
,
The Half-Life
,
Jonathan Raymond
,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Film
,
Movie Review
Feb 25, 2020
Kantemir Balagov solidifies his signature style with
Beanpole
The Russian filmmaker’s second feature explores the atrocities of war.
By Kathleen Sachs
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Viktoria Miroshnichenko
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Vasilisa Perelygina
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Svetlana Alexievich
,
Alexander Sokurov
,
Aleksander Terekhov
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Film
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Movie Review
Feb 14, 2020
A tale of two love stories
The Photograph
explores the ways we learn to love.
By Janaya Greene
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Issa Rae
,
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,
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Film
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Movie Review
Jan 21, 2020
French and Haitian cultures collide in
Zombi Child
Filmmaker Bertrand Bonello blends his singular style with his fascination with voodoo for an exceptional film.
By Kathleen Sachs
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