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- Film, Movie Review Jul 10, 2020
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The Beach House, Palm Springs, and more to watch this weekend
Movies of note now playing.
- Film, Movie Review Jun 16, 2020
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Babyteeth is a lot to chew on
Shannon Murphy’s promising debut feature explores the difference between being alive and living.
- Film, Movie Review May 6, 2020
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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.
- Film, Movie Review Mar 18, 2020
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A tough pill to Swallow
Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s film explores the horrors of reality.
- Film, Movie Review Mar 12, 2020
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First Cow shows the evolution of Kelly Reichardt
The writer-director transcends while still treading familiar ground.
- Film, Movie Review Feb 25, 2020
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Kantemir Balagov solidifies his signature style with Beanpole
The Russian filmmaker’s second feature explores the atrocities of war.
- Film, Movie Review Feb 14, 2020
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A tale of two love stories
The Photograph explores the ways we learn to love.
- Film, Movie Review Jan 21, 2020
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French and Haitian cultures collide in Zombi Child
Filmmaker Bertrand Bonello blends his singular style with his fascination with voodoo for an exceptional film.
- Film, Movie Review Jan 15, 2020
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Dolittle teaches that communication is key
But the pro-colonialism narrative leaves something to be desired.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 24, 2019
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Chicago Cab, a film for all the bleaker Christmases
An all-star cast of cameos is a balm for forced cheer.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 20, 2019
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Greta Gerwig celebrates feminism with Little Women
The latest adaptation gives the March sisters more power than ever.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 20, 2019
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Pedro Almodóvar strips away emotional facades in Pain and Glory
The reflection on the director’s later-in-life preoccupations is one of his best films yet.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 19, 2019
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Skywalker rises above slippery story slopes
The script is sometimes wanting, but Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a fun conclusion to the movie saga.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 10, 2019
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Knives and Skin gives Riverdale a run for its money
Chicago filmmaker Jennifer Reeder tells twisted truths about being a teenage girl.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 6, 2019
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Two Popes, two performances
But the buddy movie leaves us with little hope for the future of the Catholic church.
- Film, Movie Review Nov 27, 2019
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Waves is a meandering testament to forgiveness
The performances shine in Trey Edward Shults’s middling feature.
- Film, Movie Review Nov 20, 2019
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Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby create bittersweet experimental videos exploring life's big questions
"Amazements," a screening of recent and older works, screens at the Block Museum of Art.
- Film, Movie Review Nov 20, 2019
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Marriage Story doesn't pick sides
Noah Baumbach's latest film about divorce shows both parents not as enemies but as humans.
- Film, Movie Review Nov 7, 2019
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Harriet is the heroic biopic Harriet Tubman deserves
The fast-paced feature is a satisfying blend of history and action.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 26, 2019
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Rick Alverson’s The Mountain is a fascinating yet frustrating mood piece
But if you get on this film's wavelength, you just might find it trancelike.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 19, 2019
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Ad Astra sends father-son conflict into space
Director James Gray’s latest returns to the theme of the powerful but imperfect patriarch.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 12, 2019
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Hustlers focuses on women doing horrible things for understandable reasons
In Lorene Scafaria’s latest, women take control of their lives by exploiting finance bros who exploit the common man.
- Film, Movie Review Aug 29, 2019
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Los Reyes and What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire take viewers deep into two communities
A Chilean skate park through the eyes of two dogs and a Black neighborhood in New Orleans
- Film, Movie Review Aug 22, 2019
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Old Boyfriends is still Joan Tewkesbury’s one and only feature
And now’s your chance to see it.
- Film, Movie Review Aug 22, 2019
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Hollywood turns After the Wedding into something smooth, glossy, and bland
It makes you wonder why they even bothered.