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Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2015
Nasty Baby confirms Sebastian Silva's considerable filmmaking talent

The latest from Chilean-born, New York-based filmmaker Sebastian Silva is currently playing at the Music Box.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, It's Complicated, Nasty Baby, Sebastian Silva, Kristen Wiig, Tunde Adebimpe, French New Wave

Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2015
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Psychologists gone wild, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable sceenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Michael Almereyda, Experimenter, Stanley Milgram, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Taxi Jafar Panahi, The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Burnt movie, Bradley Cooper, Jem and the Holograms, The Last Witch Hunter, Vin Diesel, Nasty Baby, Sebastian Silva, The Maid, Kristen Wiig, Our Brand Is Crisis, Suffragette, Carey Mulligan, Tokyo-Ga, Wim Wenders, Truth movie, Dan Rather, Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight, Sam Raimi, Drag Me to Hell, William Friedkin, The Exorcist, Jean Epstein, The Fall of the House of Usher, Chris Marker, Le Joli Mai, Ingmar Bergman, The Magician, F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu, Trinity United Methodist Church, Fred Zinnemann, Oklahoma!, Michael Curtiz, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Victor Halperin, White Zombie, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, A Day's Work, Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, First Nations Film & Video Festival, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2015
With A Deadly Adoption Lifetime becomes dangerously self-aware

Deep thoughts about shallow movies
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Arts, Television, Film, Small Screen, a deadly adoption, lifetime, will ferrell, kristen wiig, andrew steele, double daddy, perfect high, i killed my bff, william r moses, barbara niven, gail o'grady, jessica lowndes

Film, Movie Review Jun 17, 2015
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Money changes everything in Andrew Bujalski's Results

But a bigger budget doesn't diminish the director's talent.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Andrew Bujalski, Results, Buster Keaton, The Navigator, If I Had a Million, W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Born Yesterday, Welcome to Me, Kristen Wiig, Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, Computer Chess, Kevin Corrigan, Cobie Smulders, Guy Pearce, Giovanni Ribisi, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2015
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Far From the Madding Crowd, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week's notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Far From the Madding Crowd, Carey Mulligan, Ben Sachs, The D Train, Jack Black, James Marsden, Queen and Country, Gene Siskel Film Center, John Boorman, Point Blank, Deliverance, Hope and Glory, M*A*S*H, Stripes, About Elly, Asghar Farhadi Separation, Aspen Frederick Wiseman, Black Souls, Heaven Adores You, Elliott Smith, Christina Noble documentary, Roar movie, Tippi Hedren, Welcome to Me, Kristen Wiig, Music Box Chicago, Shira Piven, Joan Cusack, Orson Welles, Chimes at Midnight, University of Chicago Doc Films, Sam Raimi, The Evil Dead, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Flowers of Shanghai, Hope and Glory, Edward S. Curtis, In the Land of the Head Hunters, Dennis Scott, Hayao Miyazaki, Princess Mononoke, Alexander Korda, That Hamilton Woman, Frank Tashlin, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, CineYouth Festival, Columbia College Film Row Cinema, Dyke Delicious May Shorts, Chicago Filmmakers, For Educational Purposes Only, Washington Park Arts Incubator, Sing-A-Long Mamma Mia, Sonic Celluloid, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Ruined Heart, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2014
The Spoils of Babylon: A period parody that's ultimately forgettable

Playing off 70s- and 80s-era soaps and starring a heavyweight cast, IFC's new miniseries falls short.
- By Danette Chavez
- Tags: Arts, Television, Small Screen, The Spoils of Babylon, Tim Robbins, Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Eric Jonrosh, Will Ferrell, Val Kilmer

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2013
Opening soon: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Will Ferrell returns as the vainglorious TV newsman.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Things I Hate, Film, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Kristen Wiig, Greg Kinnear, Harrison Ford, Will Smith, Jim Carrey, Marion Cotillard, Vince Vaughn, Liam Neeson, Kanye West, Sacha Baron Cohen, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, John C. Reilly, Kirsten Dunst, Adam McKay, comedy, movies

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2011
Video
Best of 2011, number 2: Bridesmaids

J.R. Jones on Bridesmaids, his second-favorite film of 2011.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Judd Apatow, Annie Hall, Frank Capra, You Can't Take It With You, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live, Bridesmaids, Paul Feig, Freaks and Geeks, Annie Mumalo, Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts, Patsy Kelly, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2011
Not in theaters: Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret

A reflection on Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret and the Judd Apatow-produced comedy Bridesmaids.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret, Anna Paquin, Judd Apatow, Bridesmaids, Paul Feig, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Albert Brooks, J.R. Jones, improv comedy, alternative comedy, film editing, atheism, J. Camerson-Smith, pillow shots

Film, Movie Review May 12, 2011
Video
Funny Girls

With Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig and company crash the boys' club of big-screen comedy
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Paul Feig, Rose Byrne, Judd Apatow, Annie Mumolo, Melissa McCarthy, Ellie Kemper, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Video

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Nasty Baby confirms Sebastian Silva's considerable filmmaking talent

The latest from Chilean-born, New York-based filmmaker Sebastian Silva is currently playing at the Music Box.

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Psychologists gone wild, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable sceenings in this week's issue

With A Deadly Adoption Lifetime becomes dangerously self-aware

Deep thoughts about shallow movies

Recommended
Money changes everything in Andrew Bujalski's Results

But a bigger budget doesn't diminish the director's talent.

Video
Far From the Madding Crowd, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week's notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The Spoils of Babylon: A period parody that's ultimately forgettable

Playing off 70s- and 80s-era soaps and starring a heavyweight cast, IFC's new miniseries falls short.

Opening soon: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Will Ferrell returns as the vainglorious TV newsman.

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Best of 2011, number 2: Bridesmaids

J.R. Jones on Bridesmaids, his second-favorite film of 2011.

Not in theaters: Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret

A reflection on Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret and the Judd Apatow-produced comedy Bridesmaids.

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Funny Girls

With Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig and company crash the boys' club of big-screen comedy

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The latest from Chilean-born, New York-based filmmaker Sebastian Silva is currently playing at the Music Box.

New reviews and notable sceenings in this week's issue

Deep thoughts about shallow movies

But a bigger budget doesn't diminish the director's talent.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Playing off 70s- and 80s-era soaps and starring a heavyweight cast, IFC's new miniseries falls short.

Will Ferrell returns as the vainglorious TV newsman.

J.R. Jones on Bridesmaids, his second-favorite film of 2011.

A reflection on Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret and the Judd Apatow-produced comedy Bridesmaids.

With Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig and company crash the boys' club of big-screen comedy

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