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,
Bleader
Mar 28, 2018
Steven Soderbergh's
Unsane
is a provocation disguised as genre entertainment
Shot entirely on an iPhone 7 Plus, the director's new psychological thriller considers gender politics and the zeitgeist.
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Film
,
Women's Issues
,
Unsane
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Kafka
,
Franz Kafka
,
The Girlfriend Experience
,
Claire Foy
,
Joshua Leonard
,
iPhone 7 Plus
Movies
,
Movie Review
Aug 17, 2017
Recommended
Video
Logan Lucky
is an
Ocean’s Eleven
for the red states
Channing Tatum and Adam Driver star as West Virginia brothers in need of a big score in Steven Soderbergh’s latest.
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Ocean’s Eleven
,
Logan Lucky
,
Charlotte Motor Speedway
,
NASCAR
,
Coca-Cola 600
,
Fingerprint Films
,
Channing Tatum
,
Adam Driver
,
Daniel Craig
,
Katie Holmes
,
Seth MacFarlane
,
Hilary Swank
,
Bleecker Street
,
Boone County West Virginia
,
Rebecca Blunt
,
Jules Asner
,
Recommended
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 14, 2015
Video
Magic Mike XXL
is the best new movie of 1933
The sequel to Steven Soderbergh's 2012 sleeper hit invokes the spirit of Depression-era musicals in its breezy artistry.
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Dim the Lights
,
Film
,
Dance
,
Magic Mike XXL
,
Busby Berkeley
,
Warner Bros.
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Gregory Jacobs
,
Channing Tatum
,
Video
Movies
,
Movie Review
Jul 1, 2015
Recommended
Video
Money can't buy you brains (in a sex comedy)
Three new summer releases indicate that all raunch and no smarts make for a dull film.
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Magic Mike XXL
,
Gregory Jacobs
,
The Overnight
,
Patrick Brice
,
The Little Death
,
Josh Lawson
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Magic Mike
,
Channing Tatum
,
Ginuwine
,
Joe Manganiello
,
Andie MacDowell
,
The Puffy Chair
,
Baghead
,
Cyrus
,
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
,
Lynn Shelton
,
Katie Aselton
,
Charlie McDowell
,
Craig Johnson
,
Taylor Schilling
,
Jason Schwartzma
,
Adam Scott
,
Judith Godrèche
,
Bojana Novakovic
,
Kate Mulvany
,
Damin Herriman
,
Patrick Brammall
,
Alan Dukes
,
Lisa McCune
,
Recommended
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 28, 2014
Video
Mockingjay—Part 1
,
Happy Valley
, and the rest of what's screening around town this week
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Opening
,
Film
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
Happy Valley
,
Amir Bar-Lev
,
My Kid Could Paint That
,
The Tillman Story
,
Penn State
,
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1
,
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
,
Union Carbide
,
Martin Sheen
,
Kal Penn
,
The Eagle and the Hawk
,
Fredric March
,
Cary Grant
,
Horrible Bosses 2
,
Steven Spielberg Jaws
,
Music Box Chicago
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
King of the Hill Soderbergh
,
University of Chicago Doc Films
,
Akira Kurosawa
,
Red Beard
,
Errol Morris
,
The Thin Blue Line
,
Ben Stiller
,
Zoolander
,
movies
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 30, 2014
Weekly Top Five: The best unrealized films
Notable films that never made it to screen
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Weekly Top Five
,
Film
,
Alain Resnais
,
Stan Lee
,
the Monster Maker
,
Carl Theodor Dreyer
,
Jesus
,
historical Jesus
,
David Cronenberg
,
Pierre David
,
Marry Shelley
,
Frankenstein
,
The Fly
,
Robert Bresson
,
Genesis
,
Dino de Laurentiis
,
A Confederacy of Dunces
,
John Kennedy Toole
,
Harold Ramis
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
David Gordon Green
,
John Waters
,
John Belushi
,
John Goodman
,
Chris Farley
,
Will Ferrell
,
Jack Black
,
Zach Galifianakis
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 22, 2013
My favorite films of 2013
Drew Hunt's favorite films of 2013
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Year in Review
,
Film
,
Leviathan
,
Computer Chess
,
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
,
Verena Paravel
,
The Unspeakable Act
,
Dan Sallitt
,
The Lords of Salem
,
Rob Zombie
,
Viola
,
Matías Piñeiro
,
The Bling Ring
,
Sofia Coppola
,
I Used to Be Darker
,
Matt Porterfield
,
Pavilion
,
Tim Sutton
,
Alexander Payne
,
Laurence Anyways
,
Xavier Dolan
,
Beyond the Hills
,
Christian Mungiu
,
Drug War
,
Johnnie To
,
Her
,
Spike Jonze
,
Inside Llewyn Davis
,
Joel and Ethan Coen
,
The Last Time I Saw Macao
,
João Pedro Rodrigues
,
João Rui Guerra da Mata
,
Post Tenebras Lux
,
Carlos Reygadas
,
Side Effects
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Spring Breakers
,
Harmony Korine
,
12 Years a Slave
,
Steve McQueen
,
The World's End
,
Edgar Wright
,
Stranger by the Lake
,
Alain Guiraudie
,
Stray Dogs
,
Tsai Ming-liang
,
Ape
,
Joel Potrykus
,
Closed Curtain
,
Jafar Panah
,
Kambuzia Partovi
,
The Battle of Tabato
,
João Viana
,
Concrete Parlay
,
Fern Silva
,
Solar Sight III
,
Lawrence Jordan
,
By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesque Foraging
,
David Gatten
,
Dusty Stacks of Mom
,
Jodie Mack
,
The Day of Two Noons
,
Mike Gibisser
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 12, 2013
Steven Soderbergh pays homage to the great R.W. Fassbinder, by way of Liberace
The creepy showbiz saga
Behind the Candelabra
is now available to rent at Redbox.
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
On Video
,
LGBT
,
Film
,
Behind the Candelabra
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
,
Fox and His Friends
,
Veronika Voss
,
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
,
Liberace
,
Michael Douglas
,
Matt Damon
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 18, 2013
Neighborhood movies, past and present
Noting the marginalization of working life in mainstream U.S. cinema
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Art House
,
Opening
,
Neighborhoods
,
Moviegoing
,
Film
,
Moviegoing
,
Newlyweeds
,
Shaka King
,
Facets Multimedia
,
pre-Code cinema
,
Mervyn LeRoy
,
James Whale
,
William Wellman
,
Three on a Match
,
The Reluctant Maiden
,
Night Nurse
,
Gimme the Loot
,
Yes We're Open
,
The Crumbles
,
The Happy Poet
,
Carmina or Blow-Up
,
Next Day Air
,
Magic Mike
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Warner Brothers
,
Forbidden Hollywood
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 8, 2013
Video
Coming soon: Christian Bale, bongo man!
Christian Bale will perform a rhythmless rat-a-tat on stuff in two separate upcoming releases.
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Humor
,
Film
,
Music
,
Christian Bale
,
Out of the Furnace
,
American Hustle
,
David O. Russell
,
Amy Adams
,
The Fighter
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Crazy Heart
,
bongos
,
Buena Vista Social Club
,
coming attractions
,
movies
,
Don Jon
,
multiplex
,
Method acting
,
Casey Affleck
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 25, 2013
Weekly Top Five: Elmore Leonard adaptations
Top five Elmore Leonard adaptations.
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Weekly Top Five
,
Film
,
Elmore Leonard
,
Out of Sight
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
George Clooney
,
Jennifer Lopez
,
Touch
,
Paul Schrader
,
Jackie Brown
,
Quentin Tarantino
,
Don Siegel
,
52 Pick-Up
,
John Frankenheimer
,
Cannon Films
,
Cat Chaser
,
Abel Ferrara
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 14, 2013
Weekly Top Five: "Alright, alright, alright"—the best of Richard Linklater
Top five Richard Linklater films
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Weekly Top Five
,
Film
,
Richard Linklater
,
Dazed and Confused
,
Quentin Tarantino
,
David O. Russell
,
Gregg Araki
,
Alexandre Rockwell
,
Kevin Smith
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Gus van Sant
,
Waking Life
,
A Scanner Darkly
,
The School of Rock
,
Jean Renoir
,
Don't Knock the Rock
,
The Newton Boys
,
Bernie
,
Jack Black
,
Tape
,
Before Sunrise
,
Before Sunset
,
Ethan Hawke
,
Julie Deply
,
Before Midnight
,
Waking Life
,
Slacker
,
Dazed and Confused
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 13, 2013
The ongoing relationship between psychiatry and American movies
How
Side Effects
and
See You Next Tuesday
reflect new trends in the movies' depiction of mental illness.
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
It's Complicated
,
Film
,
Side Effects
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
See You Next Tuesday
,
Drew Tobia
,
Chicago Underground Film Festival
,
mental illness
,
You Can't Take It With You
,
Mr. Jones
,
Shine
,
As Good as It Gets
,
Lodge Kerrigan
,
Clean Shaven
,
Keane
,
Silver Linings Playbook
,
The Cobweb
,
Vincente Minnelli
,
The Seventh Veil
,
James Mason
,
DSM
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 10, 2013
Weekly Top Five: Idea missing—the best of Steven Soderbergh
The top five Steven Soderbergh films
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Weekly Top Five
,
Film
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Side Effects
,
Magic Mike
,
Schizopolis
,
King of the Hill
,
Contagion
,
Che
,
The Limey
,
Out of Sight
,
The Informant!
,
The Underneath
,
Bubble
,
Haywire
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 6, 2013
Weekly Top Five: Most anticipated films for 2013
Weekly Top Five: most anticipated films of 2013
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Weekly Top Five
,
Film
,
Taste of Money
,
Side Effects
,
Mud
,
Frances Ha
,
Before Midnight
,
Im Sang-Soo
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Noah Baumbach
,
Jeff Nichols
,
Richard Linklater
,
Drew Hunt's Weekly Top Five
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 27, 2012
Getting by in four recent American comedies
Comparing
Bernie
,
Magic Mike
,
Moonrise Kingdom
, and
Silver Linings Playbook
in terms of style and themes
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Year in Review
,
Film
,
Comedy
,
American comedy
,
year in review
,
best of 2012
,
Silver Linings Playbook
,
Bernie
,
Magic Mike
,
Moonrise Kingdom
,
David O. Russell
,
Richard Linklater
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Wes Anderson
,
Bruce Willis
,
Channing Tatum
,
recession
,
bipolar disorder
,
Jack Black
,
Matthew McConaughey
,
Cody Horn
,
community
,
Alex Pettyfer
,
Bradley Cooper
,
Jennifer Lawrence
,
Variations on a Theme
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 27, 2012
My favorite films of 2012
Top Ten Films of 2012
By Drew Hunt
Tags:
Things I Love
,
Film
,
The Master
,
Paul Thomas Anderson
,
Two Years at Sea
,
Ben Rivers
,
Haywire
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Moonrise Kingdom
,
Wes Anderson
,
The Comedy
,
Rick Alverson
,
Goodbye First Love
,
Mia Hanson-Love
,
Django Unchained
,
Quentin Tarantino
,
The Day He Arrives
,
Hong Sang-soo
,
The Deep Blue Sea
,
Terrence Davies
,
A Burning Hot Summer
,
Philippe Garrel
,
Bernie
,
Richard Linklater
,
Killer Joe
,
William Friedkin
,
Wuthering Heights
,
Andrea Arnold
,
Tchoupitoulas
,
Bill Ross
,
Turner Ross
,
The Color Wheel
,
Alex Ross Perry
,
Magic Mike
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Alps
,
Yorgos Lanthimos
,
Let the Bullets Fly
,
Wen Jiang
,
Wanderlust
,
David Wain
,
Keyhole
,
Guy Maddin
,
Attenberg
,
Athina Rachel Tsangari
,
This is Not a Film
,
Jafar Panahi
,
The Innkeepers
,
Ti West
,
In Another Country
,
Hong Sang-soo
,
2012)
,
21 Jump Street
,
Phil Lord
,
Chris Miller
,
Beyond the Hills
,
Christian Mungiu
,
Leviathan
,
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
,
Verena Paravel
,
Mekong Hotel
,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
,
Post Tenebras Lux
,
Carlos Reygadas
,
Hors Satan
,
Bruno Dumont
,
Aita
,
José María de Orbe
,
Memories of a Morning
,
Jose Luis Guerin
,
Palaces of Pity
,
Gabriel Abrantes
,
Daniel Schmidt
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 31, 2012
Turning my office inside-out
Sifting trough 15 years of trash and treasure.
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Moving Week
,
Film
,
Chicago Reader
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Seed of Chucky
,
Backstabbers
,
Ben Joravsky
,
Richard Lindberg. Paul Newey
,
Cook County State’s Attorney
,
Summerdale Scandal
,
American Type Founders
,
Art Jones
,
Linotype
,
Chicago Journal of Commerce
,
Wall Street Journal
,
Heinz
,
Kitry Krause
,
Pat Graham
,
Warner Brothers
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
The Informant
,
moving week
,
movies
,
Moving Week
,
Variations on a Theme
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 16, 2012
Cinema studies to remain at Columbia College
Columbia president Warrick Carter reverses his earlier recommendation to cut Cinema Studies courses; students and faculty benefit
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Education
,
Film
,
Columbia College
,
Film and Video Department
,
Cinema Studies
,
Warrick Carter
,
Bruce Sheridan
,
Ron Falzone
,
Warren Chapman
,
film history
,
film theory
,
Richard Linklater
,
Wes Anderson
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Magic Mike
,
Moonrise Kingdom
,
Bernie
,
Hal Ashby
,
Pierrot le Fou
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 12, 2012
Video
A Burning Hot Summer
screens, with air conditioning
New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
By J.R. Jones
Tags:
Film
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Ben Sachs
,
Soderbergh
,
Che
,
The Informant!
,
The Girlfriend Experience
,
Contagion
,
Haywire
,
Magic Mike
,
A Burning Hot Summer
,
Philippe Garrel
,
Devotional Cinema
,
Nathaniel Dorsky
,
Elena movie
,
Andrey Zvyagintsev
,
The Return movie
,
How to Grow a Band
,
Chris Thile
,
The Jesus Trip
,
Neil Young Journeys
,
Jonathan Demme
,
Pom Poko
,
Studio Ghibli
,
Isao Takahata
,
Grave of the Fireflies
,
My Neighbors the Yamadas
,
Savages movie
,
Oliver Stone
,
Take This Waltz
,
Sarah Polley
,
Lewis Milestone
,
All Quiet on the Western Front
,
Edgar G. Ulmer
,
The Black Cat
,
Samuel Fuller
,
House of Bamboo
,
Robert Ryan
,
Billy Wilder
,
Kiss Me Stupid
,
G.W. Pabst
,
Pandora's Box
,
Dennis Scott
,
Hayao Miyazaki
,
Spirited Away
,
K-Town Film Festival
,
Better Boys' Foundation
,
American Revolution 2
,
The Chicago Maternity Center Story
,
Video
Movies
,
Movie Review
Jul 11, 2012
Video
Stripping Steven Soderbergh
The new comedy
Magic Mike
peels a few layers from the enigmatic director
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Channing Tatum
,
male strippers
,
Red digital camera
,
film composition
,
documentary realism
,
Matthew McConaughey
,
service industry
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 9, 2012
What's new again: Hal Ashby's
The Last Detail
(1973)
Revisiting the New Hollywood classic in light of Steven Soderbergh's 70s homage
Magic Mike
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
On Video
,
Film
,
The Last Detail
,
Hal Ashby
,
Magic Mike
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Otis Young
,
Randy Quaid
,
New Hollywood
,
Me Generation
,
Gilda Radner
,
antiauthoritarianism
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 6, 2012
Video
Take This Waltz
, and more in this week's (and next week's) notable screenings
A preview of this week's notable screenings
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
Film
,
Sarah Polley
,
Away From Her
,
Take This Waltz
,
Christmas in July
,
Preston Sturges
,
The Apartment
,
Billy Wilder
,
The General
,
Buster Keaton
,
Shaw Brothers
,
Chang Cheh
,
The Water Margin
,
Manhunter
,
Michael Mann
,
The Ocean Waves
,
Studio Ghibli
,
Castle in the Sky
,
Hayao Miyazaki
,
The Birds
,
Alfred Hitchcock
,
Jaws
,
Steven Spielberg
,
Turn Me On Dammit
,
Savages
,
Oliver Stone
,
Magic Mike
,
Steven Soderbergh
,
Beasts of the Southern Wild
,
The Amazing Spider-Man
,
The Day He Arrives
,
Hong Sang-soo
,
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
,
Duplass brothers
,
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 3, 2012
What's new again: the films of Michael Ritchie
Revisiting the comedy-dramas of the New Hollywood director in light of Steven Soderbergh's
Magic Mike
By Ben Sachs
Tags:
On Video
,
Film
,
Michael Ritchie
,
The Bad News Bears
,
Prime Cut
,
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