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Review of To Rome with Love (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Jul 2012

Most of the characters are archetypes, yet Allen treats them with genuine affection and avoids the bitterness that's marred much of his recent work…

Review of Magic Mike (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jun 2012

The dance numbers, choreographed by Allison Faulk, are inventive and athletic, but not really erotic; Soderbergh never lets you forget that,…

Review of Natural Selection (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Jun 2012

However gritty this indie comedy may look (cinematographer Steve Calitri seems to be aping William Eggleston's photographs of the American…

Review of Bel Ami (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Jun 2012

The supposedly cunning protagonist registers as a cipher, and the directors' tendency to shoot dialogue scenes in close-up blunts any understanding…

Review of The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Jun 2012

Unlike most literary adaptations this one actually conveys the pleasure of fiction, lingering suggestively on small details of character and…

Review of Nate & Margaret (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Jun 2012

Director-cowriter Nathan Adloff displays real sensitivity toward the central characters, yet he hasn't crafted a story in which his observations…

Review of Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 May 2012

There's a big difference between commenting on the zeitgeist and simply acknowledging it, as this featherweight independent comedy demonstrates…

Review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 May 2012

Wes Anderson's most intimate film since Bottle Rocket (1996) and maybe his most deeply felt overall…

Review of Polisse (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 May 2012

Rarely does one see a movie so knowing in some respects and so clueless in others…

Review of Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 May 2012

It's surprisingly unsentimental in its depiction of people with disabilities, and the scenes of guide-dog training are informative…

Review of Hysteria (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 May 2012

For a light entertainment, this romantic comedy delivers an impressive amount of feminist rhetoric and historical detail…

Review of Battleship (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 May 2012

Once the special effects take over, Berg has little room to assert his personality (or tell a story, for that matter), and the movie feels…

Review of The Samaritan (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 May 2012

An odd stylistic mash-up, the movie never quite coheres, in part because the characters are so thin that the style doesn't have much to cohere to…

Review of Sound of My Voice (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 May 2012

This plays like an early George Romero shocker but without Romero's humor or social commentary…

Review of Headhunters (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 May 2012

The scenes of graphic violence are drawn out to the point where they overwhelm the story…

Review of The Avengers (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 May 2012

Of the star-studded cast, only Mark Ruffalo (playing Bruce Banner) and Robert Downey Jr…

Review of Fake It So Real (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Apr 2012

One of the more admirable qualities of Robert Greene's Fake It So Real, is how it creates such a rich sense of place with such a mundane setting…

Review of L!fe Happens (2011)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2012

Set in Los Angeles, this unfunny comedy succeeds only in perpetuating the worst stereotypes about that city…

Review of Blue Like Jazz (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2012

An uncommon thoughtfulness about spiritual issues distinguishes this otherwise generic coming-of-age story…

Review of Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Mar 2012

This period action comedy by Jiang Wen (Devils on the Doorstep) is great fun in the Shakespearean tradition, stuffed with lively characters,…

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