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Review of The Candidate (1972)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Feb 2018

Redford's inability to suggest any irony about himself finally sinks it—it's the only sanctimonious satire you'll ever see…

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Review of Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Feb 2018

What a sorry state of affairs for moviegoers: all we want is a little coitus, but all we get is interruptus…

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Review of Winchester (2018)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2018

This speaks to Winchester's overall failure of imagination-it's the sort of forgettable movie that could have been a memorable one…

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Review of Black Book (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Feb 2018

Like much of Verhoeven's best work, it's shamelessly melodramatic, but in its dark moral complexities it puts Schindler's List to shame…

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Review of Appaloosa (2008)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Feb 2018

This isn't a visionary western like The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), but in its own quiet way it delivers the goods…

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Review of Scream 2 (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Feb 2018

The precredits sequence is exciting--it's the only part of the movie that even begins to use the idea of the vulnerability of a horror-movie…

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Review of Michael (1996)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Feb 2018

Before this turns to total mush, it's a quirky, fitfully effective fantasy periodically enlivened by the cast…

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Review of Paddington 2 (2017)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Feb 2018

The Paddington films preach a message of acceptance that's no less straightforward than that of The Shape of Water, encouraging viewers to…

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Review of Praying With Lior (2008)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Jan 2018

Lior is an irrepressible character as he works a room, doing exactly what a bar mitzvah boy should: challenging, instructing, and, in his own…

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Review of The Good Son (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Jan 2018

There's wonderful use made of a Maine port town, and Ruben gets a dizzying thrill or two out of overhead shots, but the conceptual overload…

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Review of The Limits of Control (2009)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Jan 2018

Jarmusch makes some effort to deliver on the promise of suspense near the end, with de Bankole stalking despicable businessman Bill Murray…

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Review of White Sun (2016)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Jan 2018

[Deepak] Rauniyar gets the most out of the actors, a mix of pros and amateurs, and cinematographer Mark Ellam generates exhilarating images…

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Review of Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jan 2018

The dialogue is spare, the scenery the real star. Satisfying and impressive…

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Review of Mr. Jones (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jan 2018

Another chapter in the ongoing struggle between the talented Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Internal Affairs, Liebestraum) and studio recutters…

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Review of The Breadwinner (2017)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jan 2018

Children must grow up fast under such circumstances, and The Breadwinner derives its lasting sense of tragedy from its consideration of how…

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Review of Mom and Dad (2018)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Jan 2018

The central joke of the film is that the plague only exacerbates violent feelings that parents already feel for their children…

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Review of The Polka King (2017)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Jan 2018

The Polka King is warm and sympathetic, avoiding easy jokes in favor of humane, character-driven humor…

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Review of Julie & Julia (2009)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Jan 2018

One keeps waiting for the title characters' lives to intersect, but when they finally do--with a reporter asking Powell to comment on Child's…

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Review of Sense and Sensibility (1995)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Jan 2018

I can't say I remembered this 1995 feature too clearly a couple of days later; but I certainly had a good time as I watched it…

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Review of Man in the Chair (2007)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Jan 2018

This indie drama spends a lot of time mooning over classical Hollywood cinema, but its own visual style tends toward the pointless flash of…

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