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Review of Albert Nobbs (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jan 2012

Though Istvan Szabo (Being Julia) was slated to direct at one point, the assignment ultimately went to Rodrigo Garcia, who's known for his…

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Review of Tomboy (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jan 2012

Writer-director Celine Sciamma breaks little ground here, but her story is nicely scaled to the gender-rigid world of childhood, where boys…

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Review of Man on a Ledge (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jan 2012

Leth moves lightly and briskly, streamlining the weird material into something elemental and true; he's also assembled a knockout supporting cast…

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Review of Alpha Dog (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Jan 2012

Apart from the grim forebodings of tragedy, writer-director Nick Cassavetes seems to have modeled this ambitious docudrama on Larry Clark's…

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Review of Over Her Dead Body (2008)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Jan 2012

Playing a competitive schemer not unlike her Desperate Housewives character, Parker doesn't generate much heat, while Rudd is squandered in…

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Review of Haywire (2011)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Jan 2012

There's a good deal of pleasure to be had in the clockwork precision of her hand-to-hand combat, which Soderbergh often shoots in profile to…

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Review of The Moment of Truth (1965)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Jan 2012

Francesco Rosi's 1965 feature is widely (and plausibly) considered the best movie about bullfighting, in part because of its irony and finesse…

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Review of Rize (2005)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Jan 2012

Emotionally charged but not entirely honest documentary…

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Review of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Jan 2012

This precious story line, adapted from a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, keeps shriveling up against the backdrop of a traumatized city; only…

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Review of Red Tails (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jan 2012

George Lucas served as executive producer for this effects-heavy action film about the Tuskegee Airmen, and it feels as synthetic and dull…

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Review of Pina (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jan 2012

The movie he (Wenders) went on to make with her Tanztheater Wuppertal is more than an elegy; his meticulous use of 3D endows the performances…

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Review of The Flowers of War (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jan 2012

Bale admirably shoulders the burden of Western identification figure, but the heart of the story is the ongoing tension between the schoolgirls…

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Review of Haywire (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jan 2012

There's a good deal of pleasure to be had in the clockwork precision of her hand-to-hand combat, which Soderbergh often shoots in profile to…

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Review of The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Jan 2012

Compared to their first movie, The Yes Men (2003), this one focuses on many fewer hoaxes, but they're more elaborate and potent…

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Review of The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Jan 2012

It's more than a simple improvement, inverting some of the original's qualities so that the impersonal, well-crafted filmmaking remains lucid…

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Review of Poseidon (2006)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Jan 2012

After 9/11 and Katrina, this megabudget remake by Wolfgang Petersen benefits from a similar cultural oomph, though it's just as enjoyably silly…

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Review of Carnage (2011)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Jan 2012

Foster is particularly impressive in a stridently unattractive role, as the pinched, angry liberal who's orchestrated the meeting but doesn't…

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Review of The Iron Lady (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Jan 2012

This conceit works precisely because Thatcher's popular appeal was so deeply rooted in nostalgia for the days of empire, and Streep, no fan…

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Review of Contraband (2012)

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

Several graphically violent scenes of women and children in jeopardy make this, ultimately, beneath contempt…

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Review of Carnage (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Jan 2012

The dialogue is superior, though, and director Roman Polanski has cast the characters well; Foster is particularly impressive in a stridently…

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