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Review of Death and the Maiden (1994)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Feb 2010

Polanski certainly gets the maximum voltage and precision out of his story and actors, keeping us preternaturally alert to shifting power relationships…

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Review of Death and the Maiden (2003)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Feb 2010

Polanski certainly gets the maximum voltage and precision out of his story and actors, keeping us preternaturally alert to shifting power relationships…

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Review of Ajami (2009)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Feb 2010

Shani and Copti (who costars as a hipster druggie) elicit moving performances from their nonprofessional actors, who ground the somewhat breathless…

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Review of The Banger Sisters (2002)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Feb 2010

The conflict between Hawn, who prizes her freedom, and Sarandon, who values her family, is pretty rich; it reminded me of the friendship between…

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Review of Back to the Future Part II (1989)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Feb 2010

The problem with all the time-travel high jinks, involving multiple versions of the major characters (a gimmick that Robert Heinlein handled…

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Review of All the King's Men (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Feb 2010

The unfocused story is so bereft of any clear sense of period or location that the political melodrama sometimes seems to be taking place inside…

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Review of Sweet November (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Feb 2010

It's all corny and contrived and usually sensitive…

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Review of Bandits (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Feb 2010

Mined for comedy and milked for drama, though what results is diminished by the very framing device contrived to punch it up…

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Review of Lantana (2001)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Feb 2010

Striking for its performances -- especially Anthony LaPaglia…

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Review of Valentine's Day (2010)

By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Feb 2010

Valueless as entertainment, it’s still useful as a disambiguation tool for those who confuse Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel, or Taylor Dayne…

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Review of Saint John of Las Vegas (2010)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Feb 2010

This debut feature by Hue Rhodes offers a wealth of skilled players and admirably offbeat gags yet seldom manages to generate any laughs…

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Review of What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

Juliette Lewis plays the out-of-town girl Depp takes a shine to once he starts getting tired of the married woman (Mary Steenburgen) he's involved…

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Review of The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

Doesn't succeed in everything it sets out to do, which is a lot…

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Review of Bad Girls (1994)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

It's the usual combo of high concept and low execution, and not even Jonathan Kaplan's background as an exploitation director can bail him out…

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Review of Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

One of those universal tales that are so often vague and sticky, but the simplicity and restraint of director Grigori Chukhrai lift it above the run…

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Review of The Last Station (2009)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

If you come to this expecting the philosophical depth and psychological detail of Tolstoy's work you're sure to be disappointed, but as an…

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Review of Bagdad Cafe (1987)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

Unfortunately, the film's curious conceits remain implausible even on a fantasy level, and most of the satirical possibilities are either sidestepped…

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Review of Marvin's Room (1996)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

The performances are overwhelmed by cinematography so gorgeous and distracting it makes the drama seem like just so much wheel spinning…

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Review of The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

Even if you can't quite swallow the material, it's a searing experience…

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Review of Lady Terminator (1988)

By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Feb 2010

It's the kind of movie best randomly discovered on cable at 4 AM, but if you dig guys with mullets, director H…

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