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Review of Black Rain (1989)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Aug 2004

Ridley Scott directed this 1989 feature, and while there's a lot of his characteristic atmospherics—smoke, fog, neon, yellow light, rain,…

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Review of The Last Emperor (1987)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Aug 2004

It's a tribute to the film's intelligence and its feeling for dialectics that it views both the Forbidden City and the detention center as…

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Review of Monument Ave. (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Aug 2004

Set in an expressively underlit environment, this rivetingly moody drama is enhanced by the restrained use of incidental music…

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Review of The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Aug 2004

Strikes me as a very artful cover -- about the cleverest imaginable transliteration of the story from its historical moment to ours…

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Review of Stateside (2004)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Aug 2004

This has its moments--most of them thanks to Kilmer and Joe Mantegna as the boy's abusive father--but the troubled romance is unconvincing…

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Review of Faces (1968)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Aug 2004

This is one of the most powerful and influential American films of the 60s…

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Review of A Short Film About Love (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Aug 2004

A remarkable 1988 Polish feature expanded by Krzysztof Kieslowski from his film The Decalogue…

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Review of The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Aug 2004

Far and away the funniest comedy in town…

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Review of The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Aug 2004

The mad campy moments—which chiefly involve snake woman Amanda Donohoe slinking around in various stages of undress or in dominatrix outfits—are…

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Review of Down from the Mountain (2001)

By Peter Margasak (7) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Aug 2004

Old-time music aficionado John Hartford is on hand to hold it all together, and in fact his presence is the most gripping element of this disappointingly…

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Review of Maria Full of Grace (2004)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Aug 2004

The depiction of her risky voyage and what happens afterward is highly suspenseful and entirely believable…

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Review of Flawless (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Jul 2004

This 'heartwarming' thriller refuses to distinguish realism from stylization, and much of the plot is a twisted mess of repetition and unpersuasive…

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Review of Blackboard Jungle (1955)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jul 2004

Writer-director Richard Brooks had a flair for sensationalism, and his adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel is loads of fun as a consequence,…

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Review of The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

By Anthony Puccinelli (5) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jul 2004

On one level, The First Wives Club is a snappy satire, well written by Robert Harling (also the author of Steel Magnolias--another vehicle for women)…

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Review of Being There (1979)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Jul 2004

The director, Hal Ashby, has affected a restrained, understated style to match the subtlety and precision of Sellers's performance…

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Review of Roxanne (1987)

By Pat Graham (71) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 10 Jul 2004

As the silver-tongued romantic with the impossible nose load, Martin affects a sincerity that reminds you of Danny Kaye—funny enough, I guess,…

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Review of King Arthur (2004)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Jul 2004

If this is history demystified, give me myth…

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Review of Smoke (1995)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Jul 2004

Despite a certain grace in the dialogue and casual plot construction, this is positively reeking of a desire to be cheerful in the face of adversity…

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Review of Toy Story (1995)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Jul 2004

Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios join forces on an entertaining computer-generated, hyperrealist animation feature that's also…

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Review of Callas Forever (2002)

By Ted Shen (33) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Jul 2004

Ardant embodies the diva's dazzling blend of glamour, hauteur, and vulnerability, and despite a faintly campy script by Martin Sherman, Zeffirelli…

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