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Review of Love Jones (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jun 2003

It's easy to suspend disbelief and embrace this historically creative fiction, whose clever relationship to what's known and what's unresolved…

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Review of Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Jun 2003

Where other King stories and hundreds of other movies simplistically exploit the archetype, this tale intricately relates the actions of its…

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Review of Howards End (1992)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Jun 2003

This is the apotheosis of Classics Illustrated filmmaking, aiming at nothing more than tasteful reduction, and the fact that it's done so well…

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Review of 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Jun 2003

Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith's script has its witty moments, and some of the secondary characters--such as Larry Miller as the father…

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Review of Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jun 2003

Joffe may remain as variable a filmmaker as ever, but this time, at least, he gives one something really solid to think about…

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Review of Igby Goes Down (2002)

By Fred Camper (31) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Jun 2003

Misses a chance to use the Manhattan setting to add to his protagonist's displacement, instead treating the city as a bland backdrop…

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Review of Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Jun 2003

As an investigation into the psychology and processes of witch-hunts, Capturing the Friedmans is one of the most valuable film documents we've…

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Review of America So Beautiful (2001)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 May 2003

Unfortunately Shokrina's sense of style periodically collapses, and the film falls prey to the worst kind of models…

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Review of The Big Hit (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 May 2003

The filmmakers seem to think they can also manipulate us by combining the erotic with the disgusting. And they can--it's a foolproof tactic…

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Review of Holes (2003)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 May 2003

For a Disney movie, Holes is mercifully low in saccharine…

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Review of A Touch of Zen (1970)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 May 2003

A widely acclaimed martial arts film (1971) by Hong Kong's King Hu, one of the handful of directors to have worked in the genre with artistic…

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Review of Ride with the Devil (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 May 2003

The plot is largely a series of excuses for one-liners expertly delivered by Maguire, making all the hatred, maiming, and killing seem like…

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Review of The Last Days (1998)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 May 2003

Fortunately, this time around the Ivy League characters project less of a glib sense of entitlement, making them more fun to watch, and Stillman…

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Review of House of Bamboo (1955)

By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 May 2003

One of Samuel Fuller's best, a tough, sometimes nasty, but always exciting 1955 effort in 'Scope and color that unites three of his favorite…

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Review of The Love Bug (1968)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 May 2003

What this autopopathism means in terms of American culture is a subject I neither understand nor wish to…

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Review of The Story of Adèle H. (1975)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 May 2003

Its intensity is impressive and remains uncompromised by the prettifying aesthetic touches Truffaut adds here and there in an apparent attempt…

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Review of King of Hearts (1968)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 May 2003

It's the kind of comic allegory about war that depends on muddleheadedness in order to make much sense, but if you're feeling muddleheaded,…

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Review of King of Hearts (1966)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 May 2003

It's the kind of comic allegory about war that depends on muddleheadedness in order to make much sense, but if you're feeling muddleheaded,…

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Review of Georgia (1995)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Apr 2003

Quirky and nuanced, this movie has a lot to say about sibling rivalry and the current music scene…

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Review of Blackboards (2000)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Apr 2003

When I first saw Blackboards three years ago I was surprised as well as puzzled that in some ways it reminded me of John Ford's 1950 western…

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