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Review of Woman in Gold (2015)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Apr 2015

The Nazis' illegal seizure of hundreds of thousands of artworks -- the subject of the fine 2006 documentary The Rape of Europa -- becomes the…

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Review of Human Capital (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Apr 2015

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi contributes an affecting performance as the rich boy's spiritually bereft mother, whose self-worth has been smothered…

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Review of Furious 7 (2015)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Apr 2015

The story takes place in LA, Abu Dhabi, Tokyo, and the Caucasus Mountains, yet Wan has so few ideas about how to choreograph and edit action…

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Review of The Salt of the Earth (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Apr 2015

For this career-spanning documentary, director Wim Wenders accompanies the photographer on his travels, the color documentary footage punctuated…

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Review of Man from Reno (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Apr 2015

Writer-director Dave Boyle is best known for his offbeat rom-coms with San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura (Surrogate Valentine, Daylight Savings),…

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Review of La Sierra (2005)

By Hank Sartin (101) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Mar 2015

The intense focus on this trio makes for good portraiture, but it left me hungry for more about the social context that shaped them…

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Review of Eden (2015)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

The camerawork is so fluid and the settings so brimming with detail that one feels washed away by the film, recognizing the hero's decline…

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Review of HOME (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Eden (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

The camerawork is so fluid and the settings so brimming with detail that one feels washed away by the film, recognizing the hero's decline…

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Review of Home (2017)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Home (2016)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Get Hard (2015)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Anal rape jokes and racial stereotypes dominate this third-rate comedy…

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Review of Home (2015)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Home (2016)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Home (2015)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Home (2016)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Home (2015)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Wild Tales (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

How to discuss this giddily inventive Argentinian feature without ruining its many surprises…

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Review of Home (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2015

Aggressive and cynical approach to children's entertainment, pummeling viewers with mechanical-looking action sequences (which suggest video…

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Review of Carlito's Way (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Mar 2015

Bill & Ted's Aurora Adventures might almost serve as the subtitle for this very silly but enjoyable 1992 comedy, developed from characters…

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