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Review of Blue Velvet (1986)

By Pat Graham (71) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Nov 2014

The film casts its spell in countless odd ways, in the archetype-leaning imagery, eccentric tableau styling, and moth-in-candle-flame attraction…

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Review of Finding Neverland (2004)

By Meredith Brody (17) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Nov 2014

The plays and amusements the boys put on--by far the most successfully magical scenes in the movie--inspire Barrie to create his great work,…

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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Nov 2014

For all the scientific rhetoric about the nature of time, what matters most here is how it forges, and then tests, the bond between two people…

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Review of The Overnighters (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Nov 2014

The movie might seem like just another liberal do-gooder profile, yet a shocker ending throws new and disturbing light on the situation, amplifying…

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Review of Altman (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Nov 2014

This is most interesting when it explores the least-known periods in Altman's career…

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Review of Beyond the Lights (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Nov 2014

Writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood employs plenty of well-worn melodramatic devices, but sincerely; the characters' emotions ring true even…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Nov 2014

Seeing the two fiftysomething stars in their idiot haircuts again is a little disconcerting, like watching your favorite old band on a desperate…

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Review of Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Nov 2014

Treacle takes over in the last act, but most of this fact-based story by screenwriters Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett takes the inspirational…

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Review of See No Evil (2006)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Nov 2014

The gilt-and-grime setting is eerily atmospheric, and screenwriter Dan Madigan has a nicely sick sense of humor…

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Review of My Life in Ruins (2009)

By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Nov 2014

Mike Reiss's witless, maudlin screenplay is like rancid leachate trickling from a Dumpster full of rotting sitcom scripts, Mary Kay sales manuals,…

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Review of The September Issue (2009)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Nov 2014

The September Issue fixates on status and professional one-upmanship; if you want to see a movie that actually treats fashion as personal expression--in…

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Review of When You're Strange (2010)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

As usual, the three instrumentalists (Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Krieger) take a backseat to their gorgeous front man, though their…

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Review of Laggies (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

This is the first feature that the talented Lynn Shelton has directed from someone else's script, and it often seems like a premise trying…

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Review of The Homestretch (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

The Homestretch, the latest social-issue documentary from Kartemquin Films, succeeds surprisingly well in having its cake and eating it too…

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Review of Low Down (2014)

By Drew Hunt (128) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

Glenn Close plays Amy-Jo's grandmother, a nurturing figure in a dingy milieu, and delivers one of her better recent performances, while Hawkes,…

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Review of Camp X-Ray (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

Writer-director Peter Sattler…

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Review of Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

As a history lesson about Canada's unjust treatment of Native Americans, it's often eye-opening, but as storytelling it's clunky and highly…

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Review of Citizenfour (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

This isn't just a documentary -- this is history…

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Review of Big Hero 6 (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

There's enough tried-and-true Disney sentiment here to counter the rampant antihumanism, and the futuristic settings look spectacular, but…

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Review of Watchers of the Sky (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Nov 2014

The movie feels too short at two hours; it offers a worthwhile overview of the subjects but doesn't treat any of them in much depth…

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