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Review of Hateship Loveship (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

Director Liza Johnston elicits some very affecting performances from her talented actors but these are in service to [Wiig's] rather colorless…

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Review of God Loves Uganda (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A vitally important film that hopefully will also serve as a reminder to the U.S…

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Review of Concussion (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A very subtle, sophisticated take on modern relationships driven, naturally, by [Robin] Weigert's nuanced, hard edged performance…

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Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

The picture has the energy of a classic cliffhanger serial and really zips along, skipping from one plot point to the next…

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Review of The Case Against 8 (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

The fight for marriage equality has never been more thrillingly recorded than in this at turns exciting and deeply moving film…

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Review of Burning Blue (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

Describing Burning Blue as a gay variation on Top Gun with heart and soul ( and one with more than a dash of Brokeback Mountain thrown in for…

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Review of Passion (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

Like late-period Hitchcock, you hang in there because there's enough zing left on the screen to let you know you're watching a real filmmaker…

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Review of The Normal Heart (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

The collaboration between Murphy and Kramer seemed like a natural from the moment it was announced, and now we have the proof of that sensible…

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Review of I Am Divine (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A loving biographical portrait that encompasses the legendary icon's rise to infamy while touching on the emotional complexities of its subject…

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Review of Bad Words (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

Bateman...is one of those actors whose immense warmth can't be concealed no matter how disagreeable the character and he manages...to keep…

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Review of Philomena (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

Dench and Cooper could do this stuff in their sleep and keep us entertained, which they do, but it's the nuanced twists and turns in both the…

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Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

I will pay $50 to anyone who can prove that one single audience member worldwide texted OMG, this plot is fantastic…

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Review of Child's Pose (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

Child's Pose, in addition to featuring [its] sensational mother-son act, is a fascinating look into a corrupt society that is at times equally…

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Review of The Monuments Men (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A fidgety movie that because of its star wattage, great subject matter and shoehorned-in random jaunty moments sometimes entertains but never…

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Review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A perfectly realized period piece, so gorgeously shot it looks almost painterly but it's so god-awful grim and...so tightly focused on such…

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Review of Neighbors (2014)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

You either agree to partake in the beer pong of a plot before laying down your money or stay home…

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Review of Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A familiar and very satisfying collision of art versus commerce or lowbrow, mainstream taste...versus highbrow sophistication…

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Review of Reaching for the Moon (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

Baretto's movie, which is sensual and emotionally intense, benefits from [its] traditional approach and I don't think audiences who love to…

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Review of Herø (2001)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A lyrical, deeply felt movie with a surprisingly gentle spirit…

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Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 27 Jun 2014

A welcome addition to the queer movie canon…

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