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Category: Film

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Posted inFilm

‘Inform, energize, and engage’

by Maxwell Rabb April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

This year, the eighth annual Doc10 Film Festival will strive to engage Chicago residents with stories that illuminate the real-life experiences and struggles of people, both locally and globally.

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Posted inFilm

Review: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

by Catey Sullivan April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

Like the book, the Lionsgate movie offers a gently informative, often hilarious, and always empathetic depiction of a sixth grader yearning for, getting, and celebrating her first period.

a man walking in what looks like a drawn set, with painted walls and fake green field
Posted inFilm

Review: Beau Is Afraid

by Maxwell Rabb April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

Beau is Afraid demonstrates to audiences that the Hereditary and Midsommar director previously held back the full scale of his surrealist inclinations. And that’s a tough pill to swallow.

a blue-lit woman with headphones on, and behind her a blurry figure of a bloody woman
Posted inFilm

Review: Evil Dead Rise

by Joey Shapiro April 24, 2023May 1, 2023

The first sequel in a full decade, this should feel like getting an Evil Dead reunion, but instead it’s more akin to a so-so tribute band.

a white man with a pompadour and red tinted sunglasses sings at a mike
Posted inFilm

Review: Personality Crisis: One Night Only

by Dmitry Samarov April 24, 2023May 1, 2023

What raises this above the typical nostalgia-logged music doc is the clear sense that Johansen is not reliving his long discography onstage but continuing to live it in that moment.

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Posted inFilm

Explore the blessings of cinema with Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul

by Kat Sachs April 20, 2023April 19, 2023

Between Monday, April 24, and Friday, April 28, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will again appear in person, this time at several screenings of his films (most on 35-millimeter) between Block Cinema at Northwestern University and the Gene Siskel Film Center.

a well-dressed Black man in the 1700s proudly holds a violin and bow on a stage of musicians
Posted inFilm

Review: Chevalier

by Alani Vargas April 17, 2023April 6, 2023

Historical dramas can be tricky; it’s hard to bring accuracy and authenticity while trying to captivate an audience. And where Chevalier succeeds with a decently entertaining story, it does falter slightly with the facts.

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Posted inFilm

​Review: Hilma

by Dmitry Samarov April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Watch the excellent 2019 documentary Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint, or better yet, just look at the paintings.

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Posted inFilm

Review: Mafia Mamma

by Maxwell Rabb April 14, 2023April 17, 2023

Mafia Mamma has the makings of a cult classic. On paper, that is.

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Posted inFilm

Review: Renfield

by Andrea Thompson April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Get ready, because there’s yet another new take on Dracula. But no need to brace yourself, because Renfield feels surprisingly fresh. 

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Posted inFilm

Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

by John Wilmes April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Don’t try to make these guys more real, because that was never the point.

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Posted inFilm

Review: Tommy Guns

by Noah Berlatsky April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Carlos Conceição has created a smart, strange film that is disjointed because colonialism is a thing of disjointed desires, histories, and deaths.

a white man and a Black woman sitting at a picnic table together
Posted inFilm

Review: Air

by Maxwell Rabb April 7, 2023April 7, 2023

Affleck’s return to the director’s chair is an exceptional success, stimulated by its script and cast.

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Posted inFilm

Review: One True Loves

by Noah Berlatsky April 7, 2023April 6, 2023

At its core, One True Loves isn’t really a zany screwball film. It’s a dramatic weeper with surprising heart.

a man in a bold printed shirt, leather jacket, necklace, and wild curly hair leans against a Marshall amplifier
Posted inFilm

Review: Spinning Gold

by Marah Eakin April 7, 2023April 6, 2023

You might not know who Neil Bogart was, but you probably know the records he worked on.

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