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Category: Film

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Review: The Continental (Miniseries)

by Lauren Coates September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Though it pales in comparison to its parent films, The Continental maintains the classic John Wick house style and is sure to sate the appetites of franchise devotees.

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Posted inFilm

Review: The Creator

by Noah Berlatsky September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Gareth Edwards’s The Creator is a movie about AI that is hammered, welded, and spackled together from a whole lot of other better and more coherent films.

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Review: Dicks: The Musical

by Maxwell Rabb September 27, 2023September 28, 2023

Ultimately, Dicks: The Musical’s desire for cult-classic status is its biggest downfall, because that’s not how a movie procures that title.

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Review: Chasing Chasing Amy

by Becca James September 22, 2023September 25, 2023

Chasing Chasing Amy is an immersive exercise in growth.

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High Fidelity gets the oral history treatment

by Donald Liebenson September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

Andrew Buss spoke with the Reader about why High Fidelity tops his list of Chicago movies.

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In Chicago’s ‘top five,’ High Fidelity is a chart-topper

by Maxwell Rabb September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

In January 2024, barring any further delays due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, John Cusack will host an intimate screening of the long-admired film at the Auditorium Theatre.

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Review: Sex Education (Season 4)

by Noah Berlatsky September 22, 2023September 15, 2023

There aren’t a lot of television shows that make the world a better place by existing. Sex Education is one.

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CIFF’s killer lineup

by Lauren Coates September 20, 2023September 20, 2023

Starting October 11, CIFF will once again grace the halls of the Music Box Theatre (and a number of other local venues), delivering 150 films from more than a dozen countries to movie lovers across Chicago. 

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Reeling returns

by Andrea Thompson September 20, 2023September 20, 2023

Reeling International Film Festival is back to showcase a dizzying array of LGBTQ+ content, from campy horror to historical documentaries.

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Review: A Haunting in Venice

by Maxwell Rabb September 15, 2023September 25, 2023

A Haunting in Venice officially derails Kenneth Branagh’s rebooted Agatha Christie films.

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Review: The Nun II

by Joey Shapiro September 15, 2023September 25, 2023

The Catholic horror wheel isn’t reinvented, but the jump scares are so nonstop and occasionally clever that I was left wondering: is this the most fun I’ve had at the movies all summer?

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Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

by Emma Oxnevad September 14, 2023September 25, 2023

In spite of its third-film shortcomings, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 has some genuine laughs and a healthy dose of heart.

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Review: Our Body

by Kat Sachs September 14, 2023September 25, 2023

The political is found firsthand to be personal, here through an assemblage of intimate vignettes, and thus it becomes all the more impactful when the director joins the ranks, a stand-in for our collective body.

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Review: Dumb Money

by Marah Eakin September 14, 2023September 25, 2023

Any cash and time moviegoers choose to spend on Dumb Money will be well invested, indeed.

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Review: El Conde

by Noah Berlatsky September 14, 2023September 25, 2023

Power and money will scoop out your soul, and fascism is very hard to kill. The real Pinochet died in 2006, but those particular truths, unfortunately, live on.

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