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a white ginger boy and a Black boy stand in what looks like a bathroom stall

Armageddon Time

by Dmitry Samarov November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

Reportedly based on director James Gray’s own childhood, the film traffics in broad-stroke ideas about racism, anti-Semitism, and class struggle.

a Black man and a white woman in a pool at night

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Causeway

by John Wilmes November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

A dour, paint-by-numbers contemplation on trauma and dislocation unfolds, and we see two actors capable of tremendous expression stuck in a place that won’t allow it.

a young girl and two men, all white and in period clothing, look at a piece of paper

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Enola Holmes 2

by Josh Flanders November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

Enola Holmes is back, and if it ain’t broke . . . don’t fix it!

five Black people dressed to the nines in a grainy screen grab

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One of a kind

by Maxwell Rabb November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

The 28th Black Harvest Film Festival, hosted at the Gene Siskel Film Center, invites Chicago to experience a rich selection of films devoted to amplifying Black storytelling and promoting the careers of young filmmakers.

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The Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation returns

by Kat Sachs November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

It’s oddly fitting that the touring, Los Angeles-based Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation went on hiatus during the dog days of the pandemic.

Michael Myers in his signature white mask grabs Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie, who cries in agony

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After 42 years, Halloween finally ends

by Catey Sullivan October 27, 2022October 31, 2022

Halloween Ends is notable mainly for its cockamamie plot and its reverence for the original.

two men sit with beers at a table by the sea

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The Banshees of Inisherin

by Maxwell Rabb October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

The Banshees of Inisherin is an elegy to friendship.

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Black Adam

by John Wilmes October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

Rarely do we feel like we are experiencing the thing itself, but rather a setup for a different, later event, which will probably not be the real thing either.

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My Policeman

by Kat Sachs October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

Much like its purported star—heartthrob Harry Styles—British director Michael Grandage’s adaptation of Bethan Roberts’s 2012 novel is wantedly handsome and genially bland.

George Clooney in a tuxedo looks at Julia Roberts in a flowered black dress

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Ticket to Paradise

by Marah Eakin October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

It’s a fine enough movie to fritter away a couple hours with, but don’t expect it to stick around in your consciousness for too long.

an old black-on-white drawing of two men holding anguished their faces

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Sex Demon: pornographic camp and long-lost queer history

by Micco Caporale October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

J.C. Cricket’s Sex Demon is not for the faint of heart—it’s for the depraved of mind, and Chicago is blessed to have it showing one night only at the Music Box on October 26.