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Elisabeth Moss goes bananas, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones September 4, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inFilm

A perfect documentary for Steve Jobs, the narcissist

by J.R. Jones September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Alex Gibney’s latest feature treats the Apple founder with all the reverence he expected.

Posted inBlogs

Afrobeat, kids on the street, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones September 12, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Fela Kuti
Posted inFilm

Afrobeat giant Fela Kuti: Too big for the screen

by J.R. Jones September 10, 2014August 18, 2021

With Finding Fela, Alex Gibney tries to get his arms around Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti.

Sue being restored at the Black Hills Institute, early 1990s.
Posted inFilm

Dinosaur 13: Who owns the bones?

by J.R. Jones August 20, 2014August 18, 2021

Dinosaur 13 looks at the legal battle over Sue the T. rex.

Posted inBlogs

Wild Chicago, lost Chicago, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 15, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

NCFS hits the road, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones May 31, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Best of 2011, number 6: Client-9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

by J.R. Jones December 14, 2011August 19, 2021

J.R. Jones on Client-9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, his number 6 movie of 2011.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones January 13, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inFilm

Revisiting the Love Guv

by J.R. Jones January 13, 2011August 19, 2021

The new documentary Client 9 asks whether Wall Street honchos targeted Eliot Spitzer.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones May 13, 2010August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

Ripped from the headlines

by Andrea Gronvall October 22, 2008August 19, 2021

Three documentaries about the news make the news.

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