Five outstanding films about beings from outer space
Tag: Andrei Tarkovsky
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Movie Tuesday: Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
In honor of the Reader’s Pets issue, here are five films with plenty of cinematic canine charisma.
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Five must-see films about film
Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.
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Our Time Will Come is a subtle, moving study of Hong Kong’s WWII resistance movement
Ann Hui’s historical drama pays tribute to the unsung heroes of political movements.
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With Lo and Behold, Werner Herzog ponders the heaven and hell of digital technology
Werner Herzog explores the dream and the nightmare of 21st-century technology in Lo and Behold.
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The Revenant, Seijun Suzuki, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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My way or the Hemingway, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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How one Hemingway short story became three different movies
A recent Blu-Ray reissue of a Criterion Collection set features different cinematic interpretations of 1927’s “The Killers.”
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John Akomfrah’s collage of the humanities
Black Cinema House revisits John Akomfrah, radical chronicler of the African diaspora.
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At CIFF: Of Good Report, a kamikaze exercise in shock value from South Africa
Notes on another unfortunate cliche of contemporary global art cinema—and one film that avoids mediocrity by being flat-out bad
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The Reader’s film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26
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Getting personal in the theater, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 13 and 19
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Our guide to week three of the European Union Film Festival
Isabelle Huppert stars in My Worst Nightmare this week
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Oscar-nominated animated shorts: Minkyu Lee’s miniature epic Adam and Dog
An oblique retelling of the story of the Garden of Eden