Dumont’s signature inscrutability remains intriguing but perhaps more frivolous here; Seydoux’s inspired performance helps to ground it.
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Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017
A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.
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Terrence Malick loves us—he just has a peculiar way of showing it
With Song to Song, the Austin-based filmmaker finds transcendental beauty in his hometown’s music scene.
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After 20 years the European Union Film Festival is still going strong
More than 60 new features make their Chicago premieres at the festival’s 20th edition.
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My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats
Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it’s a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
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From Mamma Roma to Mamma Alien
On the perverse spectacle of seeing movie stars interact with casts of unknowns
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 2/18: Delorean, Kill Yr Idols, and Camille Claudel 1915
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, February 18
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Iranian westerns, French madwomen, Laotian rocketeers, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Camille Claudel 1915: Crazy he calls me
With Camille Claudel 1915, Bruno Dumont tells of a committed artist.
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Weekly Top Five: Horror-fest essentials
Criteria and picks for your own scary-movie marathon
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A fish-out-of-water comedy that’s just Godunov
The Family features Robert De Niro parodying his past film roles—and American stereotypes in general.
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One Japanese masterpiece, two local film festivals, and the rest of this week’s screenings
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 2 and 8
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Outside Satan: Mind-blowing or monstrous?
In Bruno Dumont’s drama Outside Satan, a nameless man kills, prays, fucks.