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Movie Tuesday: 19th-century women

by Ben Sachs May 28, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that address the position of women and sexual mores of a bygone era.

Posted inBlogs

This Week on Filmstruck: Films about Hard Times

by Patrick Friel February 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Filmstruck presents a series of films dealing with Hard Times.

Posted inFilm

78/52 is a film nerd’s paradise

by Leah Pickett November 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Alexandre O. Philippe’s documentary slices and dices the shower scene from Hitchcock’s Psycho

Posted inBlogs

The director of A Hijacking is back with A War, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones February 26, 2016August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Polish Film Festival in America, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 7, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Chicago International Film Festival director Michael Kutza in 1965.
Posted inFilm

A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs October 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.

Jack O'Connell
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In the prison drama Starred Up, a father and son reunite behind bars

by Ben Sachs September 3, 2014August 18, 2021

David Mackenzie explores a life defined by violence in the prison drama Starred Up.

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: Commercials directed by major filmmakers

by Drew Hunt November 17, 2013August 19, 2021

TV commercials directed by major filmmakers

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Further thoughts about Frances Ha and its supermodels

by Ben Sachs June 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Noah Baumbach’s entertaining new comedy pays tribute to 60s French New Wave films, but to what end?

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More Nicholas Ray

by J.R. Jones January 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Nicholas Ray’s final feature, We Can’t Go Home Again, and a documentary on its genesis, Don’t Expect Too Much, screen tonight at Block Museum of Art

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones March 11, 2011August 19, 2021

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

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