Five films that show the underrated genre at its best
Tag: Frank Borzage
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Joan Crawford shines in five Hollywood classics
We boil down the iconic actress’s five-decade screen career into five must-see films.
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David Cronenberg invades Hollywood, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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This week at U. of C.: A classic romance and a historic prison riot
Previewing revivals of Frank Borzage’s History Is Made at Night and Cinda Firestone’s Attica
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Young love, old bones, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 20-11
The second in a multipart series on my favorite new movies of the year
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L’Argent, Mary Poppins, and other Reader recommended movies to watch online this week
Some recommended movies from Old Movies to Watch Now, in which Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
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Best Free VHS Collection
It’s only a vestige of its former self, but it still contains plenty of gems.
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Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby is not the first movie to insult F. Scott Fitzgerald
Revisiting Frank Borzage’s Three Comrades, the only film on which F. Scott Fitzgerald received screenwriting credit
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Treasure, treachery, pirates, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.
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Spouses at odds, a ghostly guardian, a trip to the hospital, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.
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The birth of cinema verite, and the rest of this week’s movies
Previewing notable film screenings in Chicago from January 11-17
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Show Boat and the neglected legacy of James Whale
Remembering the great British director, whose 1936 Show Boat screens this week from a restored print