Marc Meyers’s film adaptation of Derf Backderf’s graphic novel is an unlikely mix of exploitation and art.
Tag: Gus Van Sant
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Zoolander returns, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Your Movie Is an Act of Self-Negation, Charlie Brown! plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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David Robert Mitchell pays tribute to John Carpenter with It Follows
A slow-moving demon creeps inexorably toward its victims in this low-budget horror movie.
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Weekly Top Five: Commercials directed by major filmmakers
TV commercials directed by major filmmakers
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Wild Chicago, lost Chicago, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Weekly Top Five: The best of new queer cinema
My five favorite films from a surging independent film movement centered on gay themes and gay filmmakers
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At the 25th annual Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, every picture tells a story
The 25th annual Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival shows the overlap between narrative and avant-garde cinema.
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A couple of smoke screens and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 30 and September 5
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After Earth: An epic struggle between good and bad taste
M. Night Shyamalan’s big-budget sci-fi adventure features some of the year’s best cinematography . . . and some of the worst acting, writing, and philosophy.
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Weekly Top Five: “Alright, alright, alright”—the best of Richard Linklater
Top five Richard Linklater films
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 3/29: “100 Acts of Sewing,” Psycho/Hitchcock double feature, and Frank Fairfield
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Friday, March 29, 2013
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Pavilion’s teen dream
Tim Sutton’s Pavilion captures the urgency and unease of adolescence.