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In Shoplifters, the sharpest insights are blurred by sentimentality
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film about an impoverished makeshift family won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
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Taylor Bennett at Lollapalooza and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Silk Road Rising’s New China Festival and more goings on 8/3-8/5.
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The Third Murder deepens on a repeat screening
Hirokazu Kore-eda directed this Japanese legal drama about a homicide that’s not what it seems.
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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter: A Japanese comedy by two guys from Austin
In Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, a Tokyo office drone arrives in Minnesota to dig up the loot from Fargo.
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Like Father, Like Son: That’s my boy, I think
Hirokazu Kore-edu’s Like Father, Like Son is a tale of children switched at birth.
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Finding the right stories for winter, when getting to the theater proves difficult
There aren’t many epic narratives playing in theaters, so I’ve had to get my fix elsewhere.
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My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 30-21
The first in a multipart series on notable movies to first appear in Chicago this past year
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This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Andrea Gronvall about I Can’t Sleep and Trouble Every Day
A conversation about two of the French filmmaker’s most challenging and most lurid films
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Our guide to the 49th Chicago International Film Festival
The 49th Chicago International Film Festival: Reviews of all the highlights from week one, plus four director spotlights
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Underground movies, one flight up—and other notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Killer flicks and pho
Rodan’s Soupline Cinema Sundays serve up classics by Wong Kar Wai, Kurosawa, Kore-eda and Sammo Hung.
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First breath, second wind
Film Center brings back the local indie “The First Breath of Tengan Rei.”