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This week on the Bleader: Resolution Week—also, a recap of Variations on a Theme
This week on the Bleader: Resolution Week—also, a recap of Variations on a Theme
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Nixon, Mayor Rahm, Herman Cain, and Pam Grieronly in the Reader!
Going through J.R. Jones’s year-end film list, thinking about politics
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This week’s movie action
A summary of movies screening in Chicago between December 30 and January 5.
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Best of 2011, number 4: Goodbye, First Love
Our year-end review continues with Mia Hansen-Love’s Goodbye, First Love.
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Best of 2011, number 5: Poetry
Our year-end review continues with Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry
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What’s new again: Satyajit Ray’s The Coward (1965)
A reconsideration of Satyajit Ray’s lesser-known 1965 feature in light of Jason Reitman’s latest, Young Adult.
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Best of 2011, number 6: The Strange Case of Angelica
Our year-end review continues with Manoel de Oliveira’s The Strange Case of Angelica.
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Not in theaters: Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret
A reflection on Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret and the Judd Apatow-produced comedy Bridesmaids.
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Best of 2011, number 7: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Our year-end review continues with Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.
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A conversation with Stephen Cone
Stephen Cone, writer-director of The Wise Kids, talks about that film and other projects.
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Best of 2011, number 9: 13 Assassins
Our best of 2011 countdown revisits Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins.
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Best of 2011, number 10: And Everything Is Going Fine
Our year-end review of favorite movies in 2011 begins with a reappraisal of And Everything Is Going Fine.