Five films that prominently feature circus imagery and ideas
Tag: Jacques Tati
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Movie Tuesday: Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
In honor of the Reader’s Pets issue, here are five films with plenty of cinematic canine charisma.
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Check in, then check out these five iconic hotel movies
Hotels play a starring role in film history, from Georges Méliès in 1897 to Wes Anderson in 2014.
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The fountain of Youth, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Mad Max: A world unto himself
The new Fury Road places the postapocalyptic hero against an even more richly imagined landscape.
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Lucky Plush’s The Queue finds us ready and waiting
Lucky Plush’s absurdist comedy The Queue has some fun while poised over the abyss.
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Best Film Retrospective
The series on this forgotten French comedian was eye-opening.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 2/24: Oscar Experience: Chicago, 70mm Film Festival, and The Motherfucker With the Hat
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, February 24, 2013.
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Music Box 70mm Film Festival
The Music Box presents two weeks of films in 70-millimeter.
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The funniest filmmaker you’ve never heard of
French comedian Pierre Etaix makes a comeback at Gene Siskel Film Center
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Kangaroo huntin’, mate! and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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What’s new again: Alfred Hitchcock’s Topaz
Revisiting an overlooked 1969 spy film by the Master of Suspense in light of The Bourne Legacy
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Artist David Hartt on his MCA exhibit “Stray Light”
Artist David Hartt discusses his exhibition “Stray Light.”