Everyone is delightfully lost in a softly Lovecraftian Osmosis Jones labyrinth with climate change overtones and lovely faceless critters everywhere, trying to pantomime meaning to these stumbling humans.
Tag: Jake Gyllenhaal
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John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch is basically a fertility drug
The Netflix children’s special gives hope to the weird wonderful kid in all of us.
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Everyone’s a sucker at a new kind of traveling circus—the Instagram trap
At Happy Place, 29Rooms, and a new wave of pop-up museums you can pay $30+ for great Instagrams—and not much else.
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Okja is a big-screen fantasy you won’t see on the big screen
Bong Joon-ho, creator of The Host and Snowpiercer, bypasses theatrical exhibition for Netflix.
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Ten best bets for fall movies
Oliver Stone tells the Snowden story, Nate Parker tells the Nat Turner story, and Ewan McGregor tries to tell Philip Roth’s story, plus other highlights.
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Agnes Le Roux is gone, but the teen sex comedy is back—plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Forget Jake Gyllenhaal—cinematographer Robert Elswit is the real star of Nightcrawler
Dan Gilroy’s satirical thriller represents a high point in the noted cinematographer’s career.
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Everyone else is wrong, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The Reader’s film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26
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Prisoners: A mazelike thriller with torture at its core
Art-house director Denis Villeneuve directs a mazelike thriller with torture at its core.
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The aesthetics of crap, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue