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Watch The Disaster Artist and you’ll never enjoy The Room again
James Franco spoils the magical ineptitude of Tommy Wiseau’s enduring cult movie.
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Reeling film festival looks back, and ahead
The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens at Music Box with Hurricane Bianca.
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The Gift Theatre’s Ten 2016, Dear James Franco, and eight more new theater reviews
The Gift Theatre’s free Ten 2016, Dear James Franco, and eight more new reviews.
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The Chicago Palestine Film Festival and CIMMFest highlight this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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James Franco and Jonah Hill exploit each other in True Story
In this adaptation of Michael Finkel’s confessional memoir, a murder suspect plays mind games with a reporter.
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Best Films of 2014, number seven: Joe
J.R. Jones counts down his favorite films of 2014. Today at number seven: Joe.
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Planet of the Apes: A topsy-turvy world in which the writers reigned
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes prompts revisiting a sci-fi franchise that always relied on the people who wrote it.
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Godzilla vs. Hairy Who, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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With Late Night at Garage Rep, Steppenwolf returns to its roots
Late Night at Garage Rep, Steppenwolf’s eclectic new weekly series, features up-and-coming Chicago artists.
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In a new memoir, Gary Shteyngart is no Little Failure
In Little Failure, Gary Shteyngart looks back on an immigrant childhood.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 10/26: Story/Time, Motortown, and a show bashing James Franco
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, October 26
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Armageddon is just the beginning in This Is the End
In This Is the End, Seth Rogen and pals go surfing on the Lake of Fire.
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English tape, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue