Reportedly based on director James Gray’s own childhood, the film traffics in broad-stroke ideas about racism, anti-Semitism, and class struggle.
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Movie Tuesday: The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe
Five outstanding films about beings from outer space
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Ad Astra sends father-son conflict into space
Director James Gray’s latest returns to the theme of the powerful but imperfect patriarch.
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Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017
A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.
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J.R. Jones picks the best films of 2017
The Reader’s film editor selects his favorite movies that premiered in Chicago this year.
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James Gray talks about The Lost City of Z, re-creating history, and online writing trends that piss him off
The director of Two Lovers and The Immigrant discusses his latest film and his creative process.
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My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats
Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it’s a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
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A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award
The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.
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Blood Ties and Gambit: Two genre films for the grown-ups
Blood Ties and Gambit: two genre films from the “disappearing middle” of American cinema
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Width and without, part four: The innovative use of wide-screen in The Immigrant and Pharaoh
Notes on features by James Gray and Jerzy Kawalerowicz, both playing in Chicago this week
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God, Godzilla, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 20-11
The second in a multipart series on my favorite new movies of the year
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Final thoughts on this year’s Chicago International Film Festival
Ten favorites from the festival lineup, plus stray thoughts on a few other features
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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue