John Mossman has a scary new movie, but he’s not just trying to scare us. Good Guy With a Gun (not to be confused with a 2020 short with the same title) is a feature-length drama/thriller slated for a regional premiere February 27 as part of the Midwest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film […]
Tag: Joe Swanberg
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Get ready to hate-watch another season of Easy
The second season of Joe Swanberg’s Netflix series looks like Chicago but doesn’t feel like the city at all.
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Greta Gerwig: A new voice in cinema, or an old voice just speaking up?
The writer-director of Lady Bird was hiding in plain sight.
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The newly renovated Davis Theater is a vaudeville house for the 21st century
More than a movie theater, the newly renovated “entertainment complex” will host a series of community events, including a live Oscar viewing party in support of Common Threads.
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Shannon Candy of Strawberry Jacuzzi launches her label in time for Cassette Store Day
Shannon Candy of Strawberry Jacuzzi launches her label in time for Cassette Store Day, Chicago musicians turn up in Joe Swanberg’s Easy, and more.
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Joe Swanberg’s Easy is easily the most north-side-centric Chicago show of all time—but that’s not so terrible
The writer-director’s personal portrait of the city fulfills the contract of auteur television.
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Easy is spot-on Chicago
Joe Swanberg’s new Netflix series is for everyone, but there’s a little something extra for locals.
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The Lemons’ new LP attracts a crowd of celebrity cosigners
The Lemons’ new LP attracts a crowd of celebrity cosigners, Permanent Records reissues Fred Cole’s pre-Dead Moon band Zipper, and more.
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Elisabeth Moss goes bananas, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Joe Swanberg, British noir, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Joe Swanberg: The king of whatever
Digging for Fire is a tale of millennial complacency.
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The Chicago Film Critics Festival, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week’s notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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In The Humbling, Al Pacino stars as a Shakespearean actor who can’t get it up
Barry Levinson directs the screen adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 9/23: Bowie Day, Joe Swanberg, and Whirr
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, September 23
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Binging on The Purge, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue