The game Clue taught me what “confidential” means, that a conservatory is just a fancy greenhouse, and that Miss Scarlett is always the right choice. Any armchair detective that could identify those little toy weapons in the dark with their eyes closed will enjoy this new stage adaptation of the 1985 movie based on the […]
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The Polish Film Festival comes to town, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The latest from Steve James, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between July 4 and 10
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Premiere: Super Minotaur’s “Werewolf”
Celebrate Halloween with the premiere of Super Minotaur’s “Werewolf”
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Studio Ghibli, Jane Fonda, and other notable screenings
An overview of reviews in this week’s issue and notable screenings around town
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Aching lovers, hockey thugs, etc
“Silence versus noise was my idea!”: Seann William Scott in Goon Boy, how I hate getting scooped by my own coworkers. Here I had this great idea for a piece about The Deep Blue Sea, explaining how director Terence Davies strategically uses silence to frame and intensify the sounds and music in his story of […]
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The euro might be shaky, but not the European Union Film Festival
The euro might be shaky, but not the European Union Film Festival
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25 for the History Books
The Library of Congress has announced the 2009 inductees into the National Film Registry.