In two new films, Olivier Assayas and Joanna Hogg withhold information to poke and provoke viewers.
Tag: Juliette Binoche
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The Chicago International Film Festival returns, this time with more experiments and work by female directors
It lacks some of the buzzier movies from the international festival circuit, but there’s still plenty worth seeing. Our critics weigh in on 24 offerings.
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The 2017 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed
Watching the watchers at the Chicago International Film Festival
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Ghost in the Shell is all shell, no ghost
The live-action adaptation of Shirow Masamune’s celebrated manga is the year’s biggest moviegoing disappointment so far.
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After 20 years the European Union Film Festival is still going strong
More than 60 new features make their Chicago premieres at the festival’s 20th edition.
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Olivier Assayas opens up about Clouds of Sils Maria and his secrets to directing actors
The French director’s latest opens in Chicago today.
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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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Polish Film Festival in America, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Tom Cruise, Sam Shepard, John Carpenter, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Width and without, part five: Words and Pictures and the challenge of staying indoors
The new Clive Owen-Juliette Binoche vehicle might be the first star-driven, American romantic comedy in years to use the wide-screen format purposefully.
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From Mamma Roma to Mamma Alien
On the perverse spectacle of seeing movie stars interact with casts of unknowns
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 2/18: Delorean, Kill Yr Idols, and Camille Claudel 1915
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, February 18
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Iranian westerns, French madwomen, Laotian rocketeers, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Camille Claudel 1915: Crazy he calls me
With Camille Claudel 1915, Bruno Dumont tells of a committed artist.
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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