FESTIVAL Chicago Latino Film Festival Presented by the International Latino Cultural Center, the 27th Chicago Latino Film Festival runs Friday, April 1, through Thursday, April 14, at Instituto Cervantes, 31 W. Ohio; Landmark’s Century Centre, 2828 N. Clark; River East 21, 322 E. Illinois; and Univ. of Chicago Doc Films, 1212 E. 59th. Tickets for […]
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Critic’s Choice: Of Gods and Men
No one knows for sure what happened to the seven French monks who were kidnapped during the Algerian civil war and found dead in May 1996. But Xavier Beauvois, who directed and cowrote this moving spiritual drama (2010), doesn’t bother himself with that mystery; he’s more concerned with the faith and devotion of the victims, […]
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Hey, His Brain’s Up Here
For their directorial debut, I Love You Phillip Morris, the writers of Bad Santa turn the tale of a
brilliant con man into a series of gay gags.
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Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival
Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, the 29th Reeling continues through Saturday, November 13.
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Clive and the Club Kid
JoJo Baby met his idol—and his idol commissioned a documentary about him.
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Dinner & a Show: Saturday 9/25
Recommended entertainment paired with nearby restaurants.
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Public Enemy Numéro Un
An ambitious French gangster epic leaves Michael Mann’s Dillinger biopic in the shade.
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Family Values in Meth Country
In Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone, traditional and modern America intersect in the ugliest way.
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This Week’s Movie Action
Summer in Genoa Rodrigo Garcia, who wrote and directed the excellent Nine Lives (2005), scales down to three lives (and change) for his latest feature, Mother and Child, the subject of this week’s long review. We also have a Critic’s Choice for Michael Winterbottom’s Summer in Genoa, starring Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, and Hope Davis.