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Home » Marx Brothers

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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Political humor

by Ben Sachs May 7, 2019August 18, 2021

Like Long Shot, these five films mine American politics for laughs.

Posted inArts & Culture

Il Trovatore’s plot is grim, but who cares when you know the score?

by Deanna Isaacs November 21, 2018August 18, 2021

Giuseppe Verdi’s greatest-hits score keeps this warhorse on the stages of major opera companies.

Posted inFilm

The French drama Marguerite tells the story of the world’s worst soprano

by J.R. Jones March 24, 2016August 18, 2021

Catherine Frot stars as an amateur vocalist based on the real-life Florence Foster Jenkins.

Posted inBlogs

European Union Film Festival kicks off Friday, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones March 4, 2016August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

The Hunting Ground exposes rape on campus, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones March 27, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Peacenicks invade the Chicago Cultural Center, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

The European Union Film Festival invades Chicago, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones March 6, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Taste the blood of Jemaine Clement, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones February 27, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

High and dry at Fifty Shades of Grey, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones February 20, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Al Pacino in The Humbling, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones January 23, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

John Pantlind and Caleb George in Hitch-Cocktails
Posted inArts & Culture

Hitch-Cocktails makes for a good (tanked) evening

by Brianna Wellen June 14, 2014August 18, 2021

Hitch-Cocktails features mostly drunk improvisers creating a Hitchcock-style thriller, or something.

Posted inBlogs

LGBT, PFFA, and the rest of TWS*

by J.R. Jones November 8, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Nuns, superspies, wild animals, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones November 16, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

All this and air-conditioning too: the week’s movies

by J.R. Jones July 27, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago’s comedy secret? Margaret Hicks says it’s fail again, fail better.

by Brian Costello June 9, 2011August 19, 2021

“Chicago is different because it’s not on a coast, it’s different from New York or Los Angeles because you have the right to fail. You get more than one chance. You have the right to fail and pick yourself up and start again.” —Second City cofounder Bernard Sahlins, quoted in Chicago Comedy: A Fairly Serious […]

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