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This Week on Filmstruck: Jacques Demy

by Patrick Friel February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Filmstruck presents the musical films of French master Jacques Demy.

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Tales of seduction and betrayal light up Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival

by Chicago Reader September 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Hello Again, a musical reimagining of Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde, opens the fest’s 35th edition.

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Andrew Bujaski gets Results, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

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

Inside Out This week we take a look at Results, the latest comedy from indie stalwart Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, Computer Chess), and Inside Out, the latest Pixar animation. Guess which one is going to make a yawning ass-load of money this weekend? From Mayerling to Sarajevo Check out the new issue […]

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Max Ophuls’s five best films

by Drew Hunt May 31, 2015August 18, 2021

Highlights from the filmography of Max Ophuls

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Suicide is painless in Amour Fou, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones May 29, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Weekly Top Five: Nobody’s perfect—the best of Billy Wilder

by Drew Hunt January 27, 2013August 18, 2021

Top five Billy Wilder films

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Viva La Celluloid!: The Master in 70-millimeter

by Drew Hunt August 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Viva La Celluloid!: The Master in 70-millimeter

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Aching lovers, hockey thugs, etc

by J.R. Jones March 29, 2012August 19, 2021

“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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