Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible.
Tag: Mia Wasikowska
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Will the real Brian Wilson please stand up, plus the rest of this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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In Maps to the Stars, Hollywood is a living hell
In David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars portrays the movie business as a nightmare of outsize egos.
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Jimi Hendrix, Chris Marker, Charlton Heston, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Forces of the past in Only Lovers Left Alive and Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life
Chicago is currently playing host to films by two great cinematic poets, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jim Jarmusch; the works complement each other rather nicely.
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Cancer is better funny than mawkish
50/50 plays cancer for laughs; Restless is Stage IV stupid.
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Jane Eyre’s Mystery Man
A new screen adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s prefeminist novel reminds us how perplexed Jane was by the male animal.