With Microbe & Gasoline, Michel Gondry finds an emotional story equal to his imaginative talents.
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Ten new French features come to the Music Box
Our roundup of reviews of local debuts at the Chicago French Film Festival
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Our favorite movies of 2014
The best films of the year, according to J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs
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What do Michel Gondry and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic have in common?
Comparing the affectionate views of working life in Gondry’s films and Yankovic’s recent music video for “Handy”
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Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo, now with 5,000 percent more corpses
Gondry’s adaptation of Boris Vian’s unfilmable novel is much darker in its original-release version than in the 94-minute cut that recently played in Chicago.
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How the influence of existentialist philosophy plays out in Richard Linklater’s filmmaking
Further thoughts on that Fassbinder-style tracking shot in Boyhood
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Binging on The Purge, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 5/11: Brunch with mom, Chicago Critics Film Festival, and Mike Weis
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, May 11
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Why can’t grown-up animations catch a break on Oscar night?
The Oscar-nominated animated short films screen this week at Landmark’s Century Centre. Why can’t the features be as good?
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Garbo, Divine, Bettie Page, and the rest of this week’s domination screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Gondry doodles Chomsky’s noodle
Michel Gondry illustrates Noam Chomsky in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
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Treasure, treachery, pirates, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.
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This week’s movies, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Now playing: The Science of Sleep
A brief mention of Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep, playing tomorrow at the Gene Siskel Film Center.