Five films that examine, interrogate, or critique traditional male behavior.
Tag: Robert Aldrich
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Joan Crawford shines in five Hollywood classics
We boil down the iconic actress’s five-decade screen career into five must-see films.
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The Mountain Between Us considers how we endure both tragedies and everyday life
The new disaster movie-cum-romantic melodrama is most provocative after its characters survive a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains
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Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq opens today, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Aldrich rides again, and the rest of this week’s movies
A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 16 and 22.
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In Ulzana’s Raid, the Vietnam War’s in the Arizona desert
Robert Aldrich’s Ulzana’s Raid sets the moral conflicts of the Vietnam War in the Arizona desert.
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Pain & Gain, the latest addition to the “fire with fire” genre
Considering some of the forebears of Michael Bay’s recent Pain & Gain
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Weekly Top Five: Science fiction, the art of extrapolation
Weekly Top Five: sci-films
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A four-star movie, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Queer cinema 101
The Queer Cinema 101 Monday screening series opens tonight with “The Celluloid Closet”