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Home » Robert Aldrich

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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: The male animal

by Ben Sachs September 10, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that examine, interrogate, or critique traditional male behavior.

Posted inBlogs

Joan Crawford shines in five Hollywood classics

by Patrick Friel June 26, 2018August 18, 2021

We boil down the iconic actress’s five-decade screen career into five must-see films.

Posted inBlogs

This Week on FilmStruck: Bette Davis

by Patrick Friel March 2, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck celebrates the great Bette Davis.

Posted inBlogs

The Mountain Between Us considers how we endure both tragedies and everyday life

by Ben Sachs October 11, 2017August 18, 2021

The new disaster movie-cum-romantic melodrama is most provocative after its characters survive a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains

Posted inBlogs

Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq opens today, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones December 4, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Aldrich rides again, and the rest of this week’s movies

by Ben Sachs August 16, 2013August 19, 2021

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 16 and 22.

Ulzana's Raid
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In Ulzana’s Raid, the Vietnam War’s in the Arizona desert

by Ben Sachs August 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Robert Aldrich’s Ulzana’s Raid sets the moral conflicts of the Vietnam War in the Arizona desert.

Posted inBlogs

Pain & Gain, the latest addition to the “fire with fire” genre

by Ben Sachs May 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Considering some of the forebears of Michael Bay’s recent Pain & Gain

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: Science fiction, the art of extrapolation

by Drew Hunt March 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Weekly Top Five: sci-films

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A four-star movie, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones September 14, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones October 21, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

Queer cinema 101

by Ed M. Koziarski April 13, 2009August 19, 2021

The Queer Cinema 101 Monday screening series opens tonight with “The Celluloid Closet”

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