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Home » Steve McQueen

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

Who’s next—Burke? Madigan?

by Ben Joravsky February 26, 2020August 18, 2021

Why did Trump release Blago from prison? Let’s count the reasons.

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CTA on celluloid

by John Greenfield May 9, 2019August 18, 2021

The city’s iconic elevated tracks, subways, and buses star in Hollywood flicks.

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There are Chicagoans in the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival!

by Kat Sachs October 10, 2018August 18, 2021

A mostly complete local viewing guide

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Five must-see heist films

by Patrick Friel January 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Great heist movies from 1955 to 2005 (that don’t have “Ocean” in the title and aren’t directed by Quentin Tarantino).

Posted inFilm

The 2016 Chicago International Film Festival, reviewed

by Chicago Reader October 12, 2016August 18, 2021

Another year, another slate of prestige movies from all over the world

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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon

by Peter Margasak May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.

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If you liked Inside Llewyn Davis . . .

by Ben Sachs January 9, 2014August 18, 2021

Revisiting Robert Mulligan’s Love With the Proper Stranger in light of the Coen brothers’ latest

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Year in review: 2013 at the movies

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs December 24, 2013August 19, 2021

Year in review: J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs each pick their top ten.

Posted inBlogs

My favorite films of 2013

by Drew Hunt December 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Drew Hunt’s favorite films of 2013

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The recent revival of Baby the Rain Must Fall is a good excuse to rediscover Robert Mulligan

by Ben Sachs November 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Successful in his lifetime, the director of To Kill a Mockingbird and Summer of ’42 has been overlooked in recent decades.

Posted inBlogs

Jia Zhang-ke, Alexander Payne, Stephen Frears, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 22, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Urban bombing, third-trimester abortion, the scourge of slavery, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones October 18, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

12 Years a Slave
Posted inFilm

12 Years a Slave: Mighty white of you

by J.R. Jones October 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave tells of a free northerner taken into bondage.

Posted inBlogs

Our enormous film-festival package, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones October 19, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inFilm

Love, loneliness, and rim jobs

by Ben Sachs December 1, 2011August 19, 2021

Steve McQueen’s Shame: love, loneliness, and rim jobs

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