Steven Spielberg’s 33rd feature film is a marvel coming-of-age story and one of his most personal.
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Something’s here: A West Side Story for a new generation
The film isn’t perfect by any means, but the new version rights many of the most egregious wrongs of the original.
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A trippy trip back in time
Death by Toys specializes in repurposed action figures, 80s nostalgia, and a bestselling empty box you have to see to believe.
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Movie Tuesday: The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe
Five outstanding films about beings from outer space
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With Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg finds his avatar
The veteran fantasy filmmaker tells the story of a virtual-reality artist much like himself.
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The Post is a Happy Days for old journalists
Steven Spielberg’s film is a reminder of how much fun journalism can be.
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Modern Chinese history gets the ‘China’s Spielberg’ treatment in Youth
Feng Xiaogang’s saga of a military dance troupe is now playing at the AMC River East.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind remains an uncanny mix of globalist optimism and private horror
The 1977 sci-fi spectacle, currently in rerelease, is one of Steven Spielberg’s most personal films.
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New use-of-force policy bans cops from shooting fleeing suspects unless there’s an imminent threat, and other Chicago news
Also, Ari Emanuel has reportedly never directly donated money to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s political campaigns.
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Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way
The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.
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Patio Theater lights up its silver screen again
Under general manager Dennis Wolkowicz, the Patio Theater in Portage Park reopens as a neighborhood movie house.
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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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Bridge of Spies salutes the power of serious discourse
Steven Spielberg’s historical drama both depicts and invites measured conversations.
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The best Chicago International Film Festival coverage (plus more new reviews and notable screenings)
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue