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Home » Steven Spielberg

Tag: Steven Spielberg

a young white man with brown hair holds his eye to an movie camera in the mid 1900s
Posted inFilm

The Fabelmans

by Adam Mullins-Khatib December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s 33rd feature film is a marvel coming-of-age story and one of his most personal.

Posted inFilm

Something’s here: A West Side Story for a new generation

by Sheri Flanders December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

The film isn’t perfect by any means, but the new version rights many of the most egregious wrongs of the original.

Posted inCity Life

A trippy trip back in time

by Molly Harris January 7, 2020August 18, 2021

Death by Toys specializes in repurposed action figures, 80s nostalgia, and a bestselling empty box you have to see to believe.

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe

by Ben Sachs September 24, 2019August 18, 2021

Five outstanding films about beings from outer space

Posted inFilm

With Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg finds his avatar

by J.R. Jones March 29, 2018August 18, 2021

The veteran fantasy filmmaker tells the story of a virtual-reality artist much like himself.

Posted inBlogs

The Post is a Happy Days for old journalists

by Michael Miner January 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Steven Spielberg’s film is a reminder of how much fun journalism can be.

Posted inBlogs

Academy Awards 2018: The Oscar nominees

by Steve Heisler January 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Reader reviews of the top films

Posted inBlogs

Modern Chinese history gets the ‘China’s Spielberg’ treatment in Youth

by Ben Sachs January 3, 2018August 18, 2021

Feng Xiaogang’s saga of a military dance troupe is now playing at the AMC River East.

Posted inBlogs

Close Encounters of the Third Kind remains an uncanny mix of globalist optimism and private horror

by Ben Sachs September 5, 2017August 18, 2021

The 1977 sci-fi spectacle, currently in rerelease, is one of Steven Spielberg’s most personal films.

Posted inBlogs

New use-of-force policy bans cops from shooting fleeing suspects unless there’s an imminent threat, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Ari Emanuel has reportedly never directly donated money to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s political campaigns.

Posted inBlogs

Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way

by J.R. Jones May 25, 2016August 18, 2021

The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.

Posted inBlogs

Patio Theater lights up its silver screen again

by J.R. Jones May 6, 2016August 18, 2021

Under general manager Dennis Wolkowicz, the Patio Theater in Portage Park reopens as a neighborhood movie house.

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

Bridge of Spies salutes the power of serious discourse

by Ben Sachs October 23, 2015August 18, 2021

Steven Spielberg’s historical drama both depicts and invites measured conversations.

Posted inBlogs

The best Chicago International Film Festival coverage (plus more new reviews and notable screenings)

by J.R. Jones October 16, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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