Two fact-based dramas revisit controversial research projects of the 1960s and ’70s.
Tag: The Act of Killing
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Mama-rama, plus the rest of this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Joshua Oppenheimer discusses The Look of Silence and finding movie magic in real-life horror
An interview with the internationally acclaimed documentarian, whose latest film about the Indonesian genocide opens in Chicago tomorrow.
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David Cronenberg invades Hollywood, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Llewyn Davis, Outside (the Oscars)
Oscar stiffs the Coen brothers’ comedy about Greenwich Village folkies; plus a rundown of the rest of the nominees.
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My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 20-11
The second in a multipart series on my favorite new movies of the year
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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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The Act of Killing’s theater of war
In Joshua Oppenheimer’s unforgettable documentary, Indonesian executioners re-create their killings for the camera.
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Mass murderers embrace movie magic in The Act of Killing
Indonesian executioners take to the big screen in The Act of Killing.
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival opens tonight
The HBO documentary Gideon’s Army screens at Gene Siskel Film Center