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Home » The Butler

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Posted inArts & Culture

Steppenwolf’s The Flick, BoHo Theatre’s Fugitive Songs, and 13 more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader February 18, 2016August 18, 2021

Fifteen new reviews of stage shows including limited runs of Cabaret and the one-man show Sancho: An Act of Remembrance.

Posted inBlogs

Fox’s Empire is a brand new ‘Lear’

by Danette Chavez January 7, 2015August 18, 2021

The new FOX drama is damn entertaining.

Posted inBlogs

Ten recent movies that I wish had been directed by Lee Daniels

by Ben Sachs August 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Daniels’s exuberance and weird integrity could have benefitted a good number of recent movies.

Posted inBlogs

My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 20-11

by Ben Sachs December 22, 2013August 19, 2021

The second in a multipart series on my favorite new movies of the year

Posted inBlogs

The ‘Scope of Fleischer’s vision, and the rest of this week’s movies

by Ben Sachs August 23, 2013August 19, 2021

A preview of new and notable films playing in Chicago from August 23 to 29

The Butler
Posted inFilm

The Butler: The anti-Gump

by Ben Sachs August 21, 2013August 19, 2021

In Lee Daniels’s The Butler, painful social realities collide with delirious fantasy.

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.

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