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Nine actors of various ages, genders, and ethnicities stand in a row onstage. They all depict characters from Big Fish, including a mermaid, a giant, and a one-eyed witch. In the center rear is an older man and a younger boy as the father and son at the center of the story.

The one that got away

by Jack Helbig February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Big Fish bombed on Broadway. Based on Tim Burton’s 2003 movie version of Daniel Wallace’s 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, the show, with a score by Andrew Lippa and a book by John August, opened on Broadway on October 6, 2013, and only ran 98 regular performances and earned for its […]

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Brando is back, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones August 28, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Reader film editor placed on suicide watch—plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones December 26, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Ten more CIFF reviews, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones October 17, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones October 10, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Planet of the Apes: A topsy-turvy world in which the writers reigned

by J.R. Jones July 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes prompts revisiting a sci-fi franchise that always relied on the people who wrote it.

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The European Union Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones March 7, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Me, Her, you, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones February 7, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Showdown in Cairo, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones January 17, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones October 11, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

"A Few Great Men"

It’s raining men!

by Laura Molzahn July 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Nomi’s “A Few Great Men” is one great evening.

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Aria going to Facets? and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones October 5, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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Punch-Drunk Love and a film’s usefulness

by Drew Hunt June 19, 2012August 19, 2021

How Punch-Drunk Love is the most useful film I’ve ever seen

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Now playing: Dark Shadows, Headhunters, and God Bless America

by J.R. Jones May 11, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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My mother and Dark Shadows

by J.R. Jones May 11, 2012August 19, 2021

Tim Burton remakes the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows