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Home » W.C. Fields

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Posted inFilm

Money changes everything in Andrew Bujalski’s Results

by J.R. Jones June 17, 2015August 18, 2021

But a bigger budget doesn’t diminish the director’s talent.

Posted inBlogs

Sperm blowout, hoop dreams deferred, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 29, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Great popular art, past and present, and the rest of this week’s movies

by Ben Sachs August 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Noting new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 9 and 15

Posted inBlogs

Nuns, superspies, wild animals, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones November 16, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Joe Dante’s fully clothed orgy, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones August 9, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones January 27, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Coming soon: Northwest Chicago Film Society’s winter calendar

by Ben Sachs December 20, 2011August 19, 2021

A preview of Northwest Chicago Film Society’s winter calendar

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones February 18, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones February 4, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

“Shades of Bacchus!” Joe Dante Talks W.C. Fields

by J.R. Jones September 16, 2009August 19, 2021

One of my favorite series at the Toronto International Film Festival is Dialogues: Talking With Pictures, in which directors presenting their own work at the festival take time for a side appearance to introduce and talk about one of their own favorites. Joe Dante—director of such horror/fantasy features as Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Gremlins […]

You, the Living
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Everything’s Funnier With Weltanschauung

by J.R. Jones August 19, 2009August 19, 2021

Joint review of Swedish black comedy You, the Living and Will Ferrell-produced gag-a-thon The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Posted inBlogs

Quiet time

by J.R. Jones July 2, 2009August 19, 2021

The Silent Summer Film Festival releases its 2009 schedule.

Posted inBlogs

Harold Lloyd opens this year’s Silent Summer Film Festival

by J.R. Jones July 18, 2008August 19, 2021

The Silent Summer Film Festival opens tonight with Harold Lloyd’s Speedy.

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