The Family features Robert De Niro parodying his past film roles—and American stereotypes in general.
Tag: We’re the Millers
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Afternoon Delight mines Eric Rohmer territory—with a little more raunch and lot more compassion
Jill Soloway’s Afternoon Delight mines Eric Rohmer territory—with a little more raunch and lot more compassion.
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Wrestling With My Father: The best four and a half minutes you’ll spend at the movies this weekend
A review of a short experimental video screening as part of the Nightingale’s Charles Fairbanks program on Saturday night
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The butt of the joke in recent U.S. comedies
Noting the increased presence of anal sex jokes in the movies of 2013
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Great popular art, past and present, and the rest of this week’s movies
Noting new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 9 and 15
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Width and without; or, American wide-screen cinema past and present
Wide-screen cinematography was once the most exciting new innovation in movies; have filmmakers come to take it for granted?