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Film, Movie Review Nov 29, 2017
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Greta Gerwig: A new voice in cinema, or an old voice just speaking up?

The writer-director of Lady Bird was hiding in plain sight.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Hannah Takes the Stairs, Nights and Weekends, Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha, Mistress America, Christine Gerwig, Gordon Gerwig, Barnard College, Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn movie, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein, Odeya Rush, Lucas Hedges, Lois Smith, LOL movie, Jay Duplass, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ben Stiller, Greenberg movie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mickey Sumner, Michael Zegen, Adam Driver, Mistress America, Lola Kirke, Recommended, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Nov 7, 2017
Andy Dick is no longer funny to the Chicago Comedy Film Festival

A new documentary about the comedian is pulled from the fest in response to accusations of sexual harassment.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Andy Dick, Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story, Chicago Comedy Film Festival, Jessica Hardy, Kevin Farley, Cathy Carlson, Ben Stiller, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, Sherri Shepherd, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Liar's Club

Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2017
Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories makes music out of humor and pain

Noah Baumbach's latest comic drama is now playing at the Landmark Century and available to stream on Netflix.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Comedy, Film, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Noah Baumbach, Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Marvel, Preston Sturges, Punch-Drunk Love

Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2014
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Mockingjay—Part 1, Happy Valley, and the rest of what's screening around town this week

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Gene Siskel Film Center, Happy Valley, Amir Bar-Lev, My Kid Could Paint That, The Tillman Story, Penn State, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1, Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain, Union Carbide, Martin Sheen, Kal Penn, The Eagle and the Hawk, Fredric March, Cary Grant, Horrible Bosses 2, Steven Spielberg Jaws, Music Box Chicago, Steven Soderbergh, King of the Hill Soderbergh, University of Chicago Doc Films, Akira Kurosawa, Red Beard, Errol Morris, The Thin Blue Line, Ben Stiller, Zoolander, movies, Video

Film, Movie Review Nov 27, 2013
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The kids are all over in Delivery Man

Vince Vaughn stars as a sperm donor with 533 children.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Ken Scott, Vince Vaughn, Delivery Man, Lake Forest, The Dilemma, Ron Howard, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Cobie Smulders, Jennifer Connelly, Knocked Up, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Martin Starr, Quebec, Starbuck, Ken Scott, Martin Petit, Chris Pratt, Jack Raynor, Britt Robertson, Sebastien Rene, Adam Chanler-Berat, Moneyball, The Five-Year Engagement, Seven Up, Ozzie & Harriet, The Kids Are All Right, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2013
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LGBT, PFFA, and the rest of TWS*

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Polish Film Festival in America, Andrzej Wajda, Walesa Man of Hope, Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival, Drew Hunt, Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By the Lake, Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, Nightingale Chicago, The Motel Life, Willy Vlautin, The Trials of Muhammad Ali, Bill Siegel, The Weather Underground, How I Live Now, Marvel Comics, Thor: The Dark World, Claire Denis, Beau Travail, Nenette and Boni, Gene Siskel Film Center, David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, University of Chicago Doc Films, Marx Brothers, Duck Soup, Music Box, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Good Men, Good Women, Elaine May, Mikey and Nicky, Haile Gerima, Sankofa, University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, Ben Stiller, Zoolander, Logan Theater Chicago, Mostra IV: Brazilian Film Series in Chicago, Natural Life documentary, Tirtza Even, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 11, 2013
Weekly Top Five: Rediscoveries

Top five film rediscoveries
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, The Hitchcock 9, Music Box Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Upstream, Werner Schroeter, Aleksei German, The Cable Guy, Ben Stiller, Judd Apatow, I Love You, Man, Superbad, Deja Vu, Tony Scott, Unstoppable, Domino, The Gremlins, Joe Dante, Snow White, Singin' in the Rain, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donan, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2013
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Derek Zoolander, Jacques Demy, Henry James, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Shirley Clarke, Portrait of Jason, Portage Theater Chicago, Asian American Showcase, Gene Siskel Film Center, About Sunny, Penelope Ann Miller, Dylan Baker, Fast & Furious 6, Jacquot Agnes Varda, Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, What Maisie New, Henry James, Zoolander, Ben Stiller, Frances Ha, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, The Hangover Part III, Post Tenebras Lux, Carlos Reygadas, Silent Light, Battle in Heaven, Douglas Sirk, All I Desire, Billy Woodberry, Bless Their Little Hearts, Logan Center for the Arts, Les Blank, Burden of Dreams, Comfort Station, Orson Welles, F for Fake, Music Box Chicago, Alfred Hitchcock Notorious, Northbrook Public Library, Harold Lloyd, Safety Last, Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver, University of Chicago Doc Films, David Wain, Wet Hot American Summer, Logan Theater Chicago, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, film festivals, movies, Audio, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2012
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All this and air-conditioning too: the week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Music Box, Chicago French Film Festival, Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin, 17 Girls, A Cat in Paris, Gene Siskel Film Center, Umberto Lenzi, Nightmare City, University of Chicago Doc Films. Hayao Miyazaki, Porco Rosso, Sacrifice movie, Chen Kaige, Farewell My Concubine, El Velador, Culiacan, The Watch movie, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn, Marx Brothers, Leo McCarey, Duck Soup, Logan theater, Harold Lloyd, The Kid Brother, Portage theater, Tim Baker, Frank Borzage, Little Man What Now?, Stuart Schulberg, Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, Spertus Institute, Jame Whale, Show Boat, 50 Years @ 1512: A History of the Better Boys Foundation, Lawndale 10, Block Museum of Art, Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels, David Filipi, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2012
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Opening soon: The Watch

Ben Stiller and company go hunting for aliens in this sci-fi comedy
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Neighborhood Watch, Trayvon Martin, Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder, Tower Heist, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Costco, Akiva Skaffer, Saturday Night Live, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Rosemarie DeWitt, R. Lee Ermey, Will Forte, science fiction, comedy, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2012
I'll tune in when I'm done zoning out

When it comes to politics, I'm virtually as active as the next person
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Independence Week, Media, Politics, Independence Day, Independence Week, narcissism, hedonism, Facebook, New York Times, Kurt Andersen, The Downside of Liberty, sex and drugs, 1960s, counterculture, poverty, inequality, political activism, Obama, Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Ben Stiller, Variations on a Theme

Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2011
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This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Stephen Cone, The Wise Kids, Music Box, Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, In Memoriam, Gene Siskel Film Center, Polish Film Festival in America, Rosemont 18, In Darkness, Agnieszka Holland, The Secret Garden, Europa Europa, Facets Cinematheque, Pickwick, Chicago International Film Festival, Le Havre, Aki Kaurismaki, Like Crazy, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, The Double, Richard Gere, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Tower Heist, Brett Ratner, Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Urbanized, Gary Hustwit, Helvetica, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Ray Boulting, John Boulting, Brighton Rock, Graham Greene, Music Box, Sidney Lumet, Dog Day Afternoon, Doc Films; Zhao Dayong, Ghost Town, Ricky Gervais, Frank Tashlin, The Girl Can't Help It, Portage, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Steve James, Hoop Dreams, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2011
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Now playing: Tower Heist

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy star in a new comedy from Rush Hour director Brett Ratner.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Bernard Madoff, Alan Alda, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena, Gabourey Sidibe, Brett Ratner, Rush Hour movie, Tea Leoni, Judd Hirsch, movies, Video

News & Politics, Feature Jul 2, 2009
How I Made It in Comedy: Bob Odenkirk

"I had a meeting about writing a movie script for Francis the Talking Mule, which was a really dumb idea. I thought, What did the executives see in my past work that made them think I’m the perfect guy to write this?"
- By Mike Sacks
- Tags: Feature, Bob Odenkirk, And Here's the Kicker, Second City, Just for Laughs, Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, Ben Stiller, Conan O'Brien

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2008
2016: the Olympics nobody deserves

The question Mayor Daley should've asked in China.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, Chicago, Mayor Richard M. Daley, China, Madrid, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Mayor Harold Washington, Olympic Games, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Ben Stiller, Mayor Jane Byrne, 1992 World's Fair

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The writer-director of Lady Bird was hiding in plain sight.

A new documentary about the comedian is pulled from the fest in response to accusations of sexual harassment.

Noah Baumbach's latest comic drama is now playing at the Landmark Century and available to stream on Netflix.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Vince Vaughn stars as a sperm donor with 533 children.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Top five film rediscoveries

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Ben Stiller and company go hunting for aliens in this sci-fi comedy

When it comes to politics, I'm virtually as active as the next person

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

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy star in a new comedy from Rush Hour director Brett Ratner.

"I had a meeting about writing a movie script for Francis the Talking Mule, which was a really dumb idea. I thought, What did the executives see in my past work that made them think I’m the perfect guy to write this?"

The question Mayor Daley should've asked in China.

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