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Film, Movie Review May 10, 2018
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Like Juno, Diablo Cody's Tully is a tale of motherhood and waning youth

Charlize Theron stars as a woman rescued from postpartum depression by a new friend.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Tully movie, Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody, Academy Awards, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper, Saturday Night Live, Bobcat Goldthwait, God Bless America, Young Adult, Ricki and the Flash, Juno, Ellen Page, Charlize Theron, J, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2015
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The Chicago Film Critics Festival, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week's notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Hyena movie, Chicago Film Critics Festival, Music Box Chicago, Bobcat Goldthwait, Andrew Bujalski, Francois Ozon, BIll Plympton, Tomm Moore, Joe Swanberg, Kris Swanberg, The Age of Adaline, Blake Lively, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel Studios, Blind Frederick Wiseman, Alabama School for the Blind, In Country, The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, Studio Ghibli, Gene Siskel Film Center, Material World Kaycee Conaway Molly Hewitt, Scraps in Black and White, Library of Congress, Tangerines movie, Michael Haneke, Cache, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Frank Tashlin, Hollywood or Bust, Orson Welles, The Lady From Shanghai, Peter Weir, The Last Wave, My Neighbor Totoro, John Akomfrah, The Nine Muses, Hou Hsiao-hsien, The Puppet Master, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, University of Chicago Doc Films, Mervyn LeRoy, Waterloo Bridge, Colleen Moore, Why Be Good?, Pickwick Park Ridge, Jay Warren, CFA Crashers, Levon Pettis, Black Cinema House, Cinemetrics Across Borders, Logan Center for the Arts, Ulysses Jenkins, Black Cinema House, Using Classroom Films to Teach About Race, South Side Community Art Center, film festivals, movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 1, 2014
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Entertaining Julia does DIY right

Hosted by the dependable Puterbaugh Sisters, the long-running variety show presents a grab bag of comedy in the back of a dive bar, no two-drink minimum required.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Town Hall Pub, Entertaining Julia, Lincoln Lodge, stand-up comedy, Chicago stand-up, North Center, Jena Friedman, Beth Stelling, The Daily Show, Boystown, Danielle Puterbaugh, Tiffany Puterbaugh, Puterbaugh Sisters, Julia Pishko, TJ Miller, Cameron Esposito, Bobcat Goldthwait, Robin Williams, Adam Burke, Martin Morrow, Candy Lawrence, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jul 2, 2013
Cameron Esposito headlines Freedom Fest

The prodigal comic comes home for a gig at the Hideout.
- By Molly Adams
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Cameron Esposito, Los Angeles, Supreme Court, Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex marraige, Put Your Hands Together, UCB Theatre, Jenny Slate, Bobcat Goldthwait, Aziz Ansari, Proposition 8, Freedom Fest, Rhea Butcher

Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2012
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Now playing: Dark Shadows, Headhunters, and God Bless America

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, God Bless America movie, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bad Fever movie, Close Quarters movie, Tim Kazurinsky, Susan Messing, Dave Pasquesi, T.J. Jagodowski, Dark Shadows, Tim Burton, Headhunters movie, The Killing Floor movie, The Perfect Family, Kathleen Turner, Sound of My Voice, The World in His Arms, Raoul Walsh, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve, Northbrook Public Library, Marcel Carne, Children of Paradise, Music Box theater, Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill Vol. 2, University of Chicago Doc Films, Alan J. Pakula, Klute, Josef von Sternberg, Morocco movie, John Woo, Red Cliff, Jean Renoir, The River, Wes Anderson, Rushmore movie, Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line, Walter Hill, The Warriors, Logan theater, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Chris Langdon, Chicago Filmmakers, Dyke Delicious, Kartemquin Films, Chicago movies, Video

Film, Movie Review May 9, 2012
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America's got targets

In Bobcat Goldthwait's black comedy God Bless America, a man with nothing to lose decides to teach the mean some manners
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Bobcat Goldthwait, Joel Murray, Travis Bickle, Homer Simpson, cabbie, cabs, New York, Charles Whitman, Tea Party, Diablo Cody, NASCAR, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2011
Chatting With Bobcat Goldthwait

An interview with the comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: Onstage, Comedy, Arts, Bobcat Goldthwait, comedy, Mayne Stage, stand-up, World's Greatest Dad, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Scrooged, Police Academy, comics

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2010
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Lunchfilm

Sundance programmer Mike Plante screens movies he commissioned for the price of lunch (more or less) in Lunchfilm Friday 1/15 at Chicago Filmmakers.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Lunchfilm, Sundance, Film Culture, Mike Plante, Trypps #6 (Malobi), Ben Gibisser, Sam Green, Weather Underground, Bobcat Goldthwait, World's Greatest Dad, Azazel Jacobs, Momma's Man, Chicago Filmmakers, Ben Russell, UIC, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2009
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Bobcat Goldthwait: at the Improv, behind the camera
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Film, Performing Arts, Arts, Bobcat Goldthwait, World's Greatest Dad, Late Night With David Letterman, Robin Williams, the Improv, stand-up, Shakes the Clown, Video

Film, Movie Review Sep 3, 2009
Truths About Lies

Autoerotic asphyxiation is just the icing on the cake in Bobcat Goldthwait's dark comedy World's Greatest Dad
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Roadside Attractions, Bobcat Goldthwait, Sleeping Dogs Lie, World's Greatest Dad, autoerotic asphyxiation, Shakes the Clown, Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Jack Plotnick, Bonita Friedericy, Geoff Pierson, Elvis Pre, Landmark's Century Centre, bestiality, autoerotic asphyxiation

Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2006
Bobcat Goldthwait's new comedy delayed yet again

The Chicago release of Bobcat Goldthwait's bestiality comedy Sleeping Dogs Lie has been delayed yet again.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Bobcat Goldthwait, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Shakes The Clown, Bestiality, Comedy, Movies

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Like Juno, Diablo Cody's Tully is a tale of motherhood and waning youth

Charlize Theron stars as a woman rescued from postpartum depression by a new friend.

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The Chicago Film Critics Festival, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week's notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Recommended
Entertaining Julia does DIY right

Hosted by the dependable Puterbaugh Sisters, the long-running variety show presents a grab bag of comedy in the back of a dive bar, no two-drink minimum required.

Cameron Esposito headlines Freedom Fest

The prodigal comic comes home for a gig at the Hideout.

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

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Video
America's got targets

In Bobcat Goldthwait's black comedy God Bless America, a man with nothing to lose decides to teach the mean some manners

Chatting With Bobcat Goldthwait

An interview with the comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

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Lunchfilm

Sundance programmer Mike Plante screens movies he commissioned for the price of lunch (more or less) in Lunchfilm Friday 1/15 at Chicago Filmmakers.

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Bobcat Goldthwait: at the Improv, behind the camera

Truths About Lies

Autoerotic asphyxiation is just the icing on the cake in Bobcat Goldthwait's dark comedy World's Greatest Dad

Bobcat Goldthwait's new comedy delayed yet again

The Chicago release of Bobcat Goldthwait's bestiality comedy Sleeping Dogs Lie has been delayed yet again.

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Charlize Theron stars as a woman rescued from postpartum depression by a new friend.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Hosted by the dependable Puterbaugh Sisters, the long-running variety show presents a grab bag of comedy in the back of a dive bar, no two-drink minimum required.

The prodigal comic comes home for a gig at the Hideout.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

In Bobcat Goldthwait's black comedy God Bless America, a man with nothing to lose decides to teach the mean some manners

An interview with the comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

Sundance programmer Mike Plante screens movies he commissioned for the price of lunch (more or less) in Lunchfilm Friday 1/15 at Chicago Filmmakers.

Autoerotic asphyxiation is just the icing on the cake in Bobcat Goldthwait's dark comedy World's Greatest Dad

The Chicago release of Bobcat Goldthwait's bestiality comedy Sleeping Dogs Lie has been delayed yet again.

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