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Film, Movie Review Dec 20, 2019
Greta Gerwig celebrates feminism with Little Women

The latest adaptation gives the March sisters more power than ever.
- By Danielle Gensburg
- Tags: Movie Review, Little Women, Greta Gerwig, Louisa May Alcott, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Meryl Streep, Eliza Scanlen, Timothee Chalamet, Laura Dern

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2018
Academy Awards 2018: The Oscar nominees

Reader reviews of the top films
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Film, Moviegoing, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Get Out, Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya, Lady Bird, Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Greta Gerwig, The Shape of Water, Richard Jenkins, Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins, Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan, The Post, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, I Tonya, Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, The Florida Project, Willem Dafoe, The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani, Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman, Mudbound, Mary J. Blige, Molly's Game, Coco, All the Money in the World, The Disaster Artist, James Franco, Roman J. Israel Esq., Denzel Washington, Stronger, Logan, First They Killed My Father, Beats Per Minute, A Fantastic Woman, Happy End, Foxtrot, The Square, In the Fade, movie reviews, film reviews, film criticism, Academy Awards, The Oscars

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2018
Academy Awards Nominations Panel at Siskel Film Center, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

Daisies hosts a fermentation dinner, Eve L. Ewing at Read/Write Library, and more goings-on January 22-25
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, virgin daiquiri, io, lauraengelstein, seminary co-op bookstore, russia in flames, frementation dinner, daisies, eve ewing, read write library, american writers museum, kitty, empty bottle, luca cimarusti, ricky eat acid, miami garden club, lady bird, greta gerwig

Film, Movie Feature Dec 20, 2017
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J.R. Jones picks the best films of 2017

The Reader’s film editor selects his favorite movies that premiered in Chicago this year.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Feature, The Lost City of Z, James Gray, Charlie Hunnam, I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, James Baldwin, Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade, Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, Nocturama, Bertrand Bonello, Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, Joseph Cedar, Loving Vincent, Vincent van Gogh, Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Bill Morrison, Dawson City Yukon, Yukon Gold Rush, The Red Turtle, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Studio Ghibli, Death in the Terminal, Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry, Year in Review 2017, best films 2017, Video

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

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2015
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Joe Swanberg, British noir, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Digging for Fire, Joe Swanberg, Cast a Dark Shadow, Corridor of Mirrors, Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Hitman: Agent 47, In the Game, Kartemquin Films, Mistress America, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Takin' Place, Ten Thousand Saints, Ethan Hawke, Sergei Eisenstein, Alexander Nevsky, Marshal Neilan, Amarilly of Clothesline Alley, Mary Pickford, Silent Summer Film Festival, Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven, Orson Welles, F for Fake, Video

Film, Movie Review Jan 22, 2015
In The Humbling, Al Pacino stars as a Shakespearean actor who can't get it up

Barry Levinson directs the screen adaptation of Philip Roth's novel.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Barry Levinson, The Humbling, Are You Here, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Life of Crime, Elmore Leonard, Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler, Jennifer Aniston, Mos Def, John Hawkes, Tim Robbins, Isla Fisher, Philip Roth, Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, video on demand, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Buck Henry, The Graduate, Heaven Can Wait, To Die For, Diner, Rain Man, Bugsy, Wag the Dog, Dianne Wiest, Dan Hedaya, Nina Arianda, Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Whit Stillman, Noah Baumbach

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 14, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Magas makes some famous fans

Plus: The Whistler celebrates Kate Bush, John Bellows goes electric, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jim Magas, Michael Shannon, Simpatico, A Red Orchid Theatre, Asia Argento, Greta Gerwig, Music Is Easy, Kate Bush, the Whistler, Song of Summer, Distant Cities, Kyle Greer, the Kick Inside, Wuthering Heights, Luke McQuillan, John Bellows, Fast Hits, Sebadoh, Mitch Ryder, Fast Hits, Half Milk, Rockford, Kept Mang

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2013
Further thoughts about Frances Ha and its supermodels

Noah Baumbach's entertaining new comedy pays tribute to 60s French New Wave films, but to what end?
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Things I Love, Film, Frances Ha, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Voyage to Italy, French New Wave, Nouvelle Vague, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Raoul Coutard, Jacques Demy, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, My Night at Maud's, Chloe in the Afternoon, Breathless, Jules and Jim, The Soft Skin, Vivre Sa Vie, Masculine-Feminine, Band of Outsiders, Blancanieves, The Artist, pastiche, tribute, reference, Greta Gerwig, film criticism

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 Jun 18, 2012
Lola Versus the critics

Lola Versus producers are off the mark
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Film, Lola Versus, Greta Gerwig, Daryl Wein

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2012
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Fritz Lang, song-and-dance man—and other notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Fritz Lang, You and Me movie, You and Me Fritz Lang, Paramount Pictures, Ben Sachs, Portage Theater Chicago, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Your Sister's Sister, Lynn Shelton, Humpday movie, African Diaspora Film Festival, Facets Cinematheque, Come Back Africa, Lionel Rogosin, On the Bowery, The Bitter Buddha, Eddie Pepitone Here Ben Foster, Leaving Vaclav Havel, Lola Versus, Greta Gerwig, Portrait of Wally, Egon Schiele, Rock of Ages, Safety Not Guaranteed, Mark Duplass, That's My Boy, Andy Samberg, Adam Sandler, Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future, Music Box, John Huston, The Maltese Falcon, Logan Theater Chicago, Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Tortoro, Gene Siskel Film Center, Rob Reiner, The Princess Bride, Landmark's Century Centre, James Bond, Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Live and Let Die, Octopussy, Wilmette Theater, Sing-a-Long Mary Poppins, Found Footage Film Festival, Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher, Chicago Cultural Center, Studs Terkel Film Festival, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2011
Now Playing: No Strings Attached

Ben Sachs reviews the new romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Ben Sachs, Ivan Reitman, Ghostbusters, Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Thirlby, Meatballs, movies

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2008
Come on feel the noise

Local filmmakers strut their stuff at the Chicago International Film Festival.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Chicago Reader, Time Out Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival, Joe Swanberg, J.R. Jones, Spotlight: Illinois, Illinoisemakers, Matthew Stanton, North Starr, Greta Gerwig, Nights and Weekends, Jacqueline Smessaert Brennan, Botnik, Jay Ward, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Hank Sartin

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Greta Gerwig celebrates feminism with Little Women

The latest adaptation gives the March sisters more power than ever.

Academy Awards 2018: The Oscar nominees

Reader reviews of the top films

Academy Awards Nominations Panel at Siskel Film Center, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

Daisies hosts a fermentation dinner, Eve L. Ewing at Read/Write Library, and more goings-on January 22-25

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J.R. Jones picks the best films of 2017

The Reader’s film editor selects his favorite movies that premiered in Chicago this year.

Recommended Video
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.

Video
Joe Swanberg, British noir, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

In The Humbling, Al Pacino stars as a Shakespearean actor who can't get it up

Barry Levinson directs the screen adaptation of Philip Roth's novel.

Gossip Wolf: Magas makes some famous fans

Plus: The Whistler celebrates Kate Bush, John Bellows goes electric, and more.

Further thoughts about Frances Ha and its supermodels

Noah Baumbach's entertaining new comedy pays tribute to 60s French New Wave films, but to what end?

Audio Video
Derek Zoolander, Jacques Demy, Henry James, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Lola Versus the critics

Lola Versus producers are off the mark

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Fritz Lang, song-and-dance man—and other notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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Ben Sachs reviews the new romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher.

Come on feel the noise

Local filmmakers strut their stuff at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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The latest adaptation gives the March sisters more power than ever.

Reader reviews of the top films

Daisies hosts a fermentation dinner, Eve L. Ewing at Read/Write Library, and more goings-on January 22-25

The Reader’s film editor selects his favorite movies that premiered in Chicago this year.

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

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Barry Levinson directs the screen adaptation of Philip Roth's novel.

Plus: The Whistler celebrates Kate Bush, John Bellows goes electric, and more.

Noah Baumbach's entertaining new comedy pays tribute to 60s French New Wave films, but to what end?

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Lola Versus producers are off the mark

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Ben Sachs reviews the new romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher.

Local filmmakers strut their stuff at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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