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Film, Small Screen Mar 30, 2021
Bushra Amiwala is “The Voice” to inspire future leaders

A new ABC docuseries focuses on the young public official changing the face of Chicago politics.
- By Ata Younan
- Tags: Small Screen, Bushra Amiwala, Our America, Hulu, Cook County Board of Commissioners, District 73.5 Board of Education, DePaul University, Mark Kirk, Ben Maloney, politics

Film, Small Screen Nov 3, 2020
Recommended Video
City So Real is peak Chicago

Steve James’s docuseries authentically captures the people and places that define the city.
- By Josh Flanders
- Tags: Small Screen, City So Real, Steve James, Sundance, Hulu, Hoop Dreams, America to Me, Participant Media, Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters, Life Itself, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Laquan McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, Zak Piper, Jackson James, Recommended, Video

Film, Movie Review Oct 19, 2020
Books of Blood doesn’t pass the horror test

The new Hulu movie looks scary enough, but it doesn’t offer much else.
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Movie Review, Books of Blood, Hulu, Britt Robertson, Clive Barker, Brannon Braga, Freda Foh Shen, Clive Russell, Yul Vazquez, Farid Yazdan, Anna Friel, Ravi Gavron, horror

Film, Small Screen Sep 24, 2020
Video
We love TV: PEN15

Two television addicts talk about the all-too-relatable middle school cringe comedy.
- By Rima Parikh and Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, PEN15, Hulu, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, AIM, AOL, middle school, theater kids, witchcraft, Video

Film, Small Screen Aug 6, 2020
We love TV: 90 Day Fiancé

Two television addicts chat about the TLC reality show.
- By Rima Parikh and Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, 90 Day Fiance, TLC, reality TV, K-1 visa, Hulu

Film, Small Screen Jul 23, 2020
Video
We love TV: Ramy

Two television addicts chat about the Hulu comedy.
- By Rima Parikh and Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, Ramy, Ramy Youssef, Hulu, comedy, television, Mahershala Ali, Muslim, Uncut Gems, Video

Film, Small Screen Feb 20, 2020
High Fidelity is poised to be an all-time top five

The TV reboot remixes all the best parts of the movie into something even better.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, High Fidelity, Nick Hornby, Zoë Kravitz, David H. Holmes, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Rainbow Sun Francks, Jake Lacy, Veronica West, Sarah Kucserka, Questlove, Hulu

Film, Movie Review Jul 25, 2018
‘Welcome to Castle Rock’ proves there’s no formula for adapting a Stephen King novel

Music Box and Consequence of Sound present a weekend festival of King chillers.
- By Keith Phipps
- Tags: Movie Review, Welcome to Castle Rock: A Stephen King Festival, Internet Movie Database, It Stephen King, Music Box Chicago, Consequence of Sound, Hulu, Stand by Me, Needful Things, David Cronenberg, The Dead Zone, Christopher Walken, Videodrome, Scanners

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2018
Do I need to watch The Handmaid's Tale?

No one has trouble imagining an America gone wrong.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Books, On Video, The Trump Era, The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu, Fahrenheit 451, It Can't Happen Here, 1984, dystopias, President Trump, Donald Trump, Margaret Atwood

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2016
Difficult People makes being bad look good

Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner's Hulu comedy hits its stride in season two.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Comedy, Television, Difficult People, Hulu, Billy Eichner, Julie Klausner, Tina Fey, Nathan Lane, Andrea Martin, James Urbaniak

Blogs, Bleader Aug 12, 2015
A new episode of Difficult People is on tonight and you should watch it

Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner invite us to their party of two and we're so lucky.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Arts, Small Screen, Television, difficult people, billy eichner, julie klausner, hulu, larry david, curb your enthusiasm, r. kelly, blue ivy, tyne daly

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2015
Sunset Boulevard, Andrei Rublev, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Andrei Rublev, Cat People, Sunset Boulevard, Nine Lives, The Witnesses

Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2015
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The 39 Steps, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Bright Leaves, A nous la liberte, Mr. Arkadin, Ira and Abby, Faces, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The 39 Steps

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2015
Video
Al Pacino in The Humbling, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Barry Levinson, Philip Roth, The Humbling, Hulu, iTunes, Netflix, Amazon Prime, The Boy Next Door, Jennifer Lopez, Match movie, Patrick Stewart, Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, R100, Big Man Japan, Spare Parts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, This May Be the Last Time, The Wedding Ringer, Jean-Luc Godard, Band of Outsiders, Pierrot le Fou, Gene Siskel Film Center, Ridley Scott, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Music Box Chicago, Luis Bunuel, Un Chien Andalou, Jean Vigo, Zero for Conduct, Viridiana, University of Chicago Doc Films, Marx Brothers, Duck Soup, Logan Theater Chicago, Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Chris Marker, Sans Soleil, Alfred Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train, Robert Zemeckis, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2015
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Asylum, The Awful Truth, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the Big Knife, Revolutionary Road, The Seven Year Itch

Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2015
Pulp Fiction, The Glass Shield, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, L'Age d'Or, The Glass Shield, Intolerance, Scarlet Street, Pulp Fiction

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2015
The Wild Bunch, The Birds, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Weekly Top Five, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, The Birds, Bright Leaves, Casque d'or, North Sea Texas, Ricky, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Wild Bunch

Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2015
Marnie, The Turin Horse, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Blood in the Face, Blowup, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Frankenstein, Marnie, Hadewijch, The Turin Horse

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2014
Demonlover, Black Girl, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, The African Queen, Black Girl, The Long Voyage Home, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Woman Is the Future of Man, Demonlover, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2014
The Nightmare Before Christmas, Faust, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, The Circus, The Ground Truth, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Faust, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Notorious, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2014
Casablanca, Small Soldiers, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Casablanca, Cat People, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Our Hospitality, The Talent Given Us, Swing Time, Small Soldiers

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2014
Dead Man, The Producers, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Abraham Lincoln, The Awful Truth, High Sierra, Let the Right One In, The Producers, Wake in Fright, Dead Man

Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2014
Chasing Amy, Being John Malkovich, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Being John Malkovich, Casque d'or, Chasing Amy, Paths of Glory, The Grapes of Wrath, Funny Face, John Rabe

Blogs, Bleader Nov 21, 2014
Time Bandits, Lola Montes, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Hombre, Naked, Pi, Lola Montes, RSO (Registered Sex Offender), Time Bandits, We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2014
Breaking Away, Full Metal Jacket, and and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Old Movies to Watch Now, Film, Old Movies to Watch Now, Netflix, Hulu, online streaming, Breaking Away, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Full Metal Jacket, The Navigator, Ratatouille, Warrendale, Untamed

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