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Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2018
Actor Jesse Eisenberg jumps (awkwardly) into politics after living under the radar in Indiana

The star of The Social Network—speaking at a political event for the first time—took the stage for Daniel Biss.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Jesse Eisenberg, Daniel Biss, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Bottom Lounge, Anna Strout, Anthony Arnove, Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States

Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2018
Actor Jesse Eisenberg to join Daniel Biss rally in Chicago on Saturday

The cinematic face of Lex Luthor and Mark Zuckerberg will join the Democratic governor candidate for a Get Out the Vote rally and march to the polls on Saturday.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: News, Politics, Jesse Eisenberg, Daniel Biss, Superman v. Batman, Bernie Sanders, People's Summit, Mark Zuckerberg, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Lex Luthor

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2016
X-Files and Back to the Future stars survived some awkward moments at Wizard World

The celebrity appearances at the comic convention offered surreal, stupid, and genuinely human moments.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Film, Media, Back to the Future, Wizard World, comic con, The X-Files, Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead, Jesse Eisenberg, Bob Gale, Batman v. Superman

Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2015
American Ultra is a real downer of an action comedy

Maybe that's why the Jesse Eisenberg-Kristen Stewart vehicle isn't a hit.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, The Reefer, American Ultra, Pineapple Express, Max Landis, Jesse Eisenberg, action comedy

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2015
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Vidal vs. Buckley, plus the rest of this week's new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Caryn Capotosto, Best of Enemies, Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Jr., The Dinner, The End of the Tour, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Gemma Bovery, Fabrice Luchini, The Gift movie, Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, A Lego Brickumentary, Ricki and the Flash, Jonathan Demme, Meryl Streep, The Runner, Nicolas Cage, Runoff movie, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Aardman Animations, Chicken Run, 3-1/2 Minutes Ten Bullets, Stéphane Aubier, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2014
Best Films of 2014, number five: Night Moves

J.R. Jones counts down his favorite films of 2014. Today at number five: Night Moves.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Year in Review, Film, Kelly Reichardt, Night Moves, Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Fanning, Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, James Le Gros, Jonathan Raymond, Meek’s Cutoff, best movies of 2014

Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2014
Reader's Agenda Wed 6/18: Night Moves, Juan Wauters, and the Thai Festival

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, June 18
- By Will Greenberg
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt, Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Music Box, The Beets, Juan Wauters, Empty Bottle, Crystal Stilts, Your Friend, The Royal Thai Consulate General, Thai Festival

Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2014
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Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival, 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, Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival, Freedom Summer, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, The Cast Against 8, Mother Joan of the Angels, Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt, Wendy and Lucy, Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, The Signal movie, Citizen Koch, Carl Deal, Tia Lessen, Trouble the Water, The Fault in Our Stars, The Grand Seduction, Seducing Dr. Lewis, Night Train, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Mike Myer, 22 Jump Street, Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Victor Fleming, Gone With the Wind, Pickwick Park Ridge, Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite, Music Box, Gene Saks, The Odd Couple, Logan Theater Chicago, Rare Baseball Films, Joe DiMaggio, Christy Mathewson, Willie Mays, Hack Wilson, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, 16mm Animation Showcase, George Griffin, Kathy Laughlin, Sally Cruikshank, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2013
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NCFS hits the road, 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, Portage Theater Chicago, Northwest Chicago Film Society, High Treason, Patio Theater Chicago, Facets Cinematheque, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Soska sisters, American Mary, Gene Siskel Film Center, Ulrich Seidl, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Before Midnight, After Earth, Will Smith, Jaden Smith, As Above So Below, L.A. Rebellion, Now You See Me, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side, Fritz Lang, The Big Heat, University of Chicago Doc Films, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, The Gay Divorcee, Music Box, Mervyn LeRoy, Gold Diggers of 1933, Northbrook Public Library, Chris Marker, One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich, Roberto Rossellini, Stromboli, Voyage to Italy, Gene Siskel Film Center, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 17, 2012
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Noir City: Chicago 4—it's like, none more black

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Music Box, Film Noir Foundation, White Heat, Kiss Me Deadly, William Castle Undertow, Robert Ryan, Max Ophuls Caught, Nicholas Ray, On Dangerous Ground, Howard Hughes, RKO Radio Pictures, Enterprise Pictures, 2 Days in New York, Julie Delpy, 2 Days in Paris, Chris Rock, Adam Goldberg, ParaNorman, Laika Studio, Coraline, Beyond the Myth, The Contradictions of Fair Hope, Englewood (The Growing Pains in Chicago), Free Men movie, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Why Stop Now, Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan, Noir City: Chicago 4, Jacques Rivette, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Gene Siskel Film Center, F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu, University of Chicago Doc Films, Robert Redford, Quiz Show, Transistor, Hideout Chicago, Chicago Film Archives, CFA Media Mixer, film festivals, film noir, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 11, 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, Film Noir Foundation, Egyptian Theater, Noir City Chicago 3, Music Box, Brute Force, Burt Lancaster, Sorry Wrong Number, Barbara Stanwyck, Deadline USA, Humphrey Bogart, The Dark Mirror, Olivia De Havilland, The Blue Dahlia, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Loophole movie, Larceny movie, Andrea Gronvall, The Interrupters, Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, Gene Siskel Film Center, Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, Yelling to the Sky, Gabourey Sidibe, Precious movie, Autumn Execution, Lee Hsing, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Detroit Wild City, The Help movie, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, Sleep Furiously, Wales, 30 Minutes or Less, Reuben Fleischer, Zombieland, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network, Aziz Ansari, Funny People, The Whistleblower, Rachel Weisz, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Robert Wiene, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, University of Chicago Doc Films, Samuel Fuller, I Shot Jesse James, The Steel Helmet, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, F.W. Murnau, Sunrise movie, Sunrise Murnau, Silent Film Society of Chicago, Jay Warren, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2010
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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, Restrepo, Afghanistan war, Korangal Valley, Taliban, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Pipers Alley, The Oath, Osama bin Laden, Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo, Gene Siskel Film Center, GasLand, out Halliburton, Chicago Filmmakers, Inception Christopher Nolan, The Living Wake, Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Adventureland, Facets Cinematheque, Predators, Something Better Somewhere Else, Ron Lazzeretti, The Sorceror's Apprentice, Disney, Jay Baruchel, Nicolas Cage, Wild Grass, Alain Resnais, Last Year at Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Music Box, Ernst Lubitsch, Cluny Brown, Doc Films, Richard Linklater, Dazed and Confused, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Clara Bow, Douglas Fairbanks, Robin Hood, Chicago movies, movies, Video

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Actor Jesse Eisenberg jumps (awkwardly) into politics after living under the radar in Indiana

The star of The Social Network—speaking at a political event for the first time—took the stage for Daniel Biss.

Actor Jesse Eisenberg to join Daniel Biss rally in Chicago on Saturday

The cinematic face of Lex Luthor and Mark Zuckerberg will join the Democratic governor candidate for a Get Out the Vote rally and march to the polls on Saturday.

X-Files and Back to the Future stars survived some awkward moments at Wizard World

The celebrity appearances at the comic convention offered surreal, stupid, and genuinely human moments.

American Ultra is a real downer of an action comedy

Maybe that's why the Jesse Eisenberg-Kristen Stewart vehicle isn't a hit.

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Vidal vs. Buckley, plus the rest of this week's new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Best Films of 2014, number five: Night Moves

J.R. Jones counts down his favorite films of 2014. Today at number five: Night Moves.

Reader's Agenda Wed 6/18: Night Moves, Juan Wauters, and the Thai Festival

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, June 18

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Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival, and the rest of this week's screenings

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NCFS hits the road, and the rest of this week's screenings

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Noir City: Chicago 4—it's like, none more black

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The star of The Social Network—speaking at a political event for the first time—took the stage for Daniel Biss.

The cinematic face of Lex Luthor and Mark Zuckerberg will join the Democratic governor candidate for a Get Out the Vote rally and march to the polls on Saturday.

The celebrity appearances at the comic convention offered surreal, stupid, and genuinely human moments.

Maybe that's why the Jesse Eisenberg-Kristen Stewart vehicle isn't a hit.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

J.R. Jones counts down his favorite films of 2014. Today at number five: Night Moves.

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