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Film, Movie Review Sep 29, 2016
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In Snowden, a private life obscures a public scandal

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the notorious whistle-blower in Oliver Stone’s new biopic.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Snowden movie, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Citizenfour, National Security Agency, Oliver Stone, bulk-data collection, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lindsay Mills, Shailene Woodley, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK Oliver Stone, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Guardian, Ewen MacAskill, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, Kieran Fitzgerald, STELLAR WIND, Michael Hayden, PRISM, Google, Facebook, Apple computers, Ben Schnetzer, Offensive Cyber Effects Operations, Barack Obama, Ghost in the Shell, government surveillance, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2016
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Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way

The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, History, Politics, Television, Atlantic Monthly, Donald Trump, Dan P. McAdams, Northwestern University, Foley Center for the Study of Lives, George Simon, Psychological Science, Bill Clinton, Richard M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Lyndon Johnson, HBO Films, All the Way, Steven Spielberg, Robert Schenkkan, Bryan Cranston, John F. Kennedy, Parkland Hospital, Barry Goldwater, Civil Rights Act, Martin Luther King Jr., Anthony Mackie, J. Edgar Hoover, Stephen Root, Hubert Humphrey, Bradley Whitford, Richard Russell, Frank Langella, Lincoln Steven Spielberg, Dalton Trumbo, Jay Roach, Recount movie, Game Change movie, Walter Jenkins, Todd Weeks, Lady Bird Johnson, Melissa Leo, Democratic National Convention, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, LBJ Ranch, Cotulla, Everett Dirksen, Ray Wise, political history, presidential politics, 1964 presidential campaign, civil rights, biographical movies, narcissism, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2013
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The Reader's film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week's movies

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Crime, Opening, Film, Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve, Hugh Jackman, Melissa Leo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, The Family, Luc Besson, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, UCLA Festival of Preservation, Gene Siskel Film Center, International House, Mantrap, Midnight Madness, silent film, Supernatural, 35-millimeter film, Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Columbia College, Showplace ICON, Romanian Film Festival of Chicago, Facets Multimedia, Nostalghia, Andrei Tarkovsky, Casque d'Or, Jacques Becker, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Patio Theater, The Pink Panther, Music Box Theatre, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Park Ridge Classic Film, Pickwick Theater, Wadjda, Saudia Arabia, Neil Simon, Thanks for Sharing, And While We Were Here, Cutie and the Boxer, Ushio Shinohara, C.O.G., David Sedaris, Good Ol' Freda, Freda Kelly, Inside, Zeki Demirkubuz, Notes From the Underground, Turkish cinema, Insidious: Chapter 2, James Wan, Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve, My Lucky Star, Zhang Ziyi, Salinger, J.D. Salinger, A Single Shot, Sam Rockwell, Sole Survivor, documentary, repertory screenings, Video

Film, Movie Review Sep 18, 2013
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Prisoners: A mazelike thriller with torture at its core

In Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve's latest, art meets the dark.
- By Andrea Gronvall
- Tags: Movie Review, Thanksgiving Day, Pennsylvania, Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve, Incendies, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, Aaron Guzikowski, Roger A. Deakins, Freemason, Recommended, 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 Dec 3, 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, Music Box, Carlos movie, Carlos the Jackal, Mesrine movie, Red Riding movie, Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan, 1929 the Great Depression, Paths of Glory Anatomy of a Film, David Spodak, Stanley Kubrick, Welcome to the Rileys, James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo, Kristen Stewart, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Airplane!, Airplane movie, Leslie Nielsen, Vic theater, Rob Reiner, The Princess Bride, nd Joseph H. Lewis, So Dark the Night, Luca Guadignino, I Am Love, Tilda Swinton, University of Chicago Doc Films, Joan Rivers A Piece of Work, Kings of Pastry, Gene Siskel Film Center, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 29, 2010
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Now Playing: Welcome to the Rileys

J.R. Jones reviews Welcome to the Rileys
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Welcome to the Rileys, James Gandolfini, New Orleans, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo, Jake Scott, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Ken Hixon, City by the Sea, Inventing the Abbotts, Pipers Alley, movies, Video

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In Snowden, a private life obscures a public scandal

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the notorious whistle-blower in Oliver Stone’s new biopic.

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Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way

The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.

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The Reader's film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week's movies

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26

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In Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve's latest, art meets the dark.

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Video In Snowden, a private life obscures a public scandal

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the notorious whistle-blower in Oliver Stone’s new biopic.

Video Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way

The HBO movie about a narcissist-in-chief reveals a lot about our potential new narcissist-in-chief.

Video The Reader's film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week's movies

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 20 and 26

Recommended Video Prisoners: A mazelike thriller with torture at its core

In Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve's latest, art meets the dark.

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

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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J.R. Jones reviews Welcome to the Rileys

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In Snowden, a private life obscures a public scandal

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Trump may be a grandiose narcissist, but he’s no match for the Lyndon Johnson of All the Way

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The Reader's film writers turn to crime, and the rest of this week's movies

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Prisoners: A mazelike thriller with torture at its core

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