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Film, Movie Feature Dec 16, 2015
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The dark side of Star Wars

The franchise's troubling place in our culture has little to do with the movies themselves.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Movie Feature, Film, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, George Lucas, Disney, Marvel Comics, Simon Pegg, nerd culture, Game of the Thrones, Obi-Won Kenobi, Yoda, Darth Vader, Harrison Ford, Han Solo, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2014
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Jimi Hendrix, Chris Marker, Charlton Heston, 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, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi All Is By My Side, Chris Marker Level Five, Chicago Filmmakers, Columbia College Chicago, Blonde Crazy, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Julius Caesar, Northwestern University, Charlton Heston, Rocks in My Pockets, Signe Baumane, Norte the End of History, Lav Diaz, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, William Hurt, Viola Davis, Isabelle Huppert, Bill Hader, The Equalizer, Edward Woodward, Denzel Washington, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Simon Pegg, Take Me to the River, Otis Clay, Mavis Staples, North Mississippi Allstars, A Terrible Beauty, 1916 Easter Rebellion, Tracks movie, Mia Wasikowska, Robyn Davidson, Eric Rohmer, Autumn Tale, Transistor Chicago, Josef von Sternberg Dishonored, Music Box Chicago, Steven Spielberg, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Logan Theater Chicago, Howard Hawks, A Girl in Every Port, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn, Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes, Chicago Cultural Center, W.S. Van Dyke, The Thin Man, University of Chicago Doc Films, movies, Video

Film, Movie Review Jan 29, 2014
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Why can't grown-up animations catch a break on Oscar night?

The nominated short films screen this week at Landmark's Century Centre.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animated, Academy Awards, Music Box, Landmark's Century Centre, DreamWorks Animation, The Croods, Universal, Despicable Me 2, Disney, Frozen, Michel Gondry, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy, Terence Nance, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Don Hertzfeldt, Bill Plympton, Simon Pegg, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Get a Horse!, Mickey Mouse, Room on the Broom, Shuhei Morita's Possessions, Daniel Sousa, Feral, Rhode Island School of Design, Mr. Hublot, Laurent Witz, Stephane Halleux, The Secret of Kells, Persepolis, Howl's Moving Castle, Up, Ratatouille, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Lost Thing, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2013
My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 20-11

The second in a multipart series on my favorite new movies of the year
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Year in Review, Film, Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, Sebastian Silva, Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Magic Magic, The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, year in review, 2013 movies, Chicago International Film Festival, The Immigrant, James Gray, Frank Borzage, The Butler, Lee Daniels, Oprah Winfrey, Prince Avalanche, David Gordon Green, The Taste of Money, Im Sang-soo, The President's Last Bang, See You Next Tuesday, Drew Tobia, La Jaula de Oro, Diego Quemada-Diez, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, The World's End, Bastards, Claire Denis, The Unspeakable Act, Dan Sallitt

Film, Movie Review Aug 28, 2013
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The World’s End tops off the Cornetto trilogy with a snicker

But Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's sci-fi comedy has as much sadness as satire.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Movie Review, The World's End, Edgar Wright, Three Flavours Cornetto, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, The Big Chill, Philip Kaufman, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, George Romero, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, John Carpenter, The Thing, The Stepford Wives, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2013
Those movies that say "Thank you, come again"

When narrative movies construct self-contained little worlds for you to explore
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Moviegoing, Film, The World's End, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, David Gordon Green, Prince Avalanche, Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, I Know Where I'm Going!, The 49th Parallel, David Cronenberg, moviegoing

Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2012
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Have one on Studs, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Studs' Place, Studs Terkel, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Sebastian Bane, Patrick Wang, In the Family movie, Facets Cinematheque, Compliance movie, Craig Zobel, Great World of Sound, Sleepwalk With Me, Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish, Ira Glass, Music Box, Christiaan Zwanniken, Convento movie, The Apparition movie, Warner Bros, For a Good Time, Call movie, Lawless movie, John Hillcoat, The Proposition, The Road, Little White Lies, Guillaume Canet, Tell No One, Oslo August 31, Joachim Trier, Reprise movie, Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee, Gibson Gowland, Eric von Stroheim, Greed, Airplane!, Northbrook Public Library, Howard Hawks Scarface, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, Landmark's Century Centre, Orson Welles, Touch of Evil, Gene Siskel Film Center, Fred Camper, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2007
Hot Fuzz

Britain goes Hollywood in Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's new action spoof "Hot Fuzz."
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, British humor

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The dark side of Star Wars

The franchise's troubling place in our culture has little to do with the movies themselves.

Video
Jimi Hendrix, Chris Marker, Charlton Heston, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Recommended
Why can't grown-up animations catch a break on Oscar night?

The nominated short films screen this week at Landmark's Century Centre.

My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 20-11

The second in a multipart series on my favorite new movies of the year

Recommended Video
The World’s End tops off the Cornetto trilogy with a snicker

But Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's sci-fi comedy has as much sadness as satire.

Those movies that say "Thank you, come again"

When narrative movies construct self-contained little worlds for you to explore

Video
Have one on Studs, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Hot Fuzz

Britain goes Hollywood in Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's new action spoof "Hot Fuzz."

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The franchise's troubling place in our culture has little to do with the movies themselves.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The nominated short films screen this week at Landmark's Century Centre.

The second in a multipart series on my favorite new movies of the year

But Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's sci-fi comedy has as much sadness as satire.

When narrative movies construct self-contained little worlds for you to explore

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Britain goes Hollywood in Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's new action spoof "Hot Fuzz."

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