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Humain, Trop Humain (1973) |
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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88%
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Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) |
"
Filmmakers Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey deliver a nostalgic zing reminiscent of the TV drama Mad Men but tread lightly around Charles's mood swings and extramarital affairs."
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Chicago Reader
Posted May 11, 2012
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95%
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Pina (2011) |
"
Crane and steadycam allow Wenders to get so close to the action that in the minimalist Café Müller, one's illusion of being on stage is uncanny."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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70%
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Newlyweds (2012) |
"
Burns's faux-documentary style allows space for some wickedly revealing confessions, while jump cuts accentuate his characters' rapid-fire showdowns."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 12, 2012
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95%
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Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011) |
"
In this heady documentary, TV footage of left-wing social critic Paul Goodman being interviewed by conservative host William F. Buckley Jr. in 1966 makes one realize how low public discourse in America has sunk since then."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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23%
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Sucker Punch (2011) |
"
Gun-toting hotties combat assorted villains and their robot henchmen in this tawdry, repellent action fantasy."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Dec 6, 2011
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55%
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Jumping the Broom (2011) |
"
Class differences and family resentments add to the hubbub surrounding an African-American wedding on Martha's Vineyard in this perceptive, faith-based romantic comedy."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Dec 6, 2011
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33%
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America The Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments (2011) |
"
Self-promoting physicians, shrinks, bureaucrats, and fashion models blather on about eating issues, yet Roberts glosses over the only real solution to weight gain: balanced nutrition combined with exercise."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakade (The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner) (2011) |
"
Neither the sweeping European vistas nor the masterful Serbian actor Miki Manojlovic can save this Bulgarian road movie from its treacly sentimentality."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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4/5
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81%
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Lars and the Real Girl (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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4/5
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63%
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Ladron Que Roba A Ladron (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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5/5
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82%
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Serbis (Service) (2008) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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5/5
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92%
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Refusenik (2008) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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4/5
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100%
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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3/5
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68%
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America The Beautiful (2008) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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4/5
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91%
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The Father of My Children (Le pere de mes enfants) (2010) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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1/5
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2%
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Disaster Movie (2008) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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3/5
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Box Elder (2008) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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4/5
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68%
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Irina Palm (2008) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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2/5
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33%
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Rails & Ties (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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4/5
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69%
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Fugitive Pieces (2008) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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3/5
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76%
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Sangre De Mi Sangre (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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67%
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"
Squanders both its first-rate computer graphics and its sturdy international cast."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Nov 15, 2011
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36%
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In Time (2011) |
"
Clever and unsettling."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Nov 10, 2011
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73%
|
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2011) |
"
French pop star Serge Gainsbourg was as much iconoclast as icon, so it's fitting that this fanciful biopic is both affectionate and irreverent."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Nov 4, 2011
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83%
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!Women Art Revolution (2011) |
"
Contrasting with the ferment of the times, the film is orderly and rather subdued, but it's an excellent introduction to a movement that produced artists as diverse as Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, and Miranda July."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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76%
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The Machinist (2004) |
"
Until now Bale's screen persona has been defined by a graceful athleticism; here his physicality is repellent, yet he carries the occasionally creaky plot of Scott Kosar's unsettling screenplay to a resonant finish."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Oct 24, 2011
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53%
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Puncture (2011) |
"
It's a thoughtful entry in the growing subgenre of whistle-blower dramas."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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23%
|
What's Your Number? (2011) |
"
Even dumber than this premise is the notion that she can resist Evans, whose charms are particularly manifest thanks to a screenplay that requires him to drop trou early and often."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 29, 2011
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82%
|
Dolphin Tale (2011) |
"
Gamble's rapport with his finned costar is so touching that the movie works anyway."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 22, 2011
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83%
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Warrior (2011) |
"
For all the contemporary references, it's essentially a spin on the story of Cain and Abel, which may be the reason it feels timeless."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 9, 2011
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52%
|
The Devil's Double (2011) |
"
Equally as offensive as the movie's smorgasbord of smut and violence is the lingering whiff of colonial-era orientalism, a Western predilection for regarding Eastern cultures as innately idle, lascivious, irrational, and thus ripe for intervention."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 1, 2011
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91%
|
Point Blank (2011) |
"
[A] finely calibrated French neonoir."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Aug 12, 2011
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100%
|
The Interrupters (2011) |
"
Searing in its depiction of at-risk children in poor communities, the film is also the bracing, life-affirming story of residents who are beginning to reclaim their streets, one corner at a time."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Aug 12, 2011
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93%
|
Nine Nation Animation (2010) |
"
Most of the shorts in this international collection are somber or wistful, but a few stand out for their wit or visual panache."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Aug 2, 2011
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21%
|
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (2011) |
"
In this lavish adaptation of Lisa See's novel, the complex chronologies of the parallel narratives are skillfully handled by director Wayne Wang, which makes his reliance on unbridled sentimentality all the more irritating."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 29, 2011
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71%
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Friends With Benefits (2011) |
"
The jokes don't all work and the topical references can be irritably hipper-than-thou, but at least director and cowriter Will Gluck aims high: this is patterned on the Tracy and Hepburn comedies, albeit with a lot more skin. "
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 22, 2011
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96%
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) |
"
Cinematographer Eduardo Serra underscores the sense of dread with a rich charcoal palette, and the outstanding CGI and 3D effects make the otherworldly threats more corporeal."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 13, 2011
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84%
|
A Better Life (2011) |
"
A major star in Mexico, Bichir is quietly affecting as the father, a humble striver who faces loss at every turn."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 8, 2011
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98%
|
Project Nim (2011) |
"
Sexual politics, family dynamics, the debate over heredity versus environment, and the dubious ethics of scientific research on animals are rigorously explored in this ambitious, bittersweet work."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 7, 2011
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82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
Writer-director J.J. Abrams overloads this sci-fi adventure with so many homages to his co-producer Steven Spielberg that it plays like the elder director's greatest hits, minus his characteristic scares and sense of wonder."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jun 9, 2011
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54%
|
Hesher (2011) |
"
Writer-director Spencer Susser and cowriter David Michod generate fresh hells at a surreally rapid clip but cop out with an incongruously sentimental ending. "
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Chicago Reader
Posted May 12, 2011
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92%
|
Incendies (2011) |
"
By the end they've acquired a measure of self-knowledge at a cost dearer than they expected, which reminds us that what we think we know can be just the beginning of an existential journey."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 29, 2011
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100%
|
Kes (1969) |
"
A classic of British social realism."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 18, 2011
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48%
|
Super (2011) |
"
This movie is too pedestrian for camp, and too scattershot for an action comedy."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 15, 2011
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45%
|
Soul Surfer (2011) |
"
AnnaSophia Robb is too subdued as the teenage heroine; one might expect more affect from a young woman fighting to overcome disability and return to competitive surfing."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 7, 2011
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87%
|
The Last Lions (2011) |
"
Many of the sequences are intense, like those in which the lioness refines its hunting strategies in unfamiliar territory. But they're undercut by Jeremy Irons's sonorous narration."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 18, 2011
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88%
|
Rango (2011) |
"
What elevates it above a cheeky romp is the skilled CGI work, not only the wealth of tactile detail lavished on the parched townsfolk but also the painterly, sand-swept vistas they call home."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 4, 2011
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20%
|
Beastly (2011) |
"
A pallid, formulaic teen romance that might have benefited from a little snark."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 3, 2011
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