Friday, September 30, 2022
Syms’s work—which ranges from performance art to gallery installations to this more straightforward narrative endeavor—is compelled by a preternaturally propulsive energy that sustains…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:00PMThursday, September 29, 2022
Marilyn Monroe is the American public’s white whale, that which we seek to dominate and claim as our own.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:23PMMonday, September 19, 2022
Smoczyńska’s idiosyncratic vision distinguishes what otherwise might have been an overly literal telling of their story, and of their own stories.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:30PMThursday, September 15, 2022
The apparent dryness of Tsai’s films is but a facade, a layer under which a body of water—perhaps, like in one of his films, a river—is waiting to be found.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:03PMTuesday, September 6, 2022
This is the Chicago theatrical premiere of The Batwoman and the U.S. theatrical premiere of The Panther Women.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 06:17PMThursday, September 1, 2022
Ozon’s ode offers a diverting, fresh perspective on Fassbinder’s harrowing melodrama.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:00PMMonday, August 22, 2022
At Destroy Your Art, taking place this year at the Music Box Theatre on Thursday, August 25, at 7 PM, the four invited filmmakers will each screen a film they made specifically for the event…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:00AMFriday, August 12, 2022
A few scenes evince a unique aesthetic for this type of film, and the lead actresses give stand-out performances.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMThursday, August 4, 2022
Chicago audiences love the Music Box and Film Center, so, naturally, I wanted to ensure that MUBI GO is as exciting a premise for them as it is for viewers.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:00PMThursday, July 28, 2022
It succeeds in highlighting this tenet of their work, making it a valuable introduction not just to their unique lives and groundbreaking studies, but also to their own singular artistry.
Th…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:00PMFriday, July 1, 2022
Is this in any way, shape, or form defensible as meaningful art? Certainly not. Is it really cute? Yup.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:29PMWhat this surreal microcosm ends up conveying about the human experience extends past the frame and into viewers’ hearts and minds.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:43AMMonday, June 27, 2022
In her debut documentary writer-director Rebeca Huntt examines the details of her Afro Latina heritage to provocative effect.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:52AMFriday, June 3, 2022
The recountal is tinged with documentary footage and nigh-experimental scintilla attempting to visualize the stuff of poetry that hint at this being something exceptional from a master’s i…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:00AMWednesday, May 18, 2022
“What we know for a fact is that making abortion illegal does not stop women from seeking abortions, it just keeps them from getting safe abortions.”
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:05PMFriday, May 13, 2022
The no-holds-barred approach to the [abortion] procedure and its aftermath is the kind of interpretation of real life that great cinema does best.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:00AMThursday, May 12, 2022
The film is the thing, the guiding force behind what they do.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:41PM 
