With the release of Catherine Breillat’s effortlessly beautiful and scandalous “Last Summer,” the Unloved looks back at the paroxysmal end of…
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10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Dheepan““The Fast and the Furious” (and most of the franchise)“Focus““Rob Peace““Silverado““The Sisters Brothers““Superbad““Take Shelter““The Whale““Whiplash“ 13…
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Netflix waited until Thanksgiving to drop its best original series since “Ripley” earlier this year, a very different kind of…
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At the top of wish lists for movie lovers this holiday season should be “CC40,” a lavishly assembled collection designed…
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At the end of Hayao Miyazaki’s visually stunning “Howl’s Moving Castle,” the titular Howl bemoans a sudden ache in his…
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Paramount+ and Showtime’s “The Agency” doesn’t have the spy action that fans of “Mission: Impossible” or James Bond may expect,…
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A cop, tortured by memories of child abuse and unable to connect with those who love her, returns to her…
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Bart Weiss is a longtime North Texas filmmaker, film programmer, teacher (at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he…
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Is Chicago ready to rival Hollywood? This question has been on my mind since I returned to the Windy City…
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I’ve never felt prouder to be a Chicagoan than when attending the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival. As Chicago’s premier…
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