“BlackBerry” is a MoneyBro movie par excellence, right up there with “Wall Street,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “Boiler Room,” and “The…
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The twinkle in the eye is still there—the boyish charm, the self-deprecating sense of humor that feels particularly Canadian. But…
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“Monica” offers viewers a narrative that, upon hearing it described, will lead most viewers to assume that it is a…
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Four brilliant, accomplished, gorgeous female actors play four friends who take a bachelorette trip to Italy in this dumb, dull,…
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An emotionally complex and sensitively told coming-of-age story, Laurel Parmet’s “The Starling Girl” explores questions of love, self-sacrifice, and agency…
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As we begin to look back on the lives of the late 20th century, documentarians have unprecedented treasure troves of images,…
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The new FX on Hulu series “Class of ‘09” boasts one of the year’s most intriguing premises and casts so…
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The following is an excerpt from “But God Made Him A Poet: Watching John Ford in the 21st Century” by…
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In 2013, Matt Johnson’s “The Dirties” was chosen as one of the films in the first Chicago Critics Film Festival,…
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