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'Charlie Bartlett': Ritalin Rebellionnew
The film skewers assumptions about social class, psychopharmaceuticals, and so-called grown-ups.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
'Honeydripper': Image Problemnew
John Sayles can write a good story, but can he tell it visually?
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Something to Talk Aboutnew
Local premieres of a dozen masterpieces -- almost none released in the past 12 months -- made 2007 a good movie year.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
01-07-2008 |
Movies
Complicated Charactersnew
Flawed people in flawed relationships make for a stimulating screenplay in Andrew Wagner's adaptation of Brian Morton's novel.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
12-17-2007 |
Reviews
'I'm Not There' is No Hagiographynew
Widely described as a tribute, it frequently comes across as a series of insults.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
All the Pretty Carnagenew
Remorseless murder isn't all there is to No Country for Old Men, but it's all anyone seems to care about.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-12-2007 |
Reviews
The Actual Definitive Ultimate Director's Cutnew
Blade Runner is back again -- the way it was meant to be seen.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Director Jennifer Fox: Free Like a Boynew
More than a simple diary film, Flying is also a kind of essay about what freedom for a contemporary woman consists of.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
09-17-2007 |
Reviews
'Killer of Sheep': The Unobserved Lifenew
The debut feature of an overlooked master gets its long-delayed commercial release.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
08-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Burnett, Killer of Sheep
'Sicko': Dumb Like Menew
Michael Moore undercuts his own muckraking with his regular Joe act.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
07-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
'Private Fears in Public Places': Hollywood Mon Amournew
The latest from French master Alain Resnais is a classic studio-style heartbreaker.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
06-11-2007 |
Reviews
'Out 1': The 12-Hour Masterpiecenew
After years of obscurity, Jacques Rivette's puzzling film finally makes it to Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
05-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jacques Rivette, Out 1
Don't Judge a Film by Its Venuenew
Black Book brings moral complexity to the mall and Offside brings lighthearted humor to the art house.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
04-23-2007 |
Reviews
Two Takes on the Truthnew
Lasse Hallstrom's The Hoax, a hoax about a hoax, and Linda Hattendorf's The Cats of Mirikitani, a work of art about an artist.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
04-09-2007 |
Reviews
Trial of the Centurynew
Globalism gets a hearing in a dusty African backyard in Bamako.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
03-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Abderrahmane Sissako, Bamako
