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A Southerner in the 'Snow'new
David Gordon Green tries his hand up north.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Snow Angels
The Long Road Back to the Big Screennew
After some early success, screenwriter and director Steven Conrad learned the hard way that living can make your art more interesting.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
03-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steven Conrad, The Promotion
'Chicago 10': History Nownew
In his "mash-up documentary," Brett Morgen wants to erase the distance between 1968 and 2008.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-03-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
Tom Hayden on 'Chicago 10' and the 1968 DNCnew
Hayden, one of the defendants in the Chicago conspiracy trial, stopped by Chicago for a panel discussion on the changing nature of political activism. Here are some excerpts of his remarks.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-03-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
'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
Trust the Audiencenew
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a powerful story about abortion and betrayal, leaves the value judgments to the viewer.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
02-11-2008 |
Reviews
'Cloverfield': Cheap Thrillsnew
Upholding an old truth about horror films: the lower the budget, the better the scare.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'The Merry Gentleman': A Job for Batmannew
When a ruptured appendix put Chicago director Ron Lazzeretti in the hospital, Michael Keaton stepped in to save the day. Now their project hits Sundance.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
01-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'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
'Persepolis' is Exiled to the Art Housenew
Marjane Satrapi's animated memoir of her Iranian childhood is begging for a wider audience.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-15-2008 |
Reviews
Big Shouldersnew
In a year when shirking responsibility was the rule, movies about accepting it stood out.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-07-2008 |
Movies
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
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly': Real & Surrealnew
A true story lets director Julian Schnabel exercise his imagination.
Chicago Reader |
Andrea Gronvall |
12-26-2007 |
Reviews
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
'Atonement': A Novel Treatnew
It's that rare combo: a good movie based on a good book.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
12-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
