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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

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

'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

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

'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

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

'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

'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

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