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Judas: I Am a Revolutionary
Back in 1992, Spike Lee’s flawed and magnificent Malcolm X and the galvanizing performance at its center raised the Black Muslim leader from the...
Over the Edge
Before the press screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, my fellow film critics and I were handed a printed request that...
Hell or High Water: Texas Hold-Up
The big economic recession that hit eight years ago has inspired its share of films like 99 Homes and The Big Short, but even...
Saint Omer: L’Anatomie of a Murder
You may have noticed Saint Omer popping up on some film critics’ year-end Top 10 lists. I took in France’s entry into the International...
Film Shorts
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The Accountant (R) Ben Affleck stars in this thriller as an Asperger’s syndrome-suffering accountant for crime lords who tries to extricate himself as his...
Save Our Schools, Superman
I had a lot of thoughts about the film Waiting for "Superman" that I couldn't get into this week's Film Shorts. This documentary an...
Where the Crawdads Sing: Marsh Murder
I’ve got good news for all you fans of Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing: It’s exactly the movie you’re looking for. The big-screen...
Heard
“It might be 2022 out there,” the sign reads, “but in here, it’s still 1988.”
The words hang at Mr. Beef, the real-life Chi-town inspiration...
Film Shorts
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Alice in Wonderland (PG) Tim Burton’s reworking of Lewis Carroll’s fairy tale stars Mia Wasikowska as a 19-year-old Alice who returns to the enchanted...
Mild Salsa
Hector Lavoe is considered one of the greatest artists of Latin music.
With Willie Colon, he practically invented salsa music. Despite good performances, direction,...
