A great part of any regional festival like the Chicago International Film Festival is the ability to see local talent.…
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The New York Film Festival has always held space for the unconventional. That includes more nontraditional offerings in their Currents…
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On hearing the shocking news on October 14 that Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui and his wife had been stabbed to…
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Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future of Christos Nikou’s dystopian sci-fi film, they’ve gotten…
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It’s a really good time to be a Spider-Man fan. The two best superhero entertainment properties of the year, by…
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Thoughts about Piper Laurie must begin with the darkness and throatiness of her mature speaking voice and the frightening directness…
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Simply as a technical spectacle, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” is a dazzling achievement, capturing the sensation of seeing the…
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John Allen Chau, the protagonist of “The Mission,” grew up with a different set of pop culture fixations than most young…
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Netflix has a slasher flick for you this “Friday the 13th” that may not directly feature Jason Voorhees but was…
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This week, the Museum of Modern Art in New York will unveil “Iranian Cinema Before the Revolution 1925-1979,” an extraordinarily…
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