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Anticipation and angst
Inspiring the usual combination of anticipation and angst, the Chicago International Film Festival once again opens its curtains Thursday night. The anticipation stems from the chance to see much of what's best in the world of cinema. The angst comes...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Halle Berry, Australia (movie), Entertainment
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Movie review, 'Murder by Numbers'
At long last Sandra Bullock doesn't feel the need to be completely lovable - which makes her eminently more appealing. Bullock's recent roles, whether silly ("Miss Congeniality") or somber ("28 Days," "Hope Floats"), have been undermined by the actress'...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Agnes Bruckner, Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Sex
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Healthy fall crop
OK, 2001 hasn't been the greatest movie year so far, but fall tends to be the season on which top-10 lists are built. The next few months look especially crowded thanks in part to the studios having rushed movies into production in preparation for the...Tags: Elijah Wood, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Peter Chelsom, Drew Barrymore, Redman
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Movie review: 'Bukowski: Born Into This'
Tribune staff reporter3 stars (out of 4) I read Charles Bukowski's 1978 novel "Women," about a 50-year-old man's many sexual encounters, in college, just so I could say I had. I hated it, but pretended to like it, and then later decided it was misogynistic because I heard...Tags: John Martin, Mickey Rourke, Charles Bukowski, Tom Waits, Entertainment
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Before and After
FOR THE TIMESFriday February 23, 1996 You don't need to be an artist or have taken a course in art appreciation to get the symbolism of the landscape sculpture that appears throughout Barbet Schroeder's over-earnest "Before and After." It is a crooked monolith,...Tags: Death, Arts and Culture, Edward Furlong, Alfred Molina, Family
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Mars Attacks!
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday December 13, 1996 Some directors envy Alfred Hitchcock's feeling for suspense, John Ford's way with westerns or perhaps Ernst Lubitsch's sly romantic touch. Not Tim Burton. He wants to be Edward D. Wood Jr. Best known as the director of...Tags: Tom Jones, John Ford, Danny DeVito, Casino and Gambling Industry, Pam Grier
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Kiss of Death
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday April 21, 1995 The dark, twisty kingdom of film noir, a shadow world that leaks fatalism, pessimism and romantic despair, is the drug of choice for today's directors. Hardly a month passes without one filmmaker or another attempting a modern-...Tags: Richard Price, Crime, Law and Justice, Nicolas Cage, New York City Police Department, Ving Rhames
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Apr 6, 1996
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Apr 6, 1996
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