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Teens soar story sinks (13 November 11:30) |
| Those of us who can't tell a spreadsheet from a sheet cake can only marvel at the business plans put forth by a fantastic variety of teenagers in this intensely promotional quasi-doc. Many o... |
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A splendid place to park yourself on Saturday night (13 November 11:30) |
| "Honestly, sometimes I think it's the parking lot."
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In Ten9Eight teens soar story sinks (13 November 11:30) |
| Those of us who can't tell a spreadsheet from a sheet cake can only marvel at the business plans put forth by a fantastic variety of teenagers in this intensely promotional quasi-doc. Many o... |
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Historical lens on the Muppets ageless forever young (06 November 11:30) |
| Alongside the felt-free Alain Resnais retrospective, this month the Gene Siskel Film Center is rerunning a substantial portion of "Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy," which was a s... |
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A perfect day to look behind the masks (30 October 10:30) |
| Sometime in the late 1960s my father, a very handy guy, made a pair of papier-mache Halloween masks for my brother and me. One was a sad-faced clown, only really sad -- more like anguish... |
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Michael Jacksons This Is It 8211 3 stars (29 October 10:30) |
| Features Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega
How much of "Michael Jackson's This Is It" can we believe?
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Dafoe leaps into the taboo in Antichrist (26 October 10:30) |
| Star calls 'Antichrist' extreme and unrelenting
Strange timing: With hordes of moviegoers turning out this month for the min... |
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A Wild spectrum of opinions (23 October 10:30) |
| Like any film worth its salt, "Where the Wild Things Are" has split audiences (and critics) in fascinating ways. Check chicagotribune.com/talkingpictures for the full range of responses thus... |
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Mississippi Damned takes top Chicago Film Festival prize (19 October 10:30) |
| Under a jury headed by Jacqueline Bisset, the 45th Chicago International Film Festival awarded the 1980s-era coming-of-age drama "Mississippi Damned" the Gold Hugo for best feature Saturday.... |
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Mulligans predecessors (18 October 10:30) |
| Carey Mulligan's turn in "An Education" has drawn comparisons to a variety of performers and performances through the years. Among them:
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Films 4 you storybook sports electronics and neuro-wizardry (17 October 10:30) |
| Films 4 you
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Festival judge is a cool customer (16 October 10:30) |
| Actress and glamour icon Jacqueline Bisset, whose work before the cameras has provoked countless hormonal disturbances for decades, is presiding over this year's five-member Chicago Internat... |
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Playing today at the Chicago International Film Festival (13 October 10:30) |
| 'Police, Adjective' ★★★★ Exquisitely methodical black comedy from Romania, and one of the very best of that country's amazing recent crop of pictures exploring the ef... |
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Today at the fest (10 October 10:30) |
| 'Vincere' ★★★1/2 The adjective "operatic" has become almost meaningless through overuse, but it really does apply to the rich, absorbing "Vincere." Director Marco Bellocchi... |
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10 TO SEE (04 October 10:30) |
| Many of the titles competing for your time, money and interest in the 45th annual Chicago International Film Festival, beginning Thursday and concluding Oct. 22, arrive having already had th... |
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10 Films to see at Chicago International Film Festival (04 October 10:30) |
| Many of the titles competing for your time, money and interest in the 45th annual Chicago International Film Festival, beginning Thursday and concluding Oct. 22, arrive having already had th... |
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A minor masterpiece rises from the vault (25 September 10:30) |
| Each year, the UCLA Film & Television Archive rescues another disparate batch of movies from the ignobility of disrepair and potentially life-threatening conditions, striking new prints and ... |
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No Impact could have a significant one (18 September 10:30) |
| Late in 2006, a Manhattan-based writer named Colin Beavan set out to help save the planet and live for one year "without making any net impact on the environment." Along for the ride were hi... |
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Well tell you this Informant rocks (18 September 10:30) |
| Film stars Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey
There's a scene in the deliciousl... |
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How bad do you want it (18 September 10:30) |
| Film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody
From her earlier days and nights ... |
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Roundup (18 September 10:30) |
| 'What's the Matter With Kansas?' ★★★ More a sequel to than an adaptation of Thomas Frank's 2004 bestseller, this documentary succeeds because it tells the right number of s... |
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Julie and Julia The September Issue The Baader Meinhof Complex Alien (12 September 10:30) |
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Underground downtown Barbarella hip-hop (11 September 10:30) |
| So, how underground is a film fest really if it's being held at one of the more prominent art houses in town?
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Alien is back better than ever (11 September 10:30) |
| Thirty years ago, director Ridley Scott's "Alien" introduced one of the better movie marketing taglines in recent history -- "In space, no one can hear you scream" -- and what's astonishing ... |
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Harold and Maude aging gracefully (04 September 10:30) |
| Midnight class at Facets examines the cult film's enduring influence
Twenty-year-old Harold is in l... |
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Tell us when you fell in love with movies (04 September 10:30) |
| If only I could remember, definitively, the first time I set foot inside a movie theater. Did my folks take my brother and me to "Mary Poppins" back in 1964? Possible, but unconfirmed. A ye... |
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Roundup Still Walking 4 stars! Confessions of an Ex-Doofus Itchy-Footed Mutha (04 September 10:30) |
| 'Still Walking' ★★★★
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Filmmaker keeps it real and retro (28 August 10:30) |
| "I have a love-hate relationship with what I've done."
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Siskel Center revival opens up a new wave time capsule (28 August 10:30) |
| Two years before she became the object of every man's lustful gaze (including the director's) in Henri-Georges Clouzot's mad, unfinished "L'Enfer," Romy Schneider starred in "Le Combat Dans ... |
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Pearl Jam rocks the United Center (24 August 05:10) |
| Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam perform at the United Center on Sunday. (Anthony Robert La Penna / For the Chicago Tribune)
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Talkin bout whose generation (24 August 10:30) |
| It's getting hard to argue that any age group dominates pop
Rev Jones of Mountain performs at a con... |
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Foxworthy Fifth-graders smarter than you think (24 August 10:30) |
| You might be a redneck legend if your name is Jeff Foxworthy.
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Assistants battle it out on Rachel Zoe Project (24 August 10:30) |
| LOS ANGELES -- There are tortured assistants, and there is Taylor Jacobson. Jacobson, a petite, bleached blond workaholic, does the torturing.
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thirtysomething DVD twentysomething years later (24 August 10:30) |
| Now coming to DVD, confessional drama about ordinary life had lasting influence
-- Twenty-two years... |
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Inglourious Basterds makes glorious debut at theaters (24 August 10:30) |
| The war effort by Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt has paid off as their history lesson "Inglourious Basterds" claimed victory at the box office with a $37.6 million debut.
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Argentina Tango ambitious but uneven (24 August 10:30) |
| Tango productions typically stick to a tried-and-true formula. A half-dozen couples perform in front of a live band in a revue loosely organized around a brief history of this singularly Arg... |
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Resident Evil star weds (24 August 10:30) |
| Milla Jovovich wed filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson on Saturday in a sunset ceremony at their Beverly Hills home, according to People.com. The 33-year-old supermodel-turned-actress wore a retro-... |
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Man wanted in models death is found hanged (24 August 10:30) |
| Ryan Jenkins, a former reality TV contestant wanted in connection with the death of his ex-wife, model Jasmine Fiore, is found dead in a British Columbia motel room, authorities say.
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Miss Venezuela named 2009 Miss Universe (24 August 09:43) |
| NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Miss Venezuela has been named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas.
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Miss Venezuela named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe pageant for 2nd straight year (24 August 08:41) |
| NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Miss Venezuela has been named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas.
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Hunted reality TV star found dead (24 August 07:21) |
| Murdered Jasmine Fiore and her former husband Ryan Jenkins, who was found dead.
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Reality TV suspected in slaying found dead of apparent suicide (24 August 07:21) |
| Murdered Jasmine Fiore and her former husband Ryan Jenkins, who was found dead.
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Burglary reported at Lindsay Lohans LA home (24 August 03:04) |
| LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police are investigating a reported burglary at Lindsay Lohan's home in the Hollywood Hills. Los Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman says the possible break-in was... |
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Gallery owners feeling pinch of recession (23 August 10:30) |
| Few owners have closed during the recession, but some are relocating, offering deals and re-evaluating their business
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Why dog books are so fetching (23 August 10:30) |
| Why dog books are so fetching
Dog books are always popular, but this year may mark some kind of tipping point as a slew of t... |
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Anne Heche in Spread and hung Actress lives it up in opposing roles (23 August 10:30) |
| With Ashton Kutcher movie and HBO show, actress sinks her teeth into crafting edgy women on the verge
With Ashton Kutcher mo... |
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Gallery owners feeling recession (23 August 10:30) |
| Few owners have closed during the recession, but some are relocating, offering deals and re-evaluating their business
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Implants ID body in reality TV murder (23 August 05:56) |
| Authorities on intensified the manhunt for the reality TV star accused of murdering a former swimsuit model.
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Ne-Yo I was the outcast weird guy in high school (22 August 09:24) |
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Tribute builds on innovations of a jazz giant (22 August 10:30) |
| Only in Chicago.
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