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The Morning After: Upcoming Projects For 2009 Oscar Winners
CHICAGO– The legacy of Oscar winners following their wins with horrible career choices is long and well-recorded. Perhaps the best piece of news about this year’s Academy Award winners is that they are...
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Film Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated Films of Summer 2011
CHICAGO– It’s the most wonderful time of the year as moviegoers shake off the doldrums of winter weather, awards season snoozers, and a truly horrendous first trimester of 2011 and finally get to see...
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Film News: ‘Tree of Life’ Wins Top Prize at Cannes Film Festival
CHICAGO– Thirty-three years after winning the Best Director Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his 1978 drama, “Days of Heaven,” maverick filmmaker Terrence Malick has received an even greater...
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Film Review: Terrence Malick’s Captivating Meditation on ‘The Tree of Life’
CHICAGO– I’ve seen Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” twice now and I still struggle with how to put my reaction to it into words. The film almost defies typical critical discussion with its lack of...
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Film Feature: All Things Shine in Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’
CHICAGO– “Where is it that we were together? Who were you that I lived with? The brother. The friend. Darkness, light. Strife and love. Are they the workings of one mind? The features of the same face?...
View ArticleCelebrity News: ‘Treme’ Actor Michael Showers Found Dead at 45 in Mississippi...
CHICAGO– Foul play may be involved in the discovery of the body of an actor from one of HBO’s hit shows. Michael Showers, best known for his work in the HBO series “Treme,” was found dead yesterday...
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Blu-Ray Review: Poetic Vision of Terrence Malick’s Beautiful ‘The Tree of Life’
CHICAGO– Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” has stirred up a bit of controversy since its debut early in the Summer of 2011. You almost certainly saw the stories (or Facebook posts or tweets) about...
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Film News: Awards Season in Full Gear With LAFCA, NYFCO, SFFCC Winners
CHICAGO– The winner announcements keep flying in as the award season for film swings into full gear. This past weekend, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), New York Film Critics Online...
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Film News: Nominations For Critics’ Choice Awards Revealed
CHICAGO– Nominations have just been released this morning for this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards, and some common trends in award ceremonies we have already seen continue in this set of nominees. With...
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Film News: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’ Leads 2011 Chicago Film...
CHICAGO– It may have had a controversial journey to the big screen, but the Chicago Film Critics Association thought that Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” was worth the wait, nominating it today...
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Film News: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’ Wins Four 2011 Chicago Film...
CHICAGO– Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” led the way for film in the eyes of the Chicago Film Critics Association, as they have dubbed it the Best Picture of 2011. Malick also took Best Director...
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Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2011
CHICAGO– We could tell, very early on, that 2011 would be a stellar year for film. As the year opened, great genre product like “Source Code,” “Hanna,” and “The Adjustment Bureau” entertained viewers...
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Film Feature: Predictions For the 84th Annual Academy Award Nominations
CHICAGO– Another year, another Oscar season. Blah. As much as I love the Oscars, there’s something about this one that feels just a little different — a little more jaded, a little more apathetic, a...
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Film News: Nostalgia Rules as ‘The Artist,’ ‘Hugo’ Lead 84th Annual Academy...
CHICAGO– Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” became the most Oscar-nominated film of 2011 on Tuesday morning, leading the way with eleven nominations but followed closely by “The Artist” with ten nods. There were...
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Film Review: Terrence Malick’s ‘To the Wonder’ Nearly Drowns in its Own Beauty
CHICAGO– Deservedly renowned as one of our greatest living filmmakers, Terrence Malick has a reputation for taking his time with each project. He won’t make a picture unless he feels a burning desire...
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Interview: Jeff Nichols Explores Love From Male Perspective in ‘Mud’
CHICAGO– Rare is the film that explores love from a male perspective and doesn’t become overtly preoccupied with sex. Writer/director Jeff Nichols’s fabulously entertaining third feature, “Mud,” is a...
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