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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald takes place in the Harry Potter universe, but it lacks the magic 5
Just because you can append more films to a bankable franchise doesn’t mean you should.
by Leah Pickett | Nov 15, 2018
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Luke Skywalker still has lessons to learn in Star Wars: The Last Jedi 32
Writer-director Rian Johnson honors the franchise’s long history of pedagogy.
by Leah Pickett | Dec 20, 2017
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There's something ugly about I Feel Pretty 11
In the new Amy Schumer comedy, the road to empowerment leads straight to the cash register
by Leah Pickett | Apr 20, 2018
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Charlie Siskel discusses his new documentary about the author of The Anarchist Cookbook 1
by Leah Pickett | Oct 14, 2016
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A Q&A with filmmaker Jamal Joseph on Chapter & Verse and the prison industrial complex
by Leah Pickett | Feb 14, 2017
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald takes place in the Harry Potter universe, but it lacks the magic 5
Just because you can append more films to a bankable franchise doesn’t mean you should.
by Leah Pickett | Nov 15, 2018
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I Am Not a Witch signals the auspicious arrival of a fierce new talent, director Rungano Nyoni
A Zambian girl, falsely accused and imprisoned, refuses to be objectified or underestimated.
by Leah Pickett | Sep 27, 2018
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Chicago Underground Film Festival: The Shorts 2
Reader critics assess eight short works screening in the 25th edition
by Andrea Gronvall | Jun 5, 2018
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There's something ugly about I Feel Pretty 11
In the new Amy Schumer comedy, the road to empowerment leads straight to the cash register
by Leah Pickett | Apr 20, 2018
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You Were Never Really Here updates Taxi Driver to an even colder urban landscape 4
Joaquin Phoenix stars as a hit man who specializes in rescuing child prostitutes.
by Leah Pickett | Apr 12, 2018