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4/4 The Aura
3.5/4 The Road to Guantanamo
3/4 The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq
2.5/4 Islam: What the West Needs to Know
2/4 Edmond
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"Screenwriter Kate Boutilier provides plenty of sharp patter." -- Chicago Reader
Posted May 20, 2008
 
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)80%
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3/4
 
"Perceptive and poignant, Caramel observes the love lives of the establishment's owner, her employees and their customers." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Caramel (2008)91%
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2.5/4
 
"Smacks of an audition exercise." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Feb 27, 2008
 
Tre (2008)53%
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3.5/4
 
"Jia Zhang-ke is a new auteur making his mark. Embraced abroad on the international festival circuit, if less welcome on screens in China, this writer-director works in a genre that could be called globalist." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
Still Life (2008)91%
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3/4
 
"A blunt look at how anger binds generations." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
Times and Winds (2008)76%
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3/4
 
"Steep is a throwback to the early days of movies when the sight of things in motion was a thrill in itself. Seeing leaves rustling in the wind or waves on the sea was a marvel." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
Steep (2007)55%
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"If you missed the first One Missed Call, made in Japan in 2004, you now can miss the American remake." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jan 7, 2008
 
One Missed Call (2008)0%
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3/4
 
"Live-in Maid is a study of two women who appear not to like each other very much, yet their link makes for a moving drama about friendship." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Live-In Maid (2004)100%
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3/4
 
"[Director] Swanberg nails the inane fun of youth." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)66%
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3/4
 
"Drawing a line between official and unofficial forces is irrelevant since both are paid with our taxes, Shadow Company throws light on that bottom line in the war on terror." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Oct 5, 2007
 
Shadow Company (2007)85%
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2.5/4
 
"Artful framing and 23 peppy songs on the soundtrack lend a gloss to subject matter that alternately repels and fascinates..." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
Manda Bala (2007)80%
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2.5/4
 
"'Hitchcockian' is the less than lilting compliment used to hype this Long Island noir." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
If I Didn't Care (2007)37%
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2/4
 
"Unfortunately, the couple's intimacy is not especially interesting." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
The Garden of Earthly Delights (2004)67%
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1.5/4
 
"This trivial film toys with the postmodern lifestyles." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Freshman Orientation (2007)33%
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2/4
 
"After a promising start, Griffin Dunne's film bogs down and simply turns into a predictable mish-mash of a movie that is shrill and heavy-handed and totally trite." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Fierce People (2007)24%
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3/4
 
"On all counts, the co-directors of this persuasive documentary set the right tone." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
The Devil Came On Horseback (2007)98%
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2.5/4
 
"A little voiceover commentary might add more than the sound of his panting." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
9 Star Hotel (2006)63%
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3/4
 
"This artfully muted film pays off with a desperate act of eloquence." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
In Between Days (2006)84%
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1.5/4
 
"In its gore, Hatchet is not especially inventive" -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
Hatchet (2007)46%
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2.5/4
 
"Osmond and Rothwell do a commendable job of mining a rich archive of material." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
Deep Water (2007)96%
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2/4
 
"Don't bet on this Israeli drama exploding any cliches." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
The Bubble (2007)55%
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3/4
 
"This verite digital video about coping with natural disaster contains exotic characters, tragic hardships, bureaucratic indifference, inner demons and the birth of a crack baby." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Kamp Katrina (2007)80%
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2/4
 
"Too bad co-writers/co-directors Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine don't investigate -- and ingratiate -- the way their target does in his own films." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Manufacturing Dissent (2007)52%
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1.5/4
 
"Dennis Bartok writes this lackluster anthology of four juvenile horror stories dripping with sexual dread and goofball gore." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Trapped Ashes (2006)33%
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2/4
 
"Dans Paris has a lot of whining about women, interrupted with impulsive trysts and bouts of dancing." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Dans Paris (2007)60%
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3/4
 
"International talents converge for an entertaining genre exercise." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Ladron que Roba a Ladron (To Rob a Thief) (2007)62%
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2/4
 
"The fright is crafted well enough, but the twist at the end calls for more originality than filmmakers David Moreau and Xavier Palud wield." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Them (2007)63%
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3/4
 
"Unlike the intense cadets for Christ and creationism in the recent documentary Jesus Camp, the kids in the sweet Summercamp! have fun!" -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Summercamp! (2007)77%
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3/4
 
"The camera work is always note-perfect." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Gypsy Caravan (2006)85%
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3/4
 
"Belle Toujours lets us peer at one master embroidering on the legacy of another master." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Belle Toujours (2006)67%
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2.5/4
 
"Moliere hardly matches the clever mockery of its 17th century inspiration." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Moliere (2007)70%
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4/4
 
"Loktev creates a minimalist study of unfathomable faith." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Day Night Day Night (2007)71%
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3/4
 
"A smart, tender love story." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
The Treatment (2007)68%
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3/4
 
"This revelatory documentary lets us see what it's like to be an actress at an audition." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Casting About (2007)63%
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3/4
 
"Burtynsky calls for "a whole new way of thinking" about the world's economy and ecology, though he never says what's wrong with the old way." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 27, 2007
 
Manufactured Landscapes (2007)84%
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2.5/4
 
"Delightful in places, the surreal stunts are lovingly crafted. As a seaworthy film, though, Fiona's folly is more pratfall than plot." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 27, 2007
 
L'Iceberg (2007)71%
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1.5/4
 
"The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai is far less silly than it thinks it is. The upbeat vibe of super-female power misfires with a gratuitous rape scene." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 23, 2007
 
The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai (2007)30%
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3/4
 
"Perverse humor pervades the films of Lars von Trier." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 23, 2007
 
The Boss of it All (2007)73%
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2.5/4
 
"[Director] Boe's technique has more flash than passion." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 23, 2007
 
Allegro (2005)60%
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2/4
 
"The director's existential sarcasm is muted here." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 23, 2007
 
Lights In The Dusk (2007)68%
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3/4
 
"Punk's Not Dead serves as a diehard's scrapbook of three decades of living punk, not a eulogy for an extinct underground retrofitted as a fashion trend." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 23, 2007
 
Punk's Not Dead (2007)88%
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3/4
 
"This Macbeth is true to the ugly-hearted original. No one is redeemed by gore, or absolved of madness. Nor do lines sound any less sublime when channeled through underlings and overlords." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Macbeth (2007)46%
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3.5/4
 
"If Machiavelli's The Prince and Sun Tzu's The Art of War translate to other centuries and cultures, so might Election and Triad Election." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Triad Election (2007)96%
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2.5/4
 
"Election feels routine at times, though less formulaic than other genre exercises from Hong Kong. The depiction of crime customs is sociologically detailed." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Election (2005)86%
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2/4
 
"Slick cinematography makes this bland social comedy always watchable, but the movie has its insipid moments." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Hula Girls (2007)50%
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3/4
 
"An unnerving riff on South Korean women fixated on the idea of ul-jjang ('best face')." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Time (2007)81%
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3/4
 
"Rock the Bells deals with the mechanics of how to pull off a concert, not with what brought Wu-Tang Clan together or split them up. The impressive teamwork of the promoters upstages the egos of hip-hop divos and their rampaging fans." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jun 29, 2007
 
Rock the Bells (2007)83%
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3/4
 
"In the compelling documentary Six Days, Israeli director Ilan Ziv details the conflict that set Egypt, Syria and Jordan against Israe;." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jun 29, 2007
 
Six Days (2007)63%
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3/4
 
"An easy-viewing intro to a racy episode in art history." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jun 22, 2007
 
Klimt (2006)29%

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