Movies
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'Barbie' leads Golden Globe nominations with 9, followed closely by 'Oppenheimer'
Dec 11, 2023 12:00 am - Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" dominated the Golden Globe Awards nominations with nine nods for the blockbuster film, including best picture musical or comedy as well as acting...
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Sara Bareilles dons her apron once more with 'Waitress' live-capture film
Dec 08, 2023 4:00 am - NEW YORK - She was an admired pop star with a voice like butter. But writing a musical about a woman who bakes pies? When Sara Bareilles was approached more than a decad...
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Wonderful novel about an 'invisible' young woman becomes the oddball film 'Eileen'
Dec 07, 2023 5:00 am - “Eileen” — ★ ★ Something strange has happened to Eileen Dunlop, and we don't just mean the plot of “Eileen.” The adaptation of novelist Ottessa Moshfegh's delicious...
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Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' is a master surveying his empire
Dec 07, 2023 4:00 am - “The Boy and the Heron” — ★ ★ ★ ½ When Hayao Miyazaki's “The Boy and the Heron” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, filmmaker Guiller...
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'Fallen Leaves' is deadpan nirvana
Dec 06, 2023 10:00 pm - “Fallen Leaves” — ★ ★ ★ ★ In a movie year rife with grand, three-hour opuses from auteur filmmakers comes a slender 81-minute gem that outclasses them all. Aki Kaur...
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St. Charles filmmaker pledges scarier sequel to locally shot horror movie 'Munger Road'Dec 06, 2023 4:30 am - St. Charles writer and director Nicholas Smith is planning a sequel to his first film "Munger Road," a horror movie set in his hometown that hit theaters over a decade a...
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See 'The Last Waltz' with After Hours Film Society Dec. 11Dec 05, 2023 10:00 pm - The After Hours Film Society presents Martin Scorsese's classic concert film "The Last Waltz" on Monday, Dec. 11, at Tivoli Theatre. It started as a concert. It became a...
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20 years after 'Sideways,' Paul Giamatti may finally land his first best actor Oscar nomination
Dec 05, 2023 5:00 am - NEW YORK — When Paul Giamatti made “Sideways” with Alexander Payne, he stayed in a little house in the middle of a large vineyard. At the end of a day of shooting, he wo...
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See "A Man Called Otto" at Wauconda library FridayDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - A matinee screening of the film "A Man Called Otto" starring Tom Hanks will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the Wauconda Area Public Library, 801 N. Main St. Popcor...
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'Past Lives,' 'May December' and 'American Fiction' lead Spirit Award nominations
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - Celine Song's "Past Lives," Todd Haynes' "May December" and Cord Jefferson's "American Fiction" got a leading five nominations, including best feature, from the Film Ind...