Movies
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Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece
Dec 12, 2020 6:25 am - There will come a time, next year or maybe later, when 2020 will have receded enough that we'll no longer experience it as the Never-ending Now, when time became maddeni...
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Ang Lee on 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' 20 years laterDec 11, 2020 10:00 am - NEW YORK — It's physically impossible to get to the forest fight scene that hovers atop slender bamboo trees in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and not say out loud “Wh...
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Widescreen: Two John Hughes films make their Blu-ray debut in 2021Dec 11, 2020 5:00 am - It won't magically arrive in time for the holidays like Neal Page did at his Kenilworth home in the closing moments of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” but a new Blu-ra...
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'The hap-hap-happiest' holiday films of Northbrook's John HughesDec 10, 2020 5:00 am - Filmmaker and longtime Northbrook resident John Hughes is known mostly for his comic teenage romance films that greatly contributed to the “Brat Pack” legacy of the 1980...
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Rachel Brosnahan channels a gangster's wife in Amazon's 'I'm Your Woman'
Dec 10, 2020 5:00 am - “I'm Your Woman” - ★ ★ ½ When it's at its best, “I'm Your Woman” feels like you've slipped through a trap door, revealing a hidden pathway in an old genre apparatu...
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Romance unfolds slowly in John Patrick Shanley's film 'Wild Mountain Thyme'Dec 10, 2020 5:00 am - “Wild Mountain Thyme” - ★ ★ ½ Ask any actor, Irish accents are notoriously tricky. Even natives can struggle with regional dialects. So it is a little alarming tha...
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Netflix's 'The Prom' a loving, campy tribute to musical theater
Dec 10, 2020 5:00 am - “The Prom” - ★ ★ ★ People who, for Lord knows why, hold musicals in low regard, please pause right here. This notice will be of little use to you. No, the apprais...
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Streep, Soderbergh team up for pleasant 'Let Them All Talk' on HBO Max
Dec 09, 2020 12:00 am - Steven Soderbergh's latest film, "Let Them All Talk," is filled with several not-insignificant pleasures, starting with Meryl Streep as a slightly superior and self-abso...
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Best Bets: Lyric Opera streams 'Pasión Latina' concertDec 08, 2020 5:00 am - Latin passion Puerto Rican soprano Ana María Martínez headlines the virtual concert "Pasión Latina." She's joined by Mexican American tenors René Barbera, David Portillo...
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Riz Ahmed probes purpose in 'Sound of Metal'
Dec 07, 2020 5:00 am - Riz Ahmed knows how he sounds. Seated for a Zoom interview in late October, he's spent the past few minutes detailing the arduous process of preparing to star in "Sound ...