Movies
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Pamela Anderson dazzles in Vegas drama ‘The Last Showgirl’
Jan 10, 2025 8:40 am - Pamela Anderson, Golden Globe-nominated for “The Last Showgirl,” brings a bone-deep understanding to Shelly, a bubbly 50-something Las Vegas showgirl who’s poured her life into the once spectacular, now tired and struggling topless revue “Le Razzle Dazzle.”
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In ‘Hard Truths,’ Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the performance of the year
Jan 09, 2025 8:27 am - Pansy is angry and she doesn’t know why. For Pansy, the unforgettable heroine of Mike Leigh’s film “Hard Truths,” portrayed by Marianne Jean-Baptiste, that simmering discontent is her all day, every day. It’s life, and she can’t break the cycle.
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Participate or keep it quiet? Recent sing-alongs tap into larger discussion on moviegoing etiquette
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Robbie Williams has always lived to entertain. In ‘Better Man,’ he’s still doing it
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With ‘The Room Next Door,’ Pedro Almodovar makes a lively movie about death
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National Board of Review Awards hold space for ‘Wicked’
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‘Wicked’ tops SAG Awards nominations as many big names are snubbed
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Screen Actors Guild Awards cancel live nominations announcement due to Los Angeles wildfires
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A novel approach: ‘Brutalist’ a captivating, ambitious epic that feels like a book, looks like a paintingJan 07, 2025 1:47 pm - Austere, foreboding, harsh and intoxicatingly masculine. What’s to like about Brady Corbet’s third movie “The Brutalist”? Not much. And yet, it’s the best picture of 2024, just now opening in Chicago.
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Best Bets: ‘Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah’ returns to Chicago’s AuditoriumJan 07, 2025 10:17 am - The jazz-infused “Too Hot to Handel” reimagining of Handel’s oratorio returns to Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, and author Jenniffer Weigel performs her solo stage show in Highland Park.