Movies
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Six films vie for honors at Elgin Short Film Festival SaturdayOct 03, 2024 7:04 pm - Six films will vie for top honors on Saturday during the 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival at the Hemmens Cultural Center.
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Spinning its wheels: ‘Folie à Deux’ reckons with ‘The Joker’
Oct 03, 2024 12:56 pm - If there’s one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips’ divisive 2019 original “Joker” and his new follow-up, it’s that these movies are best when they dance.
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Gibson’s crusty cop highlights a flawed but fun pre-Halloween treat in ‘Monster Summer’Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - The visually slick indie movie “Monster Summer” meets its modest aspirations as a fun, end-of-summer romp targeting a tweener demographic anxious for another “Goonies” knockoff.
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Committed, fearless Ronan triumphs in nonfiction addiction drama ‘The Outrun’Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - Nora Fingscheidt’s contemplative and cluttered biographical drama “The Outrun” adds a little bit of individuality to the cinematic canon of struggling substance abusers bottoming out until finally clawing their way out of addiction to face a brighter tomorrow.
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Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ lands theatrical release for early 2025
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Local film to premiere in Elk Grove VillageOct 01, 2024 12:36 pm - In the world of independent films, there's low-budget, microbudget, and no-budget. With a total production cost of under 20K, the independent Dark Comedy “Girl in the Refrigerator” would qualify as a no-budget film.
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What to stream: Coldplay, an unhinged Charlie Puth, ‘Salem’s Lot,’ Sarah Paulson and NHL 25
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Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
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Filmmaker Jim Merkel to screen ‘Saving Walden’s World’ at McHenry County CollegeSep 27, 2024 2:54 pm - Jim Merkel transformed his work from helping to develop weapons to building sustainable systems. See his film “Saving Walden’s World” on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at McHenry County College.
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Provocative, genre-bending ‘A Different Man’ gets under our skin in unexpected ways