Movies
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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.
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What to stream: ‘The Traitors’ returns, Noah Wyle back in scrubs, Lori Loughlin police drama
Jan 06, 2025 6:00 am - Noah Wyle going back to an emergency room for his new series “The Pitt” and Lana Wilson’s lauded documentary about psychics, “Look Into My Eyes,” are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.
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‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ triumph at Golden Globes
Jan 05, 2025 10:00 pm - Two wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet's 215-minute postwar epic “The Brutalist” and Jacques Audiard's Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical “Emilia Perez” — won top honors at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday.
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‘Mufasa’ and ‘Sonic 3’ rule first weekend of 2025
Jan 05, 2025 6:40 pm - The Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa” claimed the No. 1 spot on the North American box office charts over the first weekend of 2025.
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A Melania Trump documentary from director Brett Ratner will be released by Amazon
Jan 05, 2025 6:24 pm - Incoming first lady Melania Trump will be the subject of a new documentary directed by Brett Ratner and distributed by Amazon Prime Video.
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David Fincher gives ‘Seven’ a final, 4K UHD glow up for its 30th anniversary
Jan 03, 2025 9:18 am - For David Fincher, seeing “Seven” in 4K was an experience he can only describe as harrowing. That or a high school reunion.
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Movies in 2024: Lessons from a turbulent year at the box office
Jan 02, 2025 3:56 pm - Movie ticket sales took a bit of a hit in 2024. The annual domestic box office is expected to end up at around $8.75 billion, down more than 3% from 2023, according to estimates from Comscore.
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Golden Globes 2025: Who’s nominated, hosting, presenting, the honorees, what they’ll eat and more
Jan 02, 2025 10:08 am - The Golden Globes return Sunday with major star appeal thanks to a slew of big-name nominees, including Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande and more.
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How Timothée Chalamet transformed into Bob Dylan for ‘A Complete Unknown’
Dec 31, 2024 7:51 pm - How many roads must a man walk down to play Bob Dylan? Quite a few, at least, if you’re Timothée Chalamet. Off and on for some six years, Chalamet has been obsessively working toward his performance in “A Complete Unknown.”