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Stand-by

The initial idea is provocative: a man abandons his wife in the cafeteria of a F...

Dinner Rush

A nicely shaped script by Chicagoans Rick Shaughnessy and Brian Kalata makes thi...

Wendigo

Completing a loose trilogy of revisionist horror films that’s already seen Habit...

Kandahar

Started in 2000 near the Afghan border in Iran, shot in rough and haphazard con...

Miracle Mile

Written and directed by Steve DeJarnatt, this taut, apocalyptic thriller shows ...

Meet The Parents

It’s tempting to call this low-budget, independent 1991 feature by Chicago stand...

Kid Stuff: A Glimpse at Movie Wonder

Written in January 2006 for 1000 Films To Change Your Life, an anthology edited ...

Smell Of Camphor, Fragrance Of Jasmine

Iranian filmmaker Bahman Farmanara produced one of Abbas Kiarostami’s early feat...

The Hole

Last year the Film Center screened Last Dance, the 69-minute film directed by T...

State And Main

From the December 11, 2000 Chicago Reader. — J.R. Writer-director David Mamet e...

Play It To The Bone

From the Chicago Reader (January 17, 2000). — J.R. Even when his work is at its...

High Fidelity

If you can put up with all the archness and self-consciousness—there’s quite a b...

Destroy All Monsters!

From the Chicago Reader (June 1, 2000). — J.R. “All” is right; Godzilla, Mothra,...

Shower

This likable comedy-drama from mainland China cogently demonstrates that some of...

I’m The One That I Want

This feature-length film (2000) of Margaret Cho’s potent one-woman show recalls ...

Introduction to the Chinese edition of ACTING IN THE CI...

Written in mid-February 2013 for the publication of the Chinese edition of James...

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