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Al Pacino and his 'Stand Up Guys' among the stars slotted for CIFF
With its founder Michael Kutza nearing his half-century mark as leader, the Chicago International Film Festival announced its 48th edition slate Thursday. Heavily concentrated, as it has been in recent years, at the downtown AMC River East 21 multiplex,...
Tags: Cloud Atlas (movie), Viola Davis, Something in the Air (movie), Chicago International Film Festival, Romania
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Chicago International Film Festival's first slate announced
Broadly speaking, a film festival's programmers can handle news of a new lineup one of two ways: all at once, or nearly; or the drib-drab approach. The Chicago International Film Festival goes for the dribs and drabs. The 48th edition of founder and...
Tags: Chicago International Film Festival, Plant Closings, Arts and Culture, Cannes Film Festival, Keep the Lights On (movie)
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'Silver Linings Playbook' snags Spirit awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The persistent irony of the Film Independent Spirit Awards is that as much as they're positioned as the DIY antidote to the Academy Awards, the indie film with the most Oscars recognition almost invariably reaps the greatest...
Tags: Safety Not Guaranteed (movie), Helen Hunt, Magic Mike (movie), Bernie (movie), Bradley Cooper
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Why sex onstage rarely works
After I pointed out that the Goodman Theatre production of Christopher Shinn's "Teddy Ferrara" contains a goodly amount of onstage groping, poking and unbuttoning, a fevered member of the Twitterati made a rather stinging observation. "Chris Jones," the...
Tags: Patrick Wilson, Helen Hunt, Polio, Lena Dunham, Arts and Culture
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Highs, lows — and a graceful exit
It's my final column of the year and, for that matter, the new millennium — not to mention of all time. Unless it isn't. I'm so confused. Anyhow, let's look at the highs and lows of 2012 — not that you have much choice if you're going to...
Tags: Six Feet Under (tv program), Patti LuPone, Hyde Park on Hudson (movie), Michael Clarke Duncan, The Good Wife (tv program)
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Spielberg's 'Lincoln' leads Golden Globe nominations with seven
The nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday by Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms. Steven Spielberg's epic on the 16th president, "Lincoln," stood out in the film categories with seven Golden Globe nominations, followed...
Tags: Cloud Atlas (movie), The Intouchables (movie), Modern Family (tv program), Naomi Watts, Bryan Cranston
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3 Oscar-worthy performances
I'm pretty sure we can account for three of the best-male-actor nominees when the Academy Awards lists come out on Jan. 10. I've just seen a trio of excellent performances: Denzel Washington in "Flight," Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln" and John Hawkes in...Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Robert Zemeckis, Helen Hunt, TNT (tv network), Bernie (movie)
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'The Sessions' tells tale of the virgin's diary ★★★ 1/2
In 1990 the writer Mark O'Brien contributed an article for the literary magazine The Sun called "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate." A survivor of childhood polio, the substantially disabled O'Brien spent much of his sleeping and waking hours confined to an...
Tags: Lungs and Airways, Helen Hunt, Foursquare, Polio, Spencer Tracy
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Chicago International Film Festival to honor Joan Allen, Viola Davis, Helen Hunt
Congratulations to Joan Allen, Viola Davis and Helen Hunt, who will all attend the Chicago International Film Festival (Oct. 11-25) to accept a Silver Hugo award for "significant achievements and contributions to the arts," the fest announced this...
Tags: Viola Davis, Chicago International Film Festival, Helen Hunt, Academy Awards, Won't Back Down (movie)
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Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list
Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang...
Tags: Stuart, Frankenweenie (movie), Anna Karenina (movie), Photography and Video, 5 Broken Cameras (movie)
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The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...
Tags: Arts, James Franco, Hattie McDaniel, It's a Wonderful Life (movie), Lillian Gish
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'Silver Linings Playbook' wins best feature at Indie Spirit Awards
David O. Russell's dramatic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" took home the best feature prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon at a raucous ceremony hosted by Andy Samberg on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a big afternoon for...
Tags: Helen Hunt, Safety Not Guaranteed (movie), Magic Mike (movie), Jason Bateman, Bernie (movie)
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