Echo Chamber Drama: A Review Of Shyamalan’s “Knock At The Cabin”
At the end of the world in a rental cabin in a night full of strangers.
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By Ray Pride
By Ray Pride
By Ray Pride
By Ray Pride
at by Ray Pride
At the end of the world in a rental cabin in a night full of strangers.
at by Ray Pride
THIS WEEK: heaping helpings of film history in a partial list of offerings around town: “Forbidden Paradise” at Chicago Film Society; “Dancer in the Dark” and “Scent Of A Woman” at DOC Films; “One Fine Morning,” “Argento 1970s” and “War and Peace” at Siskel; and “Close,” “Ace in the Hole” and “Escape from New York” at Music Box.
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Almost nothing has been written about Walter Hill or his great work. A new book, which the director cooperated with, is “A Walter Hill Film” by critic Walter Chaw. There’s much I learned even as a lifelong student of Hill’s work: “The Warriors.” “Streets of Fire.” “48 HRS.”
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Mia Hansen-Løve, Magic Mike redux, and feasting on Argento and Wilder
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THIS WEEK: Midwest Film Festival’s Best of The Midwest Awards Shorts Showcase; “Local Hero” at Block Cinema; “Relative” and “Tár” at Facets; “Framing Agnes,” “US,” “The Great Dictator” and “Sátántangó” at Siskel; and “Infinity Pool,” “Memoria” and “Sunset Boulevard” at Music Box.
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THIS WEEK: What a week! Masterpieces: And how! “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” at Chicago Film Society; “Baby Face” and “The Crime of Monsieur Lange” at DOC Films; “No Bears” and “Dekalog,” at Siskel; and “Double Indemnity,” “Assault on Precinct 13” and “Rules of the Game” at Music Box.
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THIS WEEK: “Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans” at Chicago Film Society; “Aftersun” at Facets; “Magnolia” and “The Seventh Seal” at DOC Films; “Saint Omer,” “Broker,” “Alcarràs” and “La Flor” at Siskel; and “Predator,” “Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “Ball of Fire” and “So Sweet… So Perverse” at Music Box.
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“M3GAN” sells itself in its first handful of seconds in how it introduces the handiwork of roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams, “Get Out”) and her present product, PurrPetual Petz from Funki.
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“Synecdoche, New York” and “Ikiru” at DOC Films; “Ninotchka” and “Total Recall” at Music Box; “OUT 1: Noli Me Tangere,” “Alcarrás” and “Broker” at Siskel. “Corsage,” “Living,” “A Man Called Otto” and “M3GAN” open.
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“No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough,” Roger Ebert said.
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