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‘Heart of Invictus’ review: Veterans push through injuries to compete, with the help of Prince Harry
Prince Harry launched the Invictus Games nearly a decade ago and the Netflix docuseries follows several athletes as they prepare for the games.
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Ahead of big sports weekend, dispute with Disney leaves millions of cable subscribers in the dark
The dispute between Disney and Charter Communications Inc. resulted in ESPN, ABC, FX, National Geographic and Disney-branded stations going abruptly dark on Thursday night for Charter’s Spectrum TV subscribers.
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10 things to do around Chicago for Labor Day weekend: Bike the Drive, the parade and the last summer fireworks at Navy Pier
If you feel like you’ve still got some summer to get in this Labor Day weekend, we can help.
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‘Unforgotten’ and ‘Van der Valk’ reviews: Masterpiece Mystery returns with new seasons of familiar procedurals
In "Unforgotten," London detectives work cold cases. In “Van der Valk," it's murder police working in Amsterdam, but starring a cast of British actors.
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‘The Good Mother’ review: The real mystery? Hilary Swank’s bad luck with screenplays
This crime drama is a strange, tentative beast: It overpacks in the early going, and then dog-paddles around, pausing for scenes of Hilary Swank's character drinking, thinking, driving, ruminating, watching.
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‘Contra/Banned’ at the Siskel Center: Sex, religion, Jayne Mansfield and other movie troublemakers
"Contra/Banned" curator Rebecca Fons: "With book bans around the country right now, it felt like the Film Center could do something in response."
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Column: ‘We Grown Now,’ about a Cabrini-Green boyhood friendship, will open the Chicago International Film Fest. A new Chicago classic?
This is a gentle but powerful new film from Chicago native Minhal Baig, following two boys growing up in the public housing project in the early 1990s.
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Fall movie preview 2023: Our 10 titles from a Hollywood season subject to change
Will the "Hunger Games" prequel cast a spell? Will Ridley Scott meet his Waterloo? The Tribune fall movie preview is here.
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‘PBS Arts Talk’ review: One-on-one celebrity interviews, PBS-style
Choreographer Twyla Tharp, renowned for her talent but also a palpable annoyance with celebrity, is the sharp-elbowed standout.
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Fall TV preview 2023: 15 shows premiering in the coming weeks as the Hollywood strike continues
The work stoppage will affect the network TV lineup. But the streamers and premium cable channels have new shows coming down the pike.
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12 things to do around Chicago: LatiNxt at Navy Pier, the Chicago Tri and a show with very good dogs
Cultural and maybe literal gridlock is coming to the Chicago area this weekend, including lots of live music and the Great American Dog Show at McCormick Place. Read on.
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What is film noir? ‘Suffering with style’ — Chicago’s 13th annual Noir City fest is now at the Music Box
TCM "Noir Alley" host Eddie Muller, an expert on the subject, is in Chicago to introduce some of the films.
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Review: ‘Perpetrator’ is a hypnotic and bloody career high for Chicago filmmaker Jennifer Reeder
This is a sly, poetically gory vision of predation, female rage, female survival and every kind of shape-shifting women learn, out of necessity, when they’re young.
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‘Reinventing Elvis: The ‘68 Comeback’ review: An aging pop star comes roaring back, if only for a moment
You can only be the face of youth culture for so long before changing tastes edge you out. What then?
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‘Bottoms’ review: In a queer ‘Fight Club’ with a side of ‘Heathers,’ the jokes and punches fly
In the realm of “Bottoms,” jokes about sexual assault, the raging patriarchy and Black Republicans not yet of voting age are equally fair game.
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Column: ‘The Blind Side’ and Hollywood’s willful blindness to the truth
When it comes to biopics, what kind of fidelity to the truth do you expect from Hollywood?
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‘The Unknown Country’ review: At the Siskel Film Center, a beautiful debut film starring Lily Gladstone
In "The Unknown Country," Lily Gladstone's Tana is often seen, wordlessly, thinking back on her responsibilities or simply ruminating. But when she speaks, we listen.
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What is the new ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ series on Disney+ and why you should care
“Ahsoka,” so far, leaves us wondering where “Star Wars” is now. Do we still love it? Do we need it?
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Classic Cinemas founder Willis Johnson is dead at 86. His dedication saved downtown theaters in communities across Chicagoland.
He was "one of the best guys in the business,” said his friend and fellow suburban theater owner Dino Vlahakis of the Pickwick Theatre. “He was a true showman."
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10 Things to do around Chicago: Chance, Axl Rose and ‘Dance for Life’ — and may the Force be with the Chicago Dogs
Looking ahead at this weekend and next week, there are concerts by Chance the Rapper, the Goo Goo Dolls and Guns N’ Roses, plus a two-day gathering for Bulls fans.