When life gets you down, sometimes it seems like there’s no road up. Co-directors Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel take an in-depth look into The Cara Program, an employment support group that aids struggling Chicagoans…
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Retrospectives
‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’: 35 Years Later, Life Still Moves Pretty Fast
by James Y. Leeby James Y. LeeI: Context It’s difficult to name a director more influential to the teenage film landscape than John Hughes; for that matter, it’s difficult to name a director who left such a tangible mark on Hollywood…
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Judy Garland was a performer with a capital P. She is an icon above icons, a movie star in every sense of the word. She was also a human being whose life off camera was…
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Sometimes, the Academy of Arts and Sciences leaves you saying, “wait, you chose that as the Best Picture winner?” People have said this phrase quite a bit over the years, and there’s no doubting that the Academy…
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After a few noteworthy prestige films that included Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen is back with Widows, a film that is sure to wow all kinds of audiences with its genre flair.…