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Talking Screens: Wachowskis' "Speed Racer" at the Music Box | The Kafkaesque "Two Prosecutors" | Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers"
16+ hour, 46+ min ago (261+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | April 2, 2026 Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, April 3-9, 2026 John Woo's 1989 action masterpiece "The Killer" is the latest Golden Princess 4K restoration to hit the big screen in wide release....
Talking Screens: "Marc by Sofia" Mourns Lost Youth | Germanic Gothic "Miroirs No. 3" | Paul Verhoeven's "Elle"
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (300+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | March 26, 2026 Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, March 27-April 2, 2026 There's at least one lovely thundercrack: to take bows after one of the shows, Jacobs emerges wearing straightforward garb'dark…...
E.T. Stone Home: Buddy Picture "Hail Mary Project"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (158+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | March 17, 2026 "Half Nelson" meets "E.T" would have been one of the more unlikely movie pitches of the modern movie era if it weren't based on a novel by Andy…...
Talking Screens: "Pi" on Pi Day at Pi O'Clock | Chicago Critics Film Festival | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's First Feature in Twelve Years
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (389+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | March 12, 2026 Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, March 13-19, 2026 The ninety-eighth Academy Awards are presented on Sunday; some contenders could pop up on local screens. The Chicago Critics Film…...
Talking Screens: Maggie Gyllenhaal's 1930s Chicago Film | Óliver Laxe's "Sirat" | "Mr. Nobody Against Putin"
4+ week, 16+ hour ago (512+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | March 5, 2026 Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, March 6-12, 2026 New reviews this week: "liver Laxe's "Sirat"; Satyajit Ray's "Days And Nights In The Forest"; doll-faced forest horror "Dolly"; Hong…...
Michael Glover Smith Makes the Case for Bob Dylan as Filmmaker
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1938+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Scott Pfeiffer | March 3, 2026 Michael Glover Smith's "Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time to Think" I sat down to talk to Michael about the book, and how Dylan's films, taken together, offer…...
Talking Screens: John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow" | The Elvis Presley Musical Atomic Bomb | Suzannah Herbert's "Natchez"
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (358+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | February 26, 2026 Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, February 27-March 5, 2026: They found a new Ghostface killer? In this market? The two-hour, small-town-set "Scream 7" is directed by original writer Kevin…...
Talking Screens: Emerald Fennell's Fanfic Fury | Sook-Yin Lee Attending "Paying For It" | Michael Almereyda's Vampire Riff "Nadja" in 4K
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (413+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | February 12, 2026 Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, February 13-19, 2026 Facets features two punk AF pictures by Jon Moritsugu, "Terminal USA" and "Mod Fuck Explosion." Friday, February 13. The Iraqi post-Kiarostami…...
Sundance 2026 Says Farewell to Park City
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (164+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | February 10, 2026 The Sundance Film Festival's final year in the village of Park City, Utah'elevation 6,936 feet; population 8,292'was a nostalgic five or ten days for those who packed the resort…...
Talking Screens, February 13-19, 2026
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (306+ words) Reviews, profiles and news about movies in Chicago by Ray Pride | February 6, 2026 Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film Film Center, opens Friday, February 13. "Nadja" Tusday one show only Written on the wind Tuesday 2/17 at 7:00 PM ".. Music Box Written on…...