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It was raining, or it seems appropriate to imagine that it was raining, on the day that a little boy, no older than 8 and barely tall enough to drink by himself from a water fountain, found his future on a bench in...Tags: Movies, Minority Groups, Periodicals, Nelson Algren, Karl Lagerfeld
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'Slumdog Millionaire' creator enjoying accolades
Chicago TribuneDanny Boyle's triumphant Slumdog Millionaire is a testament to the power of underdog tales, onscreen and off. This inspirational story about an Indian 18-year-old who wins millions on that country's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire has become...Tags: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Terrorism, Movies, Mumbai Terror Attacks
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'Ballast' (4 stars!) stars Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs
Tribune criticI love " Ballast," and I want to be careful not to oversell writer-director Lance Hammer's achievement or mischaracterize this gentle, patient picture's qualities. A couple of the dramatic scenes don't come off—they are a little blunt in the...Tags: Cinema Industry, Ballast (movie), Movies, Drug Trafficking, Film Festivals
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Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs
Tribune reporterWhen Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs (of "Brotherhood") were in town Wednesday to close the Chicago International Film Festival with their Holocaust drama "Good," a young woman spotted them in their hotel lobby and just happened to have large photo...Tags: Christopher Lee, Movies, Film Festivals, Jason Isaacs, eBay Inc.
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The unreal Charlie Kaufman
Tribune criticCharlie Kaufman doesn't go in for what he calls "faux-realism." There's a lot of it onscreen these days: Everything from the "Bourne" pictures to "Rachel Getting Married" to the forthcoming Mickey Rourke picture "The Wrestler" is shot with hand-held...Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Rachel Getting Married (movie), Mickey Rourke, Catherine Keener
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Star rose in Englewood
Tribune reporterUntil Friday's tragic events, Jennifer Hudson's life had been both a fairy tale and a classic Chicago story. Kids dream about a rise like hers—from South Side kid in the rough Englewood neighborhood to the widely embraced sixth runner-up on...Tags: Music Industry, Movies, Beyonce, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Television
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'Slumdog' director prefers the underdogs
Tribune reporterDanny Boyle's triumphant "Slumdog Millionaire" is a testament to the power of underdog tales, onscreen and off. This inspirational story about an Indian 18-year-old who wins millions on that country's version of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" has become...Tags: Danny Boyle, Taj Mahal, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Movies, Film Festivals
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Treasures await festgoers
Chicago Tribune criticThis year the Chicago International Film Festival—the 44th, beginning Thursday and continuing through Oct. 29—stands an excellent chance of looking, feeling and unspooling like a festival, rather than a collection of far-flung festival...Tags: The Brothers Bloom (movie), Mike Leigh, Movies, Ballast (movie), Adrien Brody
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Hudson's return to her hometown
After news broke Friday of the tragic death of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother, the "Dreamgirls" star took off from Tampa for Chicago on a private jet. Hudson arrived at the Signature Flight Support at Midway about 10 p.m. I saw the visibly shaken...Tags: Palace Theater, Movies, Sidney Poitier, Film Festivals, Madonna
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Movie review: 'Flannel Pajamas'
Tribune movie critic2½ stars (out of four) Love can be a battleground, and, despite its homey-sounding title and gentle, almost nonchalant air, Jeff Lipsky's "Flannel Pajamas" gives us a series of messages from the front. The main characters, Stuart Sawyer (Justin Kirk)...Tags: Movies, Wedding Services, John Cassavetes, Justin Kirk, Samuel Goldwyn
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Movie review: 'Mutual Appreciation'
Tribune movie critic2½ stars (out of four) "Mutual Appreciation" is a realistic comic movie about a raffish young Boston singer-composer named Alan (Justin Rice) and his erratic (and sometimes erotic) adventures after he moves to New York and his band breaks up. And...Tags: Movies, Music Industry, Bill Morrison, Music Box Theatre, John Cassavetes
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Movie review: 'Born into Brothels'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC3 stars (out of 4) Documentaries, at their best, can take us into another world. Consider one of the most highly regarded non-fiction films of last year, "Born into Brothels," which plunges us into the daily lives of a group of children, ages 11-14,...Tags: Movies, Prostitution, Photography
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