Drama Movies

On Swift Horses

Daniel Minahan’s “On Swift Horses” follows two allies on parallel journeys through a difficult world. Told in a style that…

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A Vanishing Fog

Where does an electric escalator that has magically materialized in the middle of a mountainous landscape take you? There, high…

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Invention

Death has a way of stirring up long-forgotten memories. Wiping away the cobwebs of the past, mourning becomes a reason…

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The Teacher

Set and shot in the West Bank, “The Teacher” is writer-director Farah Nabulsi’s spirited paean to Palestinian resilience. Putting on…

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That They May Face the Rising Sun

John McGahern only wrote six novels, but in his case, six was more than enough to establish him, during his…

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The King of Kings

I vividly remember Sunday school from childhood, and the animated feature “The King of Kings” is the kind of movie…

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Eric LaRue

Chicago’s Red Orchid Theatre, founded by Michael Shannon, Guy Van Swearingen, and Lawrence Grimm, has been in operation since 1993. They…

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The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-eAT

Not gonna lie, this had me in the first half. In its first hour, Tina Mabry’s “The Supremes at Earl’s…

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Mountains

Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work, one of his neighbors, like clockwork, walks by…

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Close Your Eyes

The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature from Spanish director Victor Erice, and his first…

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