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Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 6, 2017
Writer-director Tim Kirkman's Lazy Eye is also performance-driven, quietly powerful and palpably sexy, although it's filled to the brim with dialogue-tons of it.
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Lazy Eye
(2016)
67%
40%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Nov 15, 2016
Negga is a wonder as the quiet storm at the center of the film, conveying much of her performance through her amazing eyes that telegraphs enormous strength.
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Loving
(2016)
88%
76%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Aug 9, 2016
Best of all, of course, are those two incorrigibles Edina and Patsy -- as endearingly, hilariously awful as ever.
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
(2016)
57%
41%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Aug 9, 2016
The result is both a loving homage and a truly thought-provoking redress of history.
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The Witness
(2015)
90%
77%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Apr 13, 2016
A thought-provoking and very entertaining ride driven by [Helen] Mirren's uncompromising performance.
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Eye in the Sky
(2015)
95%
82%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Apr 13, 2016
A charming ugly duckling story with some surprising and very welcome turns.
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Hello, My Name Is Doris
(2015)
86%
76%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Apr 13, 2016
A canny twist on the typical 'dude comedy.'
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Fourth Man Out
(2015)
54%
70%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Apr 13, 2016
[Stephen] Cone's nuanced script and his sure touch with his actors...is always a pleasure to bask in, as are many of the naturalistic performances.
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Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
(2015)
86%
57%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Dec 1, 2015
Those with an interest in both Hollywood and queer history will find much to like here.
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Tab Hunter Confidential
(2015)
89%
96%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 28, 2015
Mulligan's richly detailed performance holds you and makes the sometimes unbearable journey that is Suffragette worth the trip back in time.
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Suffragette
(2015)
72%
68%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Jan 5, 2015
Sensationally entertaining.
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Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
(2013)
98%
79%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
That rare ghost story that fires on all cylinders: it's tremendously acted, sensationally photographed in deep-focus black and white, sumptuously produced and, best, genuinely frightening.
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The Innocents
(1961)
95%
86%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
McCarthy's marvelously unnerving set pieces are in service to a headscratcher of a story that never coagulates.
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At the Devil's Door
(2013)
38%
21%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
deserves to get left behind
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This Is Where I Leave You
(2014)
45%
60%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
Stylish, cinematically lush and well-acted by its gorgeous three leads.
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The Two Faces of January
(2014)
80%
48%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
Announces the arrival of a remarkable talent and I eagerly await (Craig) Johnson's next film.
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The Skeleton Twins
(2014)
86%
69%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
The careful handling of the story has the unintended effect of sucking the life ( and practically all the juice ) out of what could have been a more-than-delicious piece of cinema trash.
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The Last of Robin Hood
(2013)
27%
24%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
stylish-boy, is it stylish-but lacking in substance.
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Yves Saint Laurent
(2014)
45%
39%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
A lively and warm tribute.
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To Be Takei
(2014)
89%
76%
Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Oct 2, 2014
Driven by the tour de force performances of John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, Love Is Strange...is artful and beautifully realized.
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Love Is Strange
(2014)
93%
66%
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