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The French Dispatch 2021
Top tier Wes, maybe, dare I say, my favorite?
Highlights: the opening waiter's tray and its assortment of small cups, L'Ultima Volta
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The Heartbreak Kid 1972
Music Box put together a wonderful pre-roll compilation of animated Nichols and May beer commercials.
Hard to be too mad at the audience for laughing at every line reading -- they all are that funny -- and the Sunday matinee here remains the best way of spending a fall afternoon
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003
A great night at the Music Box:
Presented by the Chicago Film Society to a not-quite-sold-out, very supportive audience. The first presenter, talking about CFS, landed a number of "Dads in the audience jokes", which are probably inevitable at an event like this.The second opening speaker gave a short overview of how, surprisingly for such a successful post-release favorite, it's hard to actually show this in theaters nowadays. Once Disney bought Fox, they would neither allow non-DCP or non-film…
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