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Movie Review: “The Master”
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WOUB contributor Scott Pfeiffer reviews the latest from Paul Thomas Anderson, director of Boogie Nights, Magnolia and There Will Be Blood.
Movie Review: “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
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Scott Pfeiffer is entranced by director Benh Zeitlin's first feature film, set on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana in an area called "The Bathtub."
Movie Review: “To Rome With Love”
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After reaching a late-career high with Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen's latest European city ensemble piece is a bit of a letdown.
Still, WOUB contributor Scott Pfeiffer found something to enjoy in the film's glowing, sun-kissed images of the Eternal City.
Movie Review: “Moonrise Kingdom”
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I had a smile on my face pretty much continuously while watching Wes Anderson's new film, Moonrise Kingdom. Every shot is visually witty. But then, Anderson is the very definition… Read More
Movie Review: “The Cabin in the Woods”
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Part of the fun of this horror/comedy picture (and I debated which genre to place on the weightier side of that slash) is not so much discovering its “secret” as it is teasing out the levels on… Read More
Concert Review: Wild Flag at The Metro, Chicago
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If there was one thought that kept running through my mind at the Wild Flag concert on Thursday, April 5 at the Metro, it was this: This is the life force. … Read More
Springsteen’s SXSW Speech And Me
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By turns funny and thoughtful, bawdy and shot through with the sex and rebellion of adolescent awakening, Bruce Springsteen's keynote address at South by Southwest is many things. It's advice…. Read More
Movie Review: “In Darkness”
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This Polish production tells the true story of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), who, when we meet him, is a petty criminal taking advantage of the social breakdown under Nazi occupation…. Read More
Movie Review: “Pina”
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Not since something like Kurosawa’s Dreams have I had such an exhilarating sensation of experiencing a waking dream during a film. I guess Pina is a documentary, but it’s really… Read More
Successes And Snubs: Oscar Nominations And “Should-Have-Beens”
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As the 84th annual Academy Awards draw closer, WOUB contributor Scott Pfeiffer looks back at his favorite nominated films of 2011, as well as a handful of outstanding movies that… Read More
Movie Review: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
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Here's an engrossing Cold War spy thriller for adults. If James Bond is the fantasy, here is the prosaic reality. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has a very British way of… Read More
Movie Review: “The Artist”
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When was the last time a feature-length silent movie was released? One thinks of Mel Brooks' Silent Movie in 1976, and there is the work of Guy Maddin, but Maddin's… Read More
Movie Review: “Melancholia”
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Von Trier returns! While it’s true that Melancholia is Lars Von Trier’s film “about” depression and his struggle with it, if I had to say what it’s “about,” I’d say… Read More
Movie Review: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
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“Is it better than the Swedish film?” That’s the question everybody’s asking. I’d rather judge David Fincher’s remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as its own thing, but… Read More
Movie Review: “Hugo”
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Martin Scorsese can never be impersonal, and Hugo, his first children's film, is no exception: it is a movie about movies. It's Scorsese's first foray into 3D as well. I… Read More
Lou Reed, Metallica and the Glory of Love
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It's almost certainly a mark of my own perversity, but after listening to it two or three times, Lulu, the new album that answers the question no one was asking… Read More
R.E.M. RIP: A Fan Looks Back
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In high school, they made us cover our textbooks in protective wrapping. It was a beginning-of-the-year ritual: lay one's books out on the kitchen table, cut up some paper grocery bags, fold the… Read More
Movie Review: “The Trip”
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In the 2005 film Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, Steve Coogan slyly plays himself as a bloke who can’t quite hide his self-interest, insecurity, lack of knowledge of… Read More
Movie Review: “The Tree Of Life”
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Terrence Malick is one of the true poets of the cinema, one who still believes that the medium could be a storehouse of mystery and wonder. John Lennon once said… Read More
Elvis Is In The Building: A Concert Review
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When Elvis Costello brought his Spectacular Spinning Songbook show to the Chicago Theatre on May 15, it was my 14th time seeing him. As he rocked me to my foundations… Read More