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• Review: The Old Oak

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Old Oak is a familiar story about immigration. Hard hearts soften and friendships are formed, as outsiders and insiders recognize each other’s innate humanity. But director Ken Loach avoids the schmaltzy cliche of “we aren’t so different after all.” Instead, his efficient, sometimes stark storytelling reminds us that we are different. We carry different […]
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• Review: The Beast

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If given the choice to kill his darlings—beloved ideas that may otherwise seem out of place—or embolden them, French enfant terrible Bertrand Bonello (House of Tolerance, Saint Laurent, Nocturama) will undoubtedly choose the latter. He’ll reinforce whatever he’s trying to get across—or maybe not; he seems little concerned with our understanding of it, with layer […]
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• Review: Ripley (Limited series)

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Though he may not be quite as famous as Jay Gatsby, few characters in modern American literature have been brought to the big (or small) screen as many times as Tom Ripley. The smooth-talking con artist first stole readers’ hearts in Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, even more so when Matt Damon […]
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• Review: The Old Oak

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Old Oak is a familiar story about immigration. Hard hearts soften and friendships are formed, as outsiders and insiders recognize each other’s innate humanity. But director Ken Loach avoids the schmaltzy cliche of “we aren’t so different after all.” Instead, his efficient, sometimes stark storytelling reminds us that we are different. We carry different […]
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• Review: The Beast

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If given the choice to kill his darlings—beloved ideas that may otherwise seem out of place—or embolden them, French enfant terrible Bertrand Bonello (House of Tolerance, Saint Laurent, Nocturama) will undoubtedly choose the latter. He’ll reinforce whatever he’s trying to get across—or maybe not; he seems little concerned with our understanding of it, with layer […]
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• Review: Ripley (Limited series)

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Though he may not be quite as famous as Jay Gatsby, few characters in modern American literature have been brought to the big (or small) screen as many times as Tom Ripley. The smooth-talking con artist first stole readers’ hearts in Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, even more so when Matt Damon […]
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• Review: Hard Miles

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If you’re looking for a film that makes you feel fuzzy inside, this is it. Hard Miles features Oppenheimer actor Matthew Modine, who plays Greg Townsend, an inspirational coach working at a correctional school in Colorado. Based on a true story, the film follows Townsend and his revolutionary idea to bike 1,000 miles from Denver […]
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• Review: Civil War

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  With Civil War, writer-director Alex Garland brilliantly imagines an escalation of existing contradictions. Humans flit between displays of tender compassion—Wagner Moura’s Joel comforting young journalist Jessie (Cailee Spaeny) comes to mind—and startling lapses of humanity. Empathetic bystanders regard body-littered streets with weary acceptance. Garland acknowledges both our capacity for good and our suggestibility to evil. […]
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• Review: Hard Miles

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  If you’re looking for a film that makes you feel fuzzy inside, this is it. Hard Miles features Oppenheimer actor Matthew Modine, who plays Greg Townsend, an inspirational coach working at a correctional school in Colorado. Based on a true story, the film follows Townsend and his revolutionary idea to bike 1,000 miles from Denver […]
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• Review: Civil War

  11-04-2024 23:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  With Civil War, writer-director Alex Garland brilliantly imagines an escalation of existing contradictions. Humans flit between displays of tender compassion—Wagner Moura’s Joel comforting young journalist Jessie (Cailee Spaeny) comes to mind—and startling lapses of humanity. Empathetic bystanders regard body-littered streets with weary acceptance. Garland acknowledges both our capacity for good and our suggestibility to evil. […]
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• Cooperation Racine: A Black feminist ethos in art and action

  11-04-2024 17:54 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The philosophy of the Black radical tradition centers powerfully creative strategies for resistance and change through a politics of care, passion, and a desire to sustain what strengthens and empowers the collective community. The cooperative model celebrates an ecosystem with a unified and unwavering commitment to community. It’s a model that fills gaps formed through […]
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• Report: OJ Simpsons Dies of Cancer at 76 Years Old

  11-04-2024 17:10
  OJ Simpson, one of the greatest running backs in NFL history, died yesterday at 76 years old after a battle with cancer, according to a statement by his family.
  On X, formerly known as Twitter, Simpson’s account carried a simple message from his family.
  “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for pri
  
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• Report: OJ Simpson Dies of Cancer at 76 Years Old

  11-04-2024 17:10
  OJ Simpson, one of the greatest running backs in NFL history, died yesterday at 76 years old after a battle with cancer, according to a statement by his family.
  On X, formerly known as Twitter, Simpson’s account carried a simple message from his family.
  “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for pri
  
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• Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, Activist Andrew Holmes Named in Sexual Assault Suit

  11-04-2024 15:30
  
  Village of Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard and renowned Chicago-area activist Andrew Holmes are defendants in a civil suit over their alleged involvement in a sexual assault that took place during a trip to Las Vegas. 
  The lawsuit claims that Holmes sexually assaulted a Village of Dolton employee in 2023 while on that trip. It also alleges that Mayor Henyard retaliated against the employee and a police officer after hearing about those allegations.
  The suit was filed on Monday by a Dolton poli
  
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• COLUMN: Love for the Outdoors is a Gift that Pays Forward

  11-04-2024 15:00
  
  By Ben Jealous
  When we see a 75-year-old white man out in the woods with a group of Black and brown kids from low-income neighborhoods, teaching them about nature, few of us assume he is there because that is where he feels most comfortable. 
  Probably even fewer of us assume many of those kids look just like the ones he grew up with in public housing projects more than 60 years ago. 
  Rocky Milburn grew up as one of the few white kids in a mostly Black public housing development in sout
  
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• Biden May Be Left Off Alabama General Election Ballot — Here’s Why

  11-04-2024 14:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  President Joe Biden could be left off Alabama ballots for the 2024 election.
  On Tuesday (April 9), Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) warned that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will miss the deadline to be certified as nominees in the state for the November election due to the current timing of the Democratic Nation Convention, per CNN. The Democratic convention, where the party’s nominees for president and vice president are officially selected, is set to
  
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• This Week In Black History April 10-16, 2024

  11-04-2024 05:45
  
  APRIL 10
  1943—Tennis great Arthur Ashe is born in Richmond, Va. Ashe’s spec­tacular abilities on the tennis court enabled him to become the first Black member of the American Davis Cup team; the first Black to win the U.S. Open and the first Black to win the men’s single’s title at Wimble­don in England. Unfortunately, Ashe would die of AIDS after receiving a contaminated blood transfusion.
  APRIL 111948—On this day Jackie Robinson signed a contract that woul
  
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