13 stories by "Maxwell Rabb"
Romantic comedies depend on miscommunication. It's why we love them. It's comforting to see that everyone stumbles over their words. Our greatest tool for self-expression often mutates into …
Environmental peril is the norm. News streams whisper about the climate crisis, relentlessly broadcasting the planet's daunting existential threat. However, nothing seems to change. Kids, bo…
Producing a commentary on the Internet is typically an exercise in redundancy, tasked with avoiding tropes beaten into media by shows like Black Mirror or 13 Reasons Why. At this point, we c…
Tár is mesmerizing. Cate Blanchett's masterful performance captivates the screen for nearly three hours as the principal character precipitously heads toward her downfall or strings toget…
Together, [Ti] West and [Mia] Goth created an inventive, unique slasher genre, and a movie worth rewatching several times.
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This week, the WorldScene Film Residency culminates in a film festival curated to illuminate the struggles of young men entangled in the justice system, giving the detainees a voice to share…
The Festival au Cinéma will take place from August 26 to 28 at Haven's resident home, the Den Theatre. The festival is three days and three nights, featuring a full schedule of events such …
Wrong Place is a convoluted mess that struggles to connect disjunctive plot points as they dawdle their way to the movie's inevitable conclusion.
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From the comfort of your car or on a picnic with friends, Chicago's outdoor movie screenings have resuscitated the alluring drive-in experience, so screentime can be spent with others all su…
The clash between Thompson's nervous widow and McCormack's confident sex worker incites a dialogue that reminds us that it's never too late to break out of our shells.
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The Phantom of the Open is a biopic of a refreshingly under-told story of an amateur player that let nothing stop him from etching his name into golf history.
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Somehow Cruise's foray back into the danger zone will be remembered more than the original, setting a new standard in the era of reboots.
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No amount of cowboy bravado could pump life into director Naveen Chathappuram's debut film.
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