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‘Emily the Criminal’ review: In a tough, lean LA crime story, Aubrey Plaza charges it all the way

There is no less specific, more generic phrase in film criticism than “documentary realism.” It assumes all nonfiction filmmakers work in the same style, toward the same intentions, while suggesting realism means, what, exactly? “Gritty” instead of “stylish?” Hand-held camerawork instead of fixed?

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Nina Metz: It’s alarming when TV shows and movies vanish off streaming services, but there’s a long history of this

Last week, HBO Max quietly pulled a number of TV and film titles off its streaming service. They have been removed indefinitely, as far as anyone knows.

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Lowell Thompson’s movie ‘Channels Changers’ shows how Black Chicagoans changed the ad game in the ‘Mad Men’ era

CHICAGO — Someone, I’ve long thought, should make a movie of Lowell Thompson’s life and finally that is happening. A painter/writer/former ad man/legendary storyteller, Thompson is making the movie himself, collaborating with some old colleagues from the advertising world and some new friends. He is typically enthusiastic, saying, “I’m thinking…

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4 of the top 5 picks in this year’s MLB draft were Black — the result of minority development and other grassroots programs

CHICAGO — History was made in the first round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. For the first time in 30 years, nine Black players were drafted in the first round, including four of the top five selections.

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Climate change is turning air conditioning into a matter of life and death. But government help is lacking

CHICAGO — If it were up to Jacques Wallace, no Chicagoan would find a loved one dead of heat stress, without air conditioning, ever again.

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It’s been a rough summer for air travel. But for some, the trip to or from the airport is just as frustrating

CHICAGO — Standing outside Terminal 2 at O’Hare International Airport, a phone in each hand, Mervyn Wright weighed the options to get to his suburban hotel.

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A witch hunt at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago? No, just plain enforcement of the law

In mid-July, a reporter asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland whether the Justice Department’s investigation into attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election could eventually turn its gaze toward Donald Trump.

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Paul Sullivan: Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds face a tough task to turn the Field of Dreams sequel into a hit

The inaugural Field of Dreams game between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees one year ago turned into an instant classic.

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3 things heard at Bears camp, including Roquan Smith coming off the PUP list a day after his trade request

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears returned to practice Wednesday at Halas Hall to prepare for Saturday’s preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Soldier Field.

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Attorneys continue sparring over prosecutor’s contact with R. Kelly witness in days before Chicago federal trial

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors this week shot back against accusations that the former lead prosecutor on the R. Kelly case had inappropriate contact with potential witnesses, saying much of the purportedly suspicious contact between her and a key victim had to do merely with scheduling and logistics.

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Cairo Santos no longer is surprised by shoddy grass at Soldier Field. The Chicago Bears kicker has simply learned to adapt.

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Bears made their way onto the field for Tuesday’s Family Fest practice at Soldier Field, they were greeted by some of the familiarities of home.

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Riot Fest management apologizes and its contractor steps down after ‘hostile’ community meeting, as momentum to boot festival gains traction

CHICAGO — With a community-led movement to evict big-ticket music festivals from Douglass Park gaining steam, Riot Fest management has let go its event organizer and apologized to the community for his “tone” at a neighborhood meeting last week that only seemed to exacerbate the festival’s fraught relationship with residents.

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Is the deal to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago good for the city? Alderman calls it ‘missed opportunity’ and questions clause that limits fest competition

CHICAGO — The deal to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago for at least the next decade includes a complete revamp of how festival producers will pay the Park District, tighter restrictions that keep competing music festivals out of Grant Park and no provisions for investment in the grounds except a $100,000…

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As Sue Bird calls it a career, Sky players and fans honor her legacy at Wintrust Arena: ‘She is one of the best to ever do it’

CHICAGO — Lake County, Ill., native Kari Juszczyk remembers the first time she turned on ESPN to see Sue Bird playing basketball.

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How filmmaker Kevin Shaw shaped Chicago schools controversy into the rousing documentary ‘Let the Little Light Shine’

CHICAGO — We’ll get to the high point — the explosive reception so far for filmmaker Kevin Shaw’s irresistible Chicago documentary “Let the Little Light Shine” — in a minute.

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Review: ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ musical opens in Chicago, not yet ready for its runway spotlight

CHICAGO — The reason Lauren Weisberger’s satirical memoir “The Devil Wears Prada” became famous was not just because of the juicy schadenfreude-y movie with Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. It’s because Weisberger was self-aware enough to see that the thirst for power included herself.

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The dead keep telling tales and the new book ‘Graceland Cemetery’ is alive with hundreds of them

CHICAGO — The dead do tell tales.

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Twenty-two pound, 38-inch invasive carp captured in Lake Calumet near Lake Michigan

CHICAGO — Officials pulled an invasive silver carp from the waters of Lake Calumet on the city’s Far South Side Thursday.

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Commentary: The one-China status of Taiwan is clear. The US should not try to change it

Taiwan has been an inalienable part of the Chinese territory since ancient times. On Oct. 1, 1949, the Central People’s Government replaced Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China government and became the sole legal government representing the whole of China. But China’s sovereignty and territory remained unchanged, and the government of…

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Commentary: Biden should consider pardoning Trump — for the sake of our nation

Among my earliest attempts at fiction was “The Misfit,” a short story about a brilliant, competitive, though anti-social and paranoid college student.

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7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied to alleged misconduct by disgraced former Chicago police detective

CHICAGO — His father died while Nelson Gonzalez was in prison. Alfredo Gonzalez couldn’t go to his daughter’s wedding. And Marilyn Mulero missed out on her two children’s childhoods.

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Tim Anderson will be out for 6 weeks after White Sox shortstop has surgery on his left middle finger

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson will have surgery on his injured left middle finger and is expected to miss about six weeks, the Chicago White Sox announced Tuesday.

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Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion, contends Jewish community ‘told me that I’m right’

CHICAGO — Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey, who faced bipartisan criticism for declaring that Holocaust deaths during World War II paled in comparison with lives lost through abortion, contends Jewish community leaders have told him he was right.

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Roquan Smith requests trade after Bears contract talks break down: ‘The new front office regime doesn’t value me’

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears have made Roquan Smith off-limits to media since training camp opened last month.

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Agreement to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago calls for tighter rules on competing Grant Park music fests and raises the number of fans allowed

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