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2 Nov

Talking Screens, November 3-9, 2023: Beguiled by Sofia Coppola’s

“Priscilla”Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, November 3-9, 2023Latest reviews include “Priscilla,” “Divinity,” “Quiz Lady,” “The Persian Version” and “Fingernails.” Repertory & Revival highlights include “Cooley High,” “Strange Days,” 1923 silent “The Vibrant Shawl,” David Lynch’s dazzling dud “Dune,” “Dazed And Confused,” a Chicago Filmmakers anniversary salute to the pioneering film festival Blacklight, and Wakefield Poole’s “Take One.”The twenty-ninth Black Harvest Film Festival takes over the Siskel Film Center November 3-16. “Revolutionary Visions” is the 2023 theme; the whole calendar is here. (Our interview with Black Harvest festival coordinator-curator Nick Leffel and curator Jada-Amina is here.)The Children’s International Film Festival marks its fortieth yr at FACETS, featuring recent animation, live-action and documentary movies for audiences ages two to eighteen...
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26 Aug

Dua Lipa Sings George Michael’s ‘Freedom’ for brand new

Libre is about to get more intense. The hit fragrance from YSL Beauté is launching its fourth iteration of the scent, with a “le parfum” level that amps up the facility. Dua Lipa returns because the face of the fragrance for the brand new campaign, with stills shot by photographer Tyler Mitchell and a brief film from Grammy-winning music video director Jenn Nkiru. Lipa takes on the anthemic George Michael song “Freedom,” updated for the TikTok generation. Selecting the name “Libre,” which suggests “free” in French, may need been a stroke of luck when it was chosen in 2019. “We worked on this a couple of years ago, and once you see the best way the world goes today freedom has never been...
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