• Paul Greengrass To Direct The Trial Of The Chicago 7?

    By Peter Sciretta August 11th, 2008

    Last we heard, Steven Spielberg decided to put The Trial of the Chicago 7 on hold in order to tackle Tintin and his upcoming Lincoln biopic. Everyone assumed that the project had fallen into development hell, never to be seen from again. Nope - apparently the project is still in the works, and currently Paul…

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  • Sundance: Chicago 10 Movie Review

    By Peter Sciretta January 31st, 2007

    From the filmmaker that brought us The Kid Stays in the Picture comes an animated docudrama about the infamous 1960's Chicago Democratic National Convention riot. Brett Morgen's new film combines real life news footage with cell-shaded computer animated sequences (cheaper looking visuals similar to Waking Life or A Scanner Darkly) to fill in the blanks…

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