Though the heyday of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel has passed, Chicago boasts a strong showing in film criticism these days. The guys (because it's mainly guys) who make up the Chicago Film Critics Association work hard across outlets to cover film releases and happenings around the city. On ...
Watch This: Chicago’s DOC10 Film Festival
Next week, Chicago Media Project presents DOC10, an annual film festival that presents the most compelling documentary films of the year over the course of a few days. This year, organizers have partnered with the newly-revamped Davis Theater in Lincoln Square to showcase films covering subject ...
Watch This: Get Out
Last month, Film Twitter went all a-twitter when it was revealed that this year's Sundance Film Festival secret screening was comedian Jordan Peele's directorial debut, Get Out (he also wrote the original screenplay). Early buzz was effusive, a promising reception after a work-in-progress Keanu, ...
Maybe Watch This: A United Kingdom
In 2014, director Amma Asante - former actress turned filmmaker - hit the scene in a big way with one of the most underrated films of that year, Belle. Actually her sophomore feature, she'd previously been named Most Promising Newcomer at the BAFTAs in 2005, a prescient prediction. This week, ...
Watch This: The Salesman
For years promoting the U.S. releases of foreign films, again and again I heard them described as "quiet." Quiet and compelling. Quiet and taut. Quiet and affecting. It's no wonder so many worthy imports fail to reach a large audience. Who wants to spend two hours watching a lot of quietness - which ...
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