For all the obscure festival releases and challenging documentaries I see, all the high-brow foreign dramas and such, you'd be forgiven for thinking that most of what I watch is, well, not that fun. Or at least, not the kind of fun one is usually looking for on a night out at the cinema. Friends, ...
Review: Their Finest
The first part of the year is traditionally a bit of a cinematic wasteland, a barren stretch of a release calendar filled with movies that would qualify for a Razzie long before an Oscar or Golden Globe. Sure, there's Sundance in January, and some nominated films see wider U.S. releases in February. ...
Review: Gifted
In 2009, Mark Webb directed one of the best indies of that year, (500) Days of Summer. Quirky and endearing, it was a success both with critics and audiences. It also set Webb on the path most successful white male independent filmmakers find themselves on following such a hit: he was drafted to ...
And also, Film
Every month, Time Out Chicago shares a great list of what to look forward to in the next four weeks. I love it. It's a one-stop-shop for some of the coolest, most interesting things to do across the city. Except today, as I'm reading through the list for April, I noticed something: exhaustive as ...
Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife
Jessica Chastain came out of nowhere. At least, that's what it seemed like in 2011. The film-release stars aligned and no fewer than six films open that year featuring this fresh new face who, as anyone who understands how these things work, knows had actually been working for years. Most notably, ...
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