First Man ★½
Helming the darling of the 2016 awards season, La La Land director Damien Chazelle returns to the 2018 Venice Film Festival withContinue Reading
Category: Festival Coverage
Three Days in Cannes 2018
Our senior critic Ben McDonald recently attended the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival as part of the brand new ThreeContinue Reading
Under the Silver Lake ★★★½
Under the Silver Lake steals Tarantino‘s guiding philosophy that homage can be original and sprints home with it, tossing classic Hollywood intoContinue Reading
The Wild Pear Tree
David Lynch was right: words have failed me. As I left the Cannes premiere of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s The WildContinue Reading
Cold War ★★★
“Who knew true love could be so chilly?” should read the tagline for Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski’s 85-minute romantic epicContinue Reading
BlacKkKlansman ★★★½
There’s a chilling moment towards the middle of BlacKkKlansman where Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) laughs at the notion thatContinue Reading
Burning ★★★★
Nothing about Burning is certain except that it haunts the mind long after the credits conclude. Though Lee Chang-dong’s latestContinue Reading
2017 Chicago International Film Festival: “Last Flag Flying”
Last Flag Flying is the latest from prolific director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed & Confused) and is his funniest filmContinue Reading
2017 Chicago International Film Festival: “BPM”
The last few years have seen the release of several superb LGBT films – Blue is the Warmest Color, Carol,Continue Reading
2017 Chicago International Film Festival: “The Square,” “Thelma”
Apart from the continuous rain, my first day at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival was an enjoyment. I wasContinue Reading
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