The Square The Square won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Last year, Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s film about an avalanche and family dynamics, “Force Majeure,” was one of the most interesting at the Chicago International ...
“Zoo,” written and directed by Colin McIvor, is the true story of how a lonely widow and three schoolchildren banded together to save an elephant in the Belfast, Northern Ireland zoo (the Bellevue Zoological Zoo) to prevent the pachyderm from ...
Two comedies have been screened for critics at the 53rd Annual Chicago International Film Festival during this lead-up week. ”Ali’s Wedding” from Australian director Jeffrey Walker, reminds most of the recent hit “The Big Sick.” “Maktub” (“Fate”) from Israel director ...
A Lover For A Day The lead-up to the Chicago International Film Festival’s 53rd year is underway. Critics are getting the chance to screen films from over 95 countries, including 1,044 feature films, 3,500 shorts and 646 documentaries. Twenty-five of ...
When Jerod, a daycare teacher, experiences the death of his close friend, he must decide how to grapple with the violence in his community. Meanwhile, he’s also attempting to mend a tattered relationship with his girlfriend and their two children. ...
Wind River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN9PDOoLAfg “Wind River” opens with a young Indian girl running barefoot across snow with a mountainous landscape in the background. We soon learn that the mountains are (supposedly) in Wyoming on the Wind River Indian Reservation, a reservation ...
The Cincinnati Kid There are diseases that become forever associated with a famous victim. Michael J. Fox is active with research for Parkinson’s Disease. Mary Tyler Moore was a lifelong diabetic. Jerry Lewis, although not a victim of the disease, ...
Trey Shults Interview Genre: Horror/thriller/mystery Length: 1 hour, 37 minutes Writer/Director: Trey Edward Shults Cast: Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Griffin Robert Faulkner, David Pendleton, Mikey the dog Following the absolutely gut-wrenching preview showing ...
Genre: Documentary Director: Vanessa Gould Length: 95 minutes Actors: Bruce Weber, William McDonald, Margalit Fox, Paul Vilella, Douglas Martin, Jeff Roth Cinematographer: Ben Wolf Original score: Joel Goodman Reviewer: Connie Wilson Once, 30 people helped maintain the basement archives of ...
Director: Jonathan Levine Writer: Katie Dippold Stars: Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Ike Barinholtz, Wanda Sykes, Joan Cusack, Christopher Meloni Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Reviewer: Connie Wilson “Snatched” is a film about a mother/daughter vacationing pair who are kidnapped while ...
Genre: Drama Writer/Director: Joseph Cedar Length: 1 hour 58 minutes Cast: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Martin Sheen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dan Stevens, Hank Azaria, Josh Charles, Steve Buscemi Reviewer: Connie Wilson Richard Gere has been doing good work in films ...
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy Thriller Length: 110 minutes Director: Nacho Vigalondo Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens Reviewer: Connie Wilson According to Spanish Director Nacho Vigalondo (“Timecrimes”), “Colossal” was greenlit by the studio because ...
