Kaleidoscope is a taut, psychological thriller that explores the inescapability of a destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother. At the heart of this modern-day “Psycho” are some unsettling questions: Can we ever escape the role in which ...
https://youtu.be/7vPNwJ4yab8 Genre: Thriller Director: Baltasar Kormakur 110 minutes Actors: Baltasar Kormakur (Finner), Hera Hilmer (Anna), and Gisli Orn Gardarsson (Ottar) Review: Connie Wilson, www.WeeklyWilson.com This film from Iceland (with English subtitles) was my favorite drama from the 52nd Chicago International ...
Director Fisher Stevens of the Documentary “Bright Lights: Starring Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher” at the Chicago Film Festival. [*For those too young to really remember Debbie Reynolds (or Carrie Fisher) the Oprah Winfrey program (below) is a font of ...
Genre: Humorous documentary Director: Ferne Pearlstein Actors: Interview subjects Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Rob Reiner, Gilbert Gottfried, et. al. 85 minutes Can the Holocaust be funny? Is “Springtime for Hitler” jn bad taste, and, if it is, should we not ...
British director Steve McQueen came to Chicago to receive an award on the 20th anniversary of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Black Perspectives program. Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, interviewed him ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2-34SNP-Ok Genre: Dark Comedy Director: Ned Crowley: Actor: Jim O’Heir (“Parks & Recreation’s” Jerry Gergich) 104 minutes “Middle Man” is a film from the twisted mind of Chicago native Ned Crowley, starring another Chicago native, Jim O’Heir, who appeared ...
Genre: Medical Thriller 124 minutes Director: Steve Guka Actors: Danny Glover, Abimbola Akintola, Zara Udofia Actor Danny Glover (“Lethal Weapon”) came to Chicago to support the Nigerian film “93 Days” and receive the Chicago International Film Festival’s Visionary Award from ...
Genre: Documentary 88 minutes Director: Steve James (“Hoop Dreams”) This is a saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family who own and run the Abacus Federal Savings Bank in New York’s Chinatown. I remember reading the Matt Taibbi investigative piece ...
Genre: Dark Comedy/ Drama Director: Asaph Polonsky Actors :Shair Aviva, Tomer Kapon, Sharon Alexnader, Evgenia Dodina U.S. Premiere From Israel (Hebrew, with subtitles) 98 minutes This first feature from director Asaph Polonsky examines how a Jewish couple in Israel ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH7TXPV_uxY Genre: Documentary Director: Charlie Siskel (co-director of “Finding Vivian Maier”) Runtime: 80 minutes @ the Chicago International Film Festival Documentary filmmaker Charlie Siskel (nephew of Gene) has a new documentary set to be released in March that should earn ...
Genre: Thriller Directed by: David Singer 104 minutes Setting: Chicago Actors: Virginia Kull, Ed Begley, Jr., Marilu Henner, Ashton Holmes, Chelcie Ross ,Julia Sweeney Original Music: David Singer Director of Photography: Andrew Whede This caper film ...
Peter Bogdanovich, along with ex-wife Louise Stratton and the makers of a documentary on Bogdanovich’s career entitled “One Day Since Yesterday,” attended a screening entitled “Peter Bogdanovich and the Lost American Film” at the Chicago Film Festival on Sunday, October ...
