Lisa Trifone is Managing Editor and a Film Critic at Third Coast Review. A Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, she is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Find more of Lisa's work at SomebodysMiracle.com
A film with a distinctive sense of style, humor and fun, The Planters marks the confident and highly watchable feature directorial debut of collaborators Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder. The duo […]
Though it might be hard to tell without the red carpets and packed movie houses, the 56th Chicago International Film Festival has been happening all week, with virtual screenings, post-film […]
In between weekends at the drive-in, the 56th Chicago International Film Festival rolls on with dozens of films screening online and live-stream virtual Q&As several times a day. This week, […]
That anyone would consider making a new film version of a noir novel already masterfully adapted by none other than Alfred Hitchcock is in itself the definition of hubris. Why […]
As the 56th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off, the majority of this year’s film selections are available to stream online for the duration of the event (October 14-25). In […]
Forced by mishandled pandemics to get creative about presenting an annual film festival, the team at Cinema/Chicago have pieced together eleven days of screenings, Q&As, panels and even networking happy […]
One of the great things about Netflix snapping up some of the best films of the year is how easily the platform can make an incredible film available to millions. […]
There’s no shortage of true crime documentaries on streaming services lately, films and mini-series that chronicle the ins and outs of murders and heists and frauds that audiences eat up […]
As blockbuster after blockbuster gets bumped to 2021—or in some cases, all the way to 2022—film fans have the opportunity to discover movies that in other years might’ve been overshadowed […]
With more than 50 credits to her name (according to IMDb), cinematographer Kirsten Johnson has made a career of observing the world around her and capturing it for us to […]
A few years ago, a couple of great World War II films were released; even more than 70 years after the war ended, it remains a deep source of narratives […]
The premise of Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor is the sort of sci-fi make believe that’s so outlandish, a bit of comfort can be found in this otherwise unsettling, intense film. The sort […]