Review: Return to Seoul Is an Evocative, Moving Search for Identity, Family and Home
With so much content to consume on any given platform on any given day, releasing movies these days is more a labor of love than a business endeavor. Some of […]
Review: Latest Children of the Corn Adaptation Updates Stephen King’s Story but Loses All Its Bite
Admittedly, it’s been a few decades since I read the original Stephen King short story Children of the Corn, which was first adapted into a film in 1984 and spawned […]
Review: In Creed III, a Retired Boxing Champ Faces His Greatest Opponent Yet: His Past
For the first two movies in what is now a trilogy of Creed films about boxer Adonis Creed (played by a distractingly ripped Michael B. Jordan), son of fictional Rocky […]
Siskel Film Center Goes Abroad with Month-long Chicago European Union Film Festival and Opener Hilma
Spread throughout the entire month of March, the 26th Chicago European Union Film Festival continues the annual tradition of celebrating emerging voices and providing a showcase of provocative perspectives from […]
Review: We Have a Ghost Is a Dead-On-Arrival Afterlife Comedy
With his previous films, writer/director Christopher Landon (Freaky, the Happy Death Day movies, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, and screenwriter on a bunch of the Paranormal Activity movies) seemed […]
Review: Oscar-Nominated Short Documentary Films Explore Issues of the Environment, Community, Family and Politics
In order to qualify for the Academy Awards for short films (in the live action, animation or documentary categories), a film must meet two main criteria: one, it must play […]
Review: Oscar-Nominated The Quiet Girl Explores Family, Love and the Power of Secrets
The first-ever film in the Irish language to be nominated (or even short-listed) for an Academy Award for Best International Feature, writer/director Colm Bairéad’s The Quiet Girl (based on the […]
Review: In Emily, an Author’s Life, Loves and Heartbreak Inspire a Classic Novel
Not being at all fluent in the writing or life stories of the Brontë sisters (Anne, Charlotte, or Wuthering Heights author Emily), I have no idea how much of the […]
Review: Cocaine Bear Isn’t Elevated Art, but It is One Hell of a Good Time
I would never be so bold as to try to paint the new horror-comedy (I’m not sure how else to classify it) Cocaine Bear as any kind of masterpiece, but […]
Review: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts Make the Most of a Creative Medium, from the Humorous to the Heartfelt
Making any film is no small task; it can take years from start to finish. Making an animated film only complicates matters, and it’s a small miracle anytime the likes […]
Review: Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Offer Variety of Styles, Origins and Emotions
This year’s five films nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar hail from various regions in Europe (Ireland, Denmark, Italy, Norway and Luxembourg), and their style and subject […]
Review: Of an Age Shows Young Actor Elias Anton Grow From Boy to Man in Intimate, Gut-Wrenching Story of a Relationship
Only a year after his striking, witchy debut feature You Won’t Be Alone, writer/director Goran Stolevski comes to us with a very different type of drama, set in the summer of […]