Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Emotional, Beautifully Filmed Blue Bayou Centers on Family, Immigration and Overcoming the Past

Blue Bayou

Something of a spiritual companion piece to last year’s immigrant story Minari, writer/director/star Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou is the story of a Korean-born man, Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), living in Louisiana […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: The Planet Enters a New, Uncertain Era in Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Anthropocene

As difficult as it is to imagine, the Earth’s condition—both in terms of climate and physical characteristics—is not more a result of human shaping and interference than forces of nature. […]

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Film, Film & TV, Film fest, Review

EU Film Festival: Week 3 Preview

Time is running out to catch some of the best European films of the year at Gene Siskel Film Center’s EU Film Festival. Now entering its third week (out of […]

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Film, Film & TV

Review: Tomb Raider Is an Accessible Adventure Story

For a film based on a video game, the first thing you notice about Tomb Raider is that it doesn’t feel like a video game at all. Instead, director Roar […]

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