Review: Michael Shannon Is Just About the Only Thing Worth Watching in Heart of Champions
Like many, I’ll watch Michael Shannon in anything. And I have proven this time and time again. Case in point,…
Interview: Andrea Riseborough on Connection Through Brutal Annihilation, Working with Auteur Directors and Possessor‘s Psychological Anxieties
In recent years, British actress Andrea Riseborough has been absolutely dominating the world of genre filmmaking, while also making a…
Review: The Quarry Works Best with Two Strong Central Performances
The new film from director Scott Teems (That Evening Sun) is about suspicion. No one in this small Texas town…
Story Time: Frederick, the Story of a Field Mouse, Narrated by Michael Shannon for CCTv
Kids and their grownups alike will enjoy a charming video performance of Frederick, the story of an inventive field mouse,…
Review: A New Entry in the Bad Boys Franchise is Stuck in the Past
Despite the fact that Bad Boys for Life (the third Bad Boys movie, for those counting, and the first since…
Review: Smart, Fun and Expertly Crafted, Knives Out Invites Repeat Viewing
With all of his films, writer/director Rian Johnson does something rather remarkable: he takes a genre he loves and studies…
Review: Flickers of Interesting Moments in Re-cut The Current War
On the surface, it would make sense that premier inventor Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and industrialist George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon)…
Interview: Elizabeth Chomko and Robert Forster on Coming of Age and Coming Back to Chicago for What They Had
What They Had is about a lot of things, most of which are related to a family’s inability to talk…
Review: Chicagoan Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had Is So Polished It Shines
What They Had is a wonderful film. There’s no use burying the lede on Chicagoan Elizabeth Chomko’s writing and directing…
Film Review: 12 Strong Is Not Your Average War Film; It’s Better
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, there was that rare sense across not just America but the globe that there…
Film Review: Guillermo del Toro Delivers a Cinematic Miracle in The Shape of Water
There’s a sequence somewhere in the middle of director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro’s latest, The Shape of Water, in…
Film Review: Nocturnal Animals, Absolutely Stunning
After his impressive directing debut A Single Man in 2009, fashion designer Tom Ford’s long awaited return as writer-director, Nocturnal…
