C Categories Movies Reviews June 3, 2022 Crimes of the Future offers up the human body as grotesque & beautiful art David Cronenberg returns to form in an elliptical and fascinating look at a dystopia where self-mutilation replaces sex
I Categories Features Movies November 24, 2021 In Spencer, food is a weapon to control and torment Pablo Larraín’s sympathetic “fable” about Diana, Princess of Wales, also compassionately addresses the secret shame of eating disorders.
C Categories CIFF 2021 Festivals Movies Reviews October 25, 2021 CIFF 2021: Spencer, Acts of Love, House of Snails, and More Five of the Chicago International Film Festival's fiction features find truth through craft and performance.
I Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 18, 2020 Inside the uncomfortably small world of “Panic Room” One of David Fincher's more straightforward suspense thrillers, Panic Room finds that greed always levels the playing ground.
& Categories Features Movies November 25, 2020 “Happiest Season” and its winter wonderland of whiteness Clea DuVall's queer holiday rom-com makes the yuletide gay, but can't escape the blind spots of its wealthy, white characters.
& Categories Movies Reviews November 19, 2020 “Happiest Season” queers the Christmas movie The Hulu exclusive from writer/director Clea Duvall is a cute romantic comedy to put you in the holiday spirit.
& Categories Reviews TV July 1, 2020 “Homemade” peeks in on arthouse filmmakers during lockdown Netflix and producer Pablo Larraín offers a modest glimpse of quarantine life that can't escape the privilege of its authors.
& Categories Movies May 16, 2020 “Seberg” is a political thriller with no real point of view Benedict Andrews' retelling of FBI's pursuit of the French New Wave star under the Hoover administration relies far too heavily on broad stokes.
& Categories Movies January 9, 2020 “Underwater” Is a Deep-Sea Dive Into Mediocrity Kristen Stewart battles a sinking sealab and aquatic beasties in this drab, but workable deep-sea thriller.
C Categories Movies November 12, 2019 Charlie’s Angels Review: Stylish Reboot is More of a McB, McB+ Elizabeth Banks revives the girl-power action franchise with new blood and a solid if formulaic actioner.
