C Categories CIFF 2019 Festivals October 24, 2019 CIFF Dispatch: “Jojo Rabbit”, “A Girl Missing”, “The Torch” and More (This dispatch is part of our coverage of the 2019 Chicago International Film Festival.) Welp, CIFF keeps chugging along, and the weather just keeps getting..
T Categories Movies September 26, 2019 The Day Shall Come Review: Chris Morris Satire Lacks Bite Tone-deaf obviousness and blunt-force capitalist critiques plague Morris' latest, letting down its good intentions with disappointing bluntness.
T Categories TV August 15, 2019 The Righteous Gemstones Review: Show, Don’t Televangelism Danny McBride's latest collaboration with Jody Hill and David Gordon Green doesn't quite keep the faith.
S Categories TV August 11, 2019 Succession Recap: Season Two Regroups at “The Summer Palace” HBO's cuttingly dark upper-crust family drama carves new depths of capitalist depravity in the season premiere.
T Categories Movies August 3, 2019 Tel Aviv on Fire Review: Even Soap Can’t Clean Dirty Politics Sameh Zoabi's politically-charged satire of Palestinian soap operas works better as farce than social polemic.
F Categories Fantasia 2019 Festivals Movies July 26, 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Homewrecker” Wants to Be Friends 4-Ever Zach Gayne’s psychological thriller/comedy about female friendship starts out strong, but quickly loses its way.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month July 13, 2019 The Unsubtle Social Satire of “Natural Born Killers” An early Quentin Tarantino screenplay is turned into an over the top look at America's obsession with crime & criminals.
T Categories Movies June 8, 2019 The Fall of the American Empire Review: Toothless Capitalist Satire Denys Arcand's droll French caper comedy leans a little too hard on cliche and creaky anti-capitalist screeds.
