The White Crow, 2019.Directed by Ralph Fiennes. Starring Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sergei Polunin, Louis Hofmann, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz, Chulpan Khamatova, Zach Avery, and Yves Heck.SYNOPSIS:The story of Rudolf Nureyev’s defection to the West.There is much conversation regarding ballet philosophy in The White Crow (legendary actor and serviceable director Ralph Fiennes performing double […]
Blinded by the Light, Yesterday, and more feature in stacked CCFF 2019 lineup
One of the great opportunities of covering film within Chicago is the annual Chicago Critics Film Festival key members of the association organize, and although this is only my third year covering it, I can safely say the programming becomes more tantalizing every year. This lineup more than any other contains the strongest mix of […]
Movie Review – Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame, 2019Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper, and Josh Brolin.SYNOPSIS:The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the […]
Movie Review – Family (2019)
Family, 2019.Written and Directed by Laura Steinel. Starring Taylor Schilling, Bryn Vale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh, Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein, Fabrizio Guido, and Kate McKinnon.SYNOPSIS:Kate Stone is career-focused, and enjoys her life that way. Her brash attitude keeps relationships at arm’s length, making her an outcast in her own right.Arguably […]
Movie Review – Wild Nights with Emily (2019)
Wild Nights with Emily, 2019.Written and Directed by Madeleine Olnek. Starring Molly Shannon, Amy Seimetz, Susan Ziegler, Brett Gelman, Jackie Monahan, Kevin Seal, Dana Melanie, Sasha Frolova, Joel Michaely, and Lisa Haas.SYNOPSIS:Dramatisation of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson’s life, in particular her relationship with another woman.It’s fitting that Wild Nights with […]
Movie Review – Red Joan (2019)
Red Joan, 2019.Directed by Trevor Nunn. Starring Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Tereza Srbová, Laurence Spellman, Kevin Fuller, Ciarán Owens, Stephen Campbell, and Moore Ben Miles.SYNOPSIS:The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB’s longest-serving British spy.Scientists and physics experts being exploited for the purposes of war generally make for fascinating character […]
Movie Review – Teen Spirit (2019)
Teen Spirit, 2019.Written and Directed by Max Minghella. Starring Elle Fanning, Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Burić, Millie Brady, Agnieszka Grochowska, Archie Madekwe, Ria Zmitrowicz, Vivian Oparah, Olive Gray, Andrew Ellis, and Jordan Stephens.SYNOPSIS:Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely […]
Movie Review – Fast Color (2018)
Fast Color, 2018.Directed by Julia Hart. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham, and David Strathairn.SYNOPSIS:A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.It is movingly fitting that one of the […]
Movie Review – Little Woods (2019)
Little Woods, 2019.Written and Directed by Nia DaCosta. Starring Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale, Lance Reddick, Elizabeth Maxwell, Morgana Shaw, Jeremy St. James, Charlie Ray Reid, and Elizabeth Jackson.SYNOPSIS:A modern Western about two sisters who work outside the law to better their livesWhen it comes to films involving drugs or the […]
Movie Review – The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2019)
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot, 2019.Written and Directed by Robert D. Krzykowski. Starring Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Larry Miller, Ellar Coltrane, Sean Bridgers, Rizwan Manji, Mark Steger, and Ron Livingston.SYNOPSIS:A legendary American war veteran is recruited to hunt a mythical creature.Less about killing Hitler and Bigfoot, writer and director Robert […]
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