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55th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Truth (2019)

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The Truth. 2019 Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda Starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Sagnier, Roger Van Hool, Jackie Berroyer, Laurent Capelluto, Manon Clavel, Christian Crahay, Clementine Grenier, Alain Libolt, and Maya Sansa SYNOPSIS: About a stormy reunion between a daughter and her actress mother, Catherine, against the backdrop of Catherine’s latest role in […]

Movie Review – A Love Song (2022)

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A Love Song, 2022. Written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman. Starring Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, John Way, and Marty Grace Dennis. SYNOPSIS: Two childhood sweethearts, both now widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains. A love story for those who are alone. It’s always tremendously rewarding to […]

Movie Review – The Silent Twins (2022)

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The Silent Twins, 2022. Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Starring Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance, Jack Bandeira, Jordan J Gallagher, Julian R. Booth, Tony Richardson, Martin Hugh Henley, Leah Mondesir-Simmonds, Eva-Arianna Baxter, Nadine Marshall, Michael Smiley, Jodhi May, Kinga Preis, and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn. SYNOPSIS: Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins […]

Movie Review – Corsage (2022)

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Corsage, 2022. Directed by Marie Kreutzer. Starring Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, and Colin Morgan. SYNOPSIS: A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old […]

Movie Review – Clerks III (2022)

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Clerks III, 2022. Written and Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Jeff Anderson, Brian O’Halloran, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Rosario Dawson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Austin Zajur, Justin Long, Harley Quinn Smith, Fred Armisen, Ben Affleck, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ralph Garman and Marc Bernardin. SYNOPSIS: Dante, Elias, and Jay and Silent Bob are […]

Movie Review – Spoiler Alert (2022)

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Spoiler Alert, 2022. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Josh Pais, Antoni Porowski, Nikki M. James, Jeffery Self, Tara Summers, Winslow Bright, Allegra Heart, Sadie Scott, Shunori Ramanathan, Kate Pittard, Christine Renee Miller, Erica Cho, David Marshall Grant, and Brody Caines. SYNOPSIS: The story of Michael Ausiello and […]

Movie Review – Burial (2022)

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Burial, 2022. Written and directed by Ben Parker. Starring Harriet Walter, Tom Felton, Charlotte Vega, and Bill Milner. SYNOPSIS: A small group of Russian soldiers have the task of taking Hitler’s discovered remains back to Stalin in Moscow. Ben Parker’s (The Chamber) sophomore feature Burial certainly doesn’t leave audiences craving a dishy premise, and though a […]

Movie Review – Pet Graveyard (2019)

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Pet Graveyard, 2019. Directed by Rebecca Matthews. Starring Jessica Otoole, David Cotter, Rita Siddiqui, Claire-Maria Fox, Andrew Hollingworth, and Hattie Willow. SYNOPSIS: The Grim Reaper and his sinister pet torment a group of people after they undergo an experiment that allows them to revisit the dead. Ever wondered what would happen if you mixed the […]

Movie Review – Call Jane (2022)

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Call Jane, 2022. Directed by Phyllis Nagy. Starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Wunmi Mosaku, Kate Mara, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, John Magaro, Aida Turturro, Emily Creighton, Gina Jun, Rebecca Henderson, Bianca D’Ambrosio, Evangeline Young, Kristina Harrison, Alison Jaye, Kayla Foster, John Rothman, Bruce MacVittie, Maia Scalia, and Geoffrey Cantor. SYNOPSIS: A married […]