Klara and the Sun, 2026.Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Jenna Ortega, Mia Tharia, Amy Adams, Natasha Lyonne, Aran Murphy, Rachel House, Steve Buscemi, Davida McKenzie, and Harry Greenwood.SYNOPSIS:A robot girl designed to prevent loneliness tries to save a heartbroken family of humans.While watching Klara and the Sun, one recurring thought is why co-writer/director Taika Waititi […]
Movie Review – A Talent for Murder (2026)
A Talent for Murder, 2026.Written and Directed by Anton Corbijn. Starring Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke, Juliet Stevenson, James Faulkner, Brid Brennan, and Maddalena Vallecchi Williams.SYNOPSIS:A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.Celebrated […]
62nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Look Back
Look Back, 2026.Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Fuuri Nanase, Rokka Okada, Masaki Suda, Kankuro Kudo, Kayo Noro, Ryo Ikeda, Miyu Sasaki, and Maho Yamada.SYNOPSIS:Two manga artists meet and develop a bond over making manga.For those unfamiliar with the Tatsuki Fujimoto manga that co-writer/director Hirokazu Koreeda’s Look Back is based on (which itself was […]
Movie Review – Wicker (2026)
Wicker, 2026.Written and Directed by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston. Starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E. Grant, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Gustav Lindh, Ella Bruccoleri, Ben Ashenden, Phil Daniels, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Scott Alexander Young, Anders Grundberg, and Daniel Bellus.SYNOPSIS:An ostracized fisherwoman commissions the local basketmaker to weave her […]
62nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Echo Chamber
The Echo Chamber, 2026.Directed by Andrea Pallaoro. Starring Luca Marinelli, Alicia Vikander, Susan Sarandon, Ann Akinjirin, Peter Coonan, Antonia Fotaras, and Aomi Muyock.SYNOPSIS:A love story where the boundaries between presence and absence, care and dependence, desire and control blur until they dissolve.There isn’t much heat or logic in director Andrea Pallaoro’s romantic drama The Echo […]
Movie Review – Street Fighter (2026)
Street Fighter, 2026.Directed by Kitao Sakurai. Starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Cody Rhodes, Orville Peck, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Vidyut Jammwal, Olivier Richters, Hirooki Goto, David Dastmalchian, Eric André, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Schulz, Mel Jarnson, Rayna Vallandingham, and Alexander Volkanovski.SYNOPSIS:Street Fighters Ryu and Ken reunite when Chun-Li recruits them for the […]
62nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Ana the Cleaner
Ana the Cleaner, 2026.Directed by Guy Bauer. Starring Yana Roykhman, Law Tarello, Katie L. Fetting, Caleb Harbin, Ilana Kohanchi, Tara Hazel Walsh, Mickey O’Sullivan, Connor Green, and Sarah Jersild.SYNOPSIS:Ana spends her days cleaning the homes of Chicago’s elite while feeding an obsession with true crime. When one of her clients suddenly disappears, Ana becomes convinced […]
Movie Review – Whalefall (2026)
Whalefall, 2026.Directed by Brian Duffield Starring Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, and Emily Rudd.SYNOPSIS:Follows a scuba diver who, while looking for his father’s remains, is swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen runs out.As far as metaphors go, processing […]
Movie Review – You Can See Everything (2026)
You Can See Everything, 2026.Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Featuring Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder, and Billy Evans.SYNOPSIS:Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-year journey.34 days before Elizabeth Holmes […]
Movie Review – Sense and Sensibility (2026)
Sense and Sensibility, 2026.Directed by Georgia Oakley. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Frank Dillane, George MacKay, Herbert Nordrum, Fiona Shaw, Stacy Martin, Tom Brooke, Chloe Pirrie, Forrest Bothwell, Bethany Slater, Eliot Sumner, Ceara Coveney, Turlough Convery, Sophie McGibbon, Charlie Varlet, and Paulie Bovingdon.SYNOPSIS:A story of love, family, and sisterhood based […]
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