Abandoned, 2022. Directed by Spencer Squire. Starring Emma Roberts, John Gallagher Jr., Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, Addy Miller, Paul Dillon, Justin Matthew Smith, and Paul Schneider. SYNOPSIS: After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman’s struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify… as the house reveals secrets of […]
Movie Review – Violent Night (2022)
Violent Night, 2022. Directed by Tommy Wirkola. Starring David Harbour, Beverly D’Angelo, John Leguizamo, Cam Gigandet, Edi Patterson, Brendan Fletcher, Alex Hassell, Mike Dopud, Alexis Louder, Mitra Suri, Stephanie Sy, Alexander Elliot, John B. Lowe, André Eriksen, Leah Brady, and Erik Athavale. SYNOPSIS: When a group of mercenaries attacks the estate of a wealthy family, […]
Movie Review – The Eternal Daughter (2022)
The Eternal Daughter, 2022. Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg. Starring Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies, Alfie Sankey-Green, Zinnia Davies-Cooke, and August Joshi. SYNOPSIS: An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. It is a bold act of […]
Movie Review – White Noise (2022)
White Noise, 2022. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Don Cheadle, Jodie Turner-Smith, André 3000, Lars Eidinger, Barbara Sukowa, Mike Gassaway, Matthew Shear, Francis Jue, Danny Wolohan, J. David Hinze, Logan Fry, Thomas W. Wolf, Bob Gray, Erik Moth, Bill Camp, and Gideon Glick. SYNOPSIS: Jack […]
Movie Review – Rogers Park (2018)
Rogers Park, 2018. Directed by Kyle Henry. Starring Sara Sevigny, Antoine McKay, Jonny Mars, Christine Horn, and Carlos Trevino. SYNOPSIS: Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments rise to the surface. Setting the stage for what’s to come, in an elementary school classroom a young boy and a […]
Exclusive Interview – Michael Glover Smith discusses relationships, gender politics, and more for Mercury in Retrograde
Robert Kojder chats with Mercury in Retrograde director Michael Glover Smith… Mercury in Retrograde is the second directorial effort from Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith and reaches profound messages on relationships; this is aesthetically pleasing, strongly written and directed, superb work with an outstanding ensemble. It’s a must watch for anyone that values relationships and the definition […]
Exclusive Interview – The women of Mercury in Retorgrade talk the challenges of their roles and relationships
Robert Kojder chats with Mercury in Retrograde stars Najarra Townsend and Alana Arenas… Mercury in Retrograde is the second directorial effort from Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith and reaches profound messages on relationships; this is aesthetically pleasing, strongly written and directed, superb work with an outstanding ensemble. It’s a must watch for anyone that values relationships and […]
Movie Review – Mercury in Retrograde (2018)
Mercury in Retrograde, 2018. Written and Directed by Michael Glover Smith. Starring Najarra Townsend, Alana Arenas, Roxane Mesquida, Shane Simmons, Kevin Wehby, Jack C. Newell, and Andrew Sensenig. SYNOPSIS: Three couples from Chicago vacation for a weekend at a lakeside cabin in Michigan. Over the course of three days in this relationship drama, hidden tensions […]
Movie Review – Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover, 2022. Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Starring Emma Corrin, Jack O’Connell, Matthew Duckett, Joely Richardson, Ella Hunt, Faye Marsay, Nicholas Bishop, Anthony Brophy, Eugene O’Hare, Rachel Andrews, Jonah Russell, Sandra Huggett, Ellie Piercy, Rachel Pedley, Zoé Wallon, Marianne McIvor, Holly Dennis, and Christopher Jordan. SYNOPSIS: An unhappily married aristocrat begins a torrid […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Princess Cyd (2017)
Directed by Chicago based filmmaker Stephen Cone (Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party), Princess Cyd is at once genuine and inauthentic. As previously seen in his evergrowing portfolio of indie character studies, Cone presents humans with a deep aura of grace. Truthfully, there is no better word to use; working from the mismatched familial duo concept, it should be […]
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