Eternity, 2025. Directed by David Freyne. Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, Callum Turner, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Betty Buckley, John Early, Olga Merediz, Kristina Capati, Olga Petsa, Panta Mosleh, Jeanie Cloutier, Kyle Warren, Elodie Venece, Danny Mac, Devielle Johnson, and Noah Bromley. SYNOPSIS: In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend […]
Billy Wilder was our North Star: Screenwriter Patrick Cunnane and producer Trevor White on Eternity – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Eternity screenwriter Patrick Cunnane and producer Trevor White… Selected as the official closing night film for the Chicago International Film Festival, Eternity is a high-concept blend of genres (romantic comedy and drama) that primarily takes place in a bureaucratically imagined afterlife. The story centers on Larry (Miles Teller), who is sent […]
Movie Review – Bone Lake (2025)
Bone Lake, 2025 Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan. Starring Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Marco Pigossi, Andra Nechita, Eliane Reis, and Clayton Spencer. SYNOPSIS: A couple’s vacation at a secluded estate is upended when they’re forced to share the mansion with a mysterious couple. A dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and […]
Movie Review – Hamnet (2025)
Hamnet, 2025. Written and Directed by Chloe Zhao. Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn. SYNOPSIS: The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. In Hamnet, writer/director Chloe Zhao (adapting Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel) brings her gifted, gentle touch to a […]
Movie Review – Oh, Hi! (2025)
Oh, Hi!, 2025. Written and Directed by Sophie Brooks. Starring Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds, Polly Draper, David Cross, Desmin Borges, Jimmy Gary Jr., Tabitha Lawing, Ruben Ortiz, Diana Irvine and Sabina Friedman-Seitz. SYNOPSIS: Iris has met her perfect guy, Isaac, and is enjoying their first romantic getaway together — what could […]
Movie Review – Wicked: For Good (2025)
Wicked: For Good, 2025. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Sharon D. Clarke, Colman Domingo, Peter Dinklage, Adam James, Scarlett Spears, Kerry Ellis, Alice Fearn, and Keala Settle. SYNOPSIS: Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West […]
Movie Review – Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
Sisu: Road to Revenge, 2025. Written and Directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Jorma Tommila, Richard Brake, and Stephen Lang. SYNOPSIS: A man returns to dismantle his family’s house, where they were murdered in war, to rebuild it elsewhere. When the killer, a Red Army commander, tracks him down, a brutal cross-country pursuit begins. Early in […]
Movie Review – Train Dreams (2025)
Train Dreams, 2025. Directed by Clint Bentley. Starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr., John Patrick Lowrie, Alfred Hsing, Ron Ford, Olive Steverding, Zoe Rose Short, Jennifer Simmons, Cisco Keanu Reyes, and Jerry Dykeman. SYNOPSIS: A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to […]
Movie Review – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, 2025. Written and Directed by Mary Bronstein. Starring Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, Delaney Quinn, Mary Bronstein, Ivy Wolk, Mark Stolzenberg, Conan O’Brien, Manu Narayan, Danielle Macdonald, Eva Kornet, Ella Beatty, Helen Hong, Daniel Zolghadri, Josh Pais, Ronald Bronstein, Laurence Blum, Lark White, Amy Judd Lieberman, Char Sidney. Jodi […]
Movie Review – Rental Family (2025)
Rental Family, 2025. Written and Directed by Hikari. Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Akira Emoto, Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, Shinji Ozeki, Yuji Komatsu, Ryoko Osada, Gan Furukawa, Risa Kameda, Kana Kitty, Yuma Sonan, Nihi, and Shino Shinozaki. SYNOPSIS: An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands […]
