Leviticus, 2026. Written and Directed by Adrian Chiarella. Starring Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Tyallah Bullock, Ewen Leslie, Jeremy Blewitt, Davida McKenzie, Julia Grace, Hyu Motoki, Edwina Wren, David Serafin, Nicholas Hope, Zachary Newman, and Shannon Berry. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they […]
Movie Review – Power Ballad (2026)
Power Ballad, 2026. Directed by John Carney. Starring Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Rory Keenan, Keith McErlean, Paul Reid, Beth Fallon, Havana Rose Liu, Jack Reynor, Naoimh Whelton, Mae Higgins, Ian Dillon, Kelly Thornton, Ebimie Anthony, Ruby Conway Dunne, Dean Panter, Juliette Crosbie, Robert Mitchell, Martha Breen, Dylan Kelly, Kellie El Mayss, […]
Movie Review – I Want Your Sex (2026)
I Want Your Sex, 2026. Written and Directed by Gregg Araki. Starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Charli xcx, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida, George Todd McLachlan, and James Duval. SYNOPSIS: Elliot lands a job for Erika Tracy as her sexual muse. Curator of a sexuality-based art gallery, […]
Movie Review – The Invite (2026)
The Invite, 2026. Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton. SYNOPSIS: Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Before Seth Rogen’s Joe and Olivia Wilde’s explicitly state the last time their […]
Movie Review – The Baltimorons (2025)
The Baltimorons, 2025. Directed by Jay Duplass. Starring Michael Strassner, Liz Larson, Olivia Luccardi, Jessie Cohen, Brian Mendes, Marina Erickson, Stacy Caspari, Morgan Dixon, Zoe Strassner, Drew Limon, Rob Phoenix, Chris Strassner, David Strassner, and Mary Catherine Garrison. SYNOPSIS: A newly sober man’s Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older […]
Movie Review – Friendship (2024)
Friendship, 2025. Written and Directed by Andrew DeYoung. Starring Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rick Worthy, Whitmer Thomas, Daniel London, Eric Rahill, Jacob Ming-Trent, Billy Bryk, Meredith Garretson, Ari Dalbert, Josh Segarra, Raphael Sbarge, Omar Torres, Jason Veasey, Jon Glaser, Carmen Christopher, Mike J Mills, Alex Webb, Juri Henley-Cohn, Desi Waters, […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Review – A Little Prayer
A Little Prayer, 2025. Written and Directed by Angus MacLachlan. Starring Jane Levy, David Strathairn, Dascha Polanco, Celia Weston, Steve Coulter, Keisha Tillis, Will Pullen, Billie Roy, Ashley Shelton, David Price, Amy Marie Murphy, Justin Paitsel, Rita Glynn, Jeffrey Dean Foster, and Anna Camp. SYNOPSIS: A man tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he finds […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Review – Lurker
Lurker, 2025. Written and Directed by Alex Russell. Starring Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Havana Rose Liu, Sunny Suljic, Daniel Zolghadri, Zack Fox, Cam Hicks, Chaize Macklin, Brian Niles, Sean Wang, Myra Turley, Jonas Gindin, Hannah Christine Shetler, Mikaela Poon, Willa Shaw, and Rene Leech. SYNOPSIS: A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist […]
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It goes without saying that Flickering Myth is primarily a UK based multimedia website, but Chicago is also quickly becoming our second home so to speak. As a critic writing for this site coming up on three years now, it is truly an honor to be a part of the Chicago Critics Film Festival for […]
