As most of you wonderful regular readers know, I am a voting member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, an organization filled with distinct voices and incredible people. The existential sci-fi familial drama comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once led the pack with twelve nominations (a record for the group that should prove difficult to […]
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time in Hollywood leads CFCA Awards nominations, Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig’s films not far behind
For anyone following along what the current awards season, the big news here is not necessarily how well Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman are doing, but rather that Greta Gerwig’s fantastic modern-day reimagining of classical literature Little Women has not been left out to dry in the […]
Chicago Film Critics Association champion Call Me By Your Name with 2017 award nominations
Critical darlings and awards favorites Call Me By Your Name and The Shape of Water proved to be heavy hitters within the Chicago Film Critics Association (of which yours truly is a fresh, honorary member). The former received eight nominations while the latter received seven. Meanwhile, in third place was a three-way tie between Lady Bird, […]
Lady Bird takes home Chicago Film Critics Association’s top prizes
Although Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water dominated the Chicago Film Critics Association in nominations, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird walked away with the highest honors. The circa-2001 Catholic highschool-set coming of age comedy was awarded Best Picture while stars Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf emerged victorious from their respective, fiercely […]
