The 2021 Chicago International Film Festival offers a rich and vast array of quality international cinema, and for this dispatch of reviews, we are going to take a look into three films...
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Synopsis: On the verge of marriage to his long-time boyfriend, a successful academic in Denmark is confronted with a secret from his past.
The crisis of Afghanistan has been tragically...
Director: Sean Baker
Writer: Chris Bergoch, Sean Baker
Stars: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son
Synopsis: A washed-up porn star clashes with his estranged wife after returning to his hometown in Texas.
The films of Sean...
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill
Synopsis: A semi-autobiographical film that chronicles the life of a working class family and their young son's childhood...
As I get the email from her publicist on that Wednesday afternoon saying “we’re gonna head into the zoom now, we’re running early” my hands get sweaty, my nerves start making my...
Director: Traci A. Curry and Stanley Nelson
Synopsis: Stanley Nelson examines the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
The phrase “It didn’t have...
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve.
Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve.
Stars: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie.
Synopsis: Two filmmakers retreat to Fårö island for the summer and hope to find inspiration where Ingmar Bergman shot...
Director: David Gordon Green
Screenwriter: Scott Teems, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green
Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
Synopsis: The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.
We...
