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: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem
Synopsys: Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science...
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Julieta Serrano, and Rossy de Palma
Synopsys: Two single women meet in a hospital room where they are both going...
Director: Wang Qiong
Synopsys: With an HD camera, 22-year-old Qiong investigates abortions and desertion in her family, exploring complex societal power over women’s bodies and trying to heal and reconcile the family’s four...
