“Beauty is Embarrassing” Paints Magical Portrait of Wayne White
I’ll never forget the first time I saw a painting by René Magritte. I was a very young boy when I first encountered his 1938 masterwork, “Time Transfixed,” on display […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Corey Feldman on “6 Degrees of Hell”
From the troubled Teddy Duchamp in Rob Reiner’s 1986 coming of age classic, “Stand by Me,” to the charismatic Edgar Frog in Joel Schumacher’s 1987 landmark vampire picture, “The Lost […]
Indie Outlook on Vocalo: “Cloud Atlas”
“There’s a natural order to this world. No matter what you do, it will never amount to anything more than a single drop in a limitless ocean.” “What is an […]
CIFF Exclusive: Leslie Zemeckis on “Bound by Flesh”
Six days before her husband’s new star-studded drama, “Flight,” closes the 48th Annual Chicago International Film Festival, Leslie Zemeckis will be attending a screening of her fascinating new documentary, “Bound […]
CIFF Exclusive: Brad Lichtenstein on “As Goes Janesville”
One of the year’s best documentaries is Brad Lichtenstein’s “As Goes Janesville,” a remarkably even-handed portrait of the financial crisis and its impact on working-class Americans. The closing of a […]
CIFF Exclusive: Kris Swanberg on “Empire Builder”
From youth film festivals to organic ice cream, Kris Swanberg has found many ways of making her mark in the Windy City. Yet it’s her film career that has garnered […]
Jeremy Blackman on “Magnolia,” PTA, “0s & 1s” and Pink Drink
The quiet boy sits in a library all by himself. His eyes dart across a pile of books while appearing to absorb every last ounce of their content. Like a […]
Eugene Kotlyarenko on “0s & 1s”
Though moviegoers are becoming increasingly comfortable with viewing the latest flicks on their laptop, there are some films that simply demand to be seen on the big screen. Take Eugene […]
“My Sucky Teen Romance” Screens Aug. 27 in Chicago
I’ve never really understood the vampire craze, though I can see why fans–particularly young women–would respond so strongly to Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular books and their subsequent film adaptations. The […]
“Patang” to Screen at Facets Aug. 24-30
Prashant Bhargava‘s “Patang,” (a.k.a. “The Kite”) was a film I greatly admired upon first glance. I had just finished defending Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” at every holiday gathering […]
