“Joker,” “Judy” and Why They Make Me Moody
Self-importance is what defines Oscar season rather than any degree of quality. What makes these films any more deserving of awards consideration than what preceded them over the last several […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Goes Back to Her One-Woman Roots of “Fleabag”
The following review is penned by guest contributor Patrick McDonald, freelance writer and the Über Critic. At the recent Emmy Awards, there was one TV series collecting the statues as […]
Veronica Cartwright on “The Field,” “The Birds,” “Alien” and Much More
“That’s the magic of movies,” Alfred Hitchcock told Veronica Cartwright on the set of his 1963 masterpiece, “The Birds,” upon explaining to her how a bit of pantomime married with […]
Jenna Ruiz and Gurinder Singh Khalsa on “Singh”
I had arrived at the Indianapolis airport for the first time just hours before viewing a short film that not only took place there, but re-staged harrowing events that continue […]
Ognjen Glavonić on “The Load”
There’s a scene early on in Serbian writer/director Ognjen Glavonić’s profoundly tense narrative feature debut, “The Load,” that is worthy of Hitchcock. A police car gradually appears in the side […]
Floor Adams on “Mind My Mind”
Though the Oscar season has barely begun, I doubt I’ll see a better film this year than Floor Adams’ “Mind My Mind.” Among its numerous recent accolades, this thirty-minute marvel […]
Why “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” is My Favorite Tarantino Film Since “Kill Bill”
I’ll never forget the moment I first fell in love with the cinema of Quentin Tarantino. Having grown up Catholic pre-Gibson’s “Passion,” I was not at all accustomed to graphic […]
Erin Wolf on Editing “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”
Ever since its debut in October of last year, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Netflix series “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” has only gotten more bewitching as its plot continues to unfold. Hooking my […]
Out of Time: The Brilliant Soundtrack of Hal Ashby’s “Coming Home”
On May 7th of last year, I was fortunate enough to catch Amy Scott’s splendid documentary, “Hal,” at the Chicago Critics Film Festival. I had already been a fan of […]
Morgan Saylor on “Anywhere With You,” “White Girl” and “Novitiate”
Ever since Morgan Saylor’s galvanizing portrayal of a drug-addled college student in Elizabeth Wood’s “White Girl” blew the roof off the Gene Siskel Film Center upon its Windy City premiere […]
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