Again, Again, Always: A Review Of “Three Times” Revived in 35mm
Hou Hsiao-hsien works wistful magic in three stories played by the same pair of actors.
Film Top 5: November 2019
New films (and a few classics) to watch in November.
Upstairs, Downstairs, Downstairs: A Review Of Parasite
The performances are brilliant, soft and hard, and director Bong Joon-ho is adoring but unsparing.
The Conversation: A Review Of Joker
Todd Phillips has finagled what genre director Phil Karlson called “little pieces of truth” into “Joker.”
Cached And Carried: A Review Of The Laundromat
Meryl Streep falls into the Panama Papers in Steven Soderbergh’s comic essay film on international finance.
When I’m Fifty-Five: Chicago International Sticks (Mostly) To The Basics
The staff of Chicago International talk philosophy as the film fest turns fifty-five.
Film Top 5: October 2019
One of Bresson’s greatest; two versions of Hemingway’s “The Killers”; Nina Menke’s essential “Queen of Diamonds”; Almodóvar and Antonio Banderas; and an early 70s horror gem.
Film Leaders of the Moment: Kwame Amoaku and Peter Hawley
Both the Illinois Film Office and Chicago Film Office got new bosses in 2019.
Dad Star Man: A Review Of Ad Astra
What if there was intelligent life at the farthest reaches of the studio system?
Apocalypse Now or Never: Futures Written And Not Yet Written
The hope of capturing historical present tense is like expecting to perform a delicate operation on a runaway train.
