1 Black Harvest Film Festival 2018 (Siskel, August 4-30) The twenty-fourth edition of the showcase of independent cinema offers eighteen features and thirty-four shorts, and includes an appearance by Rusty Cundieff with one of his pioneering 1990s movies.
2 The Captain (Music Box, Opens Friday, August 3) Char-black fact-based drama set in waning weeks of the Third Reich is a tonally insolent thrill dissecting the timeless, fathomless urge to follow.
3 The Meg (Opens Friday, August 10) Jason Statham versus a seventy-foot shark. “Jaws” vs. “Crank”?
4 BlackKkKlansman (Opens Friday, August 10) Spike Lee’s latest comic vehemence is shepherded by producers Jordan Peele and Jason Blum, bringing 1970s period crimes into the modern moment.
5 Crazy Rich Asians (Opens Wednesday, August 15) Comedy of color rushes the stage to high expectations.
Ray Pride is Newcity’s Senior Editor and Film Critic. He is a contributing editor of Filmmaker magazine.
Ray’s history of Chicago Ghost Signs is planned for publication next year. Previews of the project are on Twitter and on Instagram. More photography on Instagram.
“The Meg”
