Cryptozoo, 2021. Directed by Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski. Featuring the voice talents of Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Alex Karpovsky, Zoe Kazan, Louisa Krause, Angeliki Papoulia, Thomas Jay Ryan, Peter Stormare, Grace Zabriskie, Emily Davis, Irene Muscara, Owen K. Price, Joce Soubiran, Rajesh Parameswaran, and Ami Patel. SYNOPSIS: Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a […]
Movie Review – We Need to Do Something (2021)
We Need to Do Something, 2021. Directed by Sean King O’Grady. Starring Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, John James Cronin, Lisette Alexis, and Ozzy Osbourne. SYNOPSIS: After Melissa and her family seek shelter from a storm, they become trapped. With no sign of rescue, hours turn to days and Melissa comes to realize that […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – C’mon C’mon
C’mon C’mon. 2021 Written and Directed by Mike Mills. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Norman, Gaby Hoffmann, Scoot McNairy, Molly Webster, Jaboukie Young-White, and Sarah Klein. SYNOPSIS: A radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his young nephew. There are real-life concerns about the planet’s future and the emotional struggles of a fictional estranged family […]
Movie Review – No Future (2021)
No Future, 2021. Directed Andrew Irvine and Mark Smoot. Starring Catherine Keener, Charlie Heaton, Rosa Salazar, Jackie Earle Haley, Jefferson White, Austin Amelio, Heather Kafka, and Jason Douglas. SYNOPSIS: After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend’s grieving mother. Opening at […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Mayor Pete
Mayor Pete, 2021. Directed by Jesse Moss. Featuring Pete Buttigieg, and Chasten Buttigieg. SYNOPSIS: An inside look at Pete Buttigieg campaign to run for President of the United States. The 2019 Iowa caucus is typically remembered for the botched and delayed voting results, and the surprise victory for openly gay South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Julia
Julia. 2021 Directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West. Featuring Julia Child, José Andrés Puerta, Ruth Reichl, Cecile Richards, and Marcus Samuelsson. SYNOPSIS: Julia tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Even for those unfamiliar with cookbook author/TV […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday, 2021 Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu, Nathan Reeve, Samuel Barlow, Dexter Raggatt, Patsy Ferran, Charlie Oscar, Emma D’Arcy, Simon Shepherd, Caroline Harker, Craig Crosbie, Emily Woof, Alex Cubb, Forrest Bothwell, and Albert Welling. SYNOPSIS: A maid living in post-World War I […]
Movie Review – Dune (2021)
Dune, 2021. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chang Chen, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Babs Olusanmokun, and Benjamin Clémentine. SYNOPSIS: Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble […]
Movie Review – Survive the Game (2021)
Survive the Game, 2021. Directed by James Cullen Bressack. Starring Chad Michael Murray, Bruce Willis, Sarah Roemer, Donna D’Errico, Zack Ward, Sean Kanan, Kate Katzman, Swen Temmel, and Michael Sirow. SYNOPSIS: When cop David is injured in a drug bust gone wrong, his partner Cal chases the two criminals who shot him. They all land […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Drive My Car
Drive My Car, 2021. Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Park Yurim, Jin Daeyeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, and Satoko Abe. SYNOPSIS: Yûsuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears. The prologue of Drive My […]
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