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57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Drive My Car

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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 […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Belfast

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Belfast, 2021. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds and Colin Morgan. SYNOPSIS: In the midst of the Troubles, a young boy and his parents struggle with the idea that their future might have to lie somewhere other than the city they have always called home. Kenneth […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, 2021. Written and Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, and Aoba Kawai. SYNOPSIS: An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Antlers

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Antlers, 2021. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Cody Davis, Sawyer Jones, Arlo Hajdu, Glynis Davies, Dorian Kingi, Andy Thompson, Jesse Downs, Dendrie Taylor, and Emily Delahunty. SYNOPSIS: In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become […]

Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Paris, 13th District

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Paris, 13th District, 2021. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Lucie Zhang, Jehnny Beth, Geneviève Doang, Pol White, Line Phé, Annabelle Milot, Lumina Wang, Camille Léon-Fucien, Stephen Manas, Rong-Ying Yang, Raphaelle Doyle, Oceane Cairaty, and Anaïde Rozam. SYNOPSIS: Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nitram

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Nitram, 2021. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Judy Davis. SYNOPSIS: A fictionalised take on the story of the Port Arthur shooting – the most notorious mass shooting in Australian history. The 1996 Port Arthur shooting is one of the most horrifying events in recent Australian history, and […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – A Hero

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A Hero, 2021. Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabande, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Sahar Goldust, Maryam Shahdaie, Ali Reza Jahandideh, Ehsan Goodarzi, Sarina Farhadi, Farrokh Nourbakht, Mohammad Aghebati, and Saleh Karimai. SYNOPSIS: Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Feast

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The Feast, 2021. Directed by Lee Haven Jones. Starring Nia Roberts, Annes Elwy, Julian Lewis Jones, Sion Alun Davies, Steffan Cennydd, Rhodri Meilir and Lisa Palfrey. SYNOPSIS: In a luxury house in the Welsh countryside, a quiet waitress works for the family of an MP hoping to secure a big property deal. There’s something very […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Bergman Island

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Bergman Island, 2021. Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Wouter Hendrickx, Joel Spira, Clara Strauch, Hampus Nordenson, Anki Larsson, Kerstin Brunnberg, Melinda Kinnaman, and Stig Björkman. SYNOPSIS: A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Dune

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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 […]