Petite Maman, 2021. Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, and Margot Abascal. SYNOPSIS: Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same […]
Movie Review – Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Dear Evan Hansen, 2021. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, DeMarius R. Copes, Isaac Powell, Liza Kate, Avery Bederman, and Gerald Caesar. SYNOPSIS: Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with […]
Movie Review – The Boss Baby 2: Family Business (2021)
The Boss Baby: Family Business, 2021. Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Jeff Goldblum, Eva Longoria, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, and James McGrath. SYNOPSIS: The Templeton brothers have become adults and drifted away from each other, but a new boss baby with a cutting-edge […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Spencer
Spencer, 2021. Directed by Pablo Larraín. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Thomas Douglas, Olga Hellsing, Matthias Wolkowski, Oriana Gordon, Ryan Wichert, John Keogh, Amy Manson, Elizabeth Berrington, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry, Stella Gonet, Richard Sammel, Lore Stefanek, James Harkness, Laura Benson, Wendy Patterson, and Libby Rodliffe. SYNOPSIS: During her […]
Movie Review – Cryptozoo (2021)
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 […]
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