Motherless Brooklyn, 2019. Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael Kenneth Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private […]
Movie Review – Black and Blue (2019)
Black and Blue, 2019. Directed by Deon Taylor. Starring Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo, Mike Colter, Reid Scott, Tyrese Gibson, and Nafessa Williams. SYNOPSIS: A rookie police officer in New Orleans has to balance her identity as a black woman with her role as a police officer when she witnesses other police officers committing murder. The […]
Movie Review – Burning Cane (2019)
Burning Cane, 2019. Written and Directed by Phillip Youmans. Starring Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan, Braelyn Kelly, Emyri Crutchfield, and Erika Woods. SYNOPSIS: Amongst the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious convictions and the love of her son. It’s been said countless times already, but the weight […]
Movie Review – Frankie (2019)
Frankie, 2019. Directed by Ira Sachs. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier, Pascal Greggory, Ariyon Bakare, Vinette Robinson, Carloto Cotta, Mikaela Lupu, and Sennia Nanua. SYNOPSIS: Three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Marriage Story (2019)
Marriage Story. 2019 Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Merritt Wever, Mark O’Brien, Azhy Robertson, Brooke Bloom, Julie Hagerty, Matthew Shear, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, McKinley Belcher III, Wallace Shawn, and Amir Talai Synopsis: Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking […]
Movie Review – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019. Directed by Joe Talbot. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover, Mike Epps, Mari Kearney, Tonya Glanz, Thora Birch, and Finn Wittrock. SYNOPSIS: A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind. Director Joe Talbot […]
Movie Review – The Addams Family (2019)
The Addams Family, 2019. Directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon. Featuring the voice talents of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Elsie Fisher, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Tituss Burgess, Jenifer Lewis, and Pom Klementieff. SYNOPSIS: An animated version of Charles Addams’ series of […]
Movie Review – Monos (2019)
Monos, 2019. Directed by Alejandro Landes. Starring Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón, Deibi Rueda, Paul Cubides, Sneider Castro, Wilson Salazar, and Jorge Román. SYNOPSIS: On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow. Monos is a fictional story that might […]
Movie Review – The Current War (2019)
The Current War, 2019 Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Tuppence Middleton, Stanley Townsend, Damien Molony, Conor MacNeill, Celyn Jones, Craig Roberts, Harry Melling, Colin Stinton, Oliver Powell, John Schwab, Abigail Johns, and Tom Bell SYNOPSIS: The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Knives Out (2019)
Knives Out. 2019 Written and Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Lakeith Stanfield, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Riki Lindholme. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family. Before even getting into […]
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