Although Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water dominated the Chicago Film Critics Association in nominations, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird walked away with the highest honors. The circa-2001 Catholic highschool-set coming of age comedy was awarded Best Picture while stars Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf emerged victorious from their respective, fiercely […]
Movie Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran, Benicio del Toro, Billie Lourd, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Jimmy Vee, Tim Rose, Warwick Davis, Hermione Corfield […]
Chicago Film Critics Association champion Call Me By Your Name with 2017 award nominations
Critical darlings and awards favorites Call Me By Your Name and The Shape of Water proved to be heavy hitters within the Chicago Film Critics Association (of which yours truly is a fresh, honorary member). The former received eight nominations while the latter received seven. Meanwhile, in third place was a three-way tie between Lady Bird, […]
Movie Review – Phantom Thread (2017)
Phantom Thread, 2017. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, and Brian Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis […]
Movie Review – The Post (2017)
The Post, 2017. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Zach Woods, Pat Healy, John Rue, Justin Swain, Deborah Green, Phillip Casnoff, Jessie Mueller, and Michael Stuhlbarg. SYNOPSIS: A cover-up that spanned four […]
Movie Review – Wonder Wheel (2017)
Wonder Wheel, 2017. Written and Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, Jim Belushi, Max Casella, Jack Gore, and David Krumholtz. SYNOPSIS: On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his beleaguered wife. Say what you will about Wonder Wheel (the latest […]
Movie Review – Darkest Hour (2017)
Darkest Hour, 2017. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Dillane, Samuel West, Jordan Waller, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn. SYNOPSIS: During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate […]
Movie Review – Una (2017)
Una, 2017. Directed by Benedict Andrews. Starring Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Ruby Stokes, Riz Ahmed, Tobias Menzies, Natasha Little, and Tara Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: A woman confronts an older man, her former neighbor, to find out why he abandoned her after they had a sexual relationship. The premise of Una is enough on its own to […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
Publish December 3rd The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, David Hewlett, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, […]
Movie Review – The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
The Pirates of Somalia, 2017. Written and Directed by Bryan Buckley. Starring Evan Peters, Barkhad Abdi, Melanie Griffith, Russell Posner, Mohamed Mohamud Hossein, Mohamed Abdikadir, Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, Abdi Sidow Farah, Mohamed Osmail Ibrahim, Sabrina Hassan, Mohamed Barre, and Al Pacino SYNOPSIS: In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among […]
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