Movie Review: Exhibiting Forgiveness
I remember walking through the Wells St. Art Festival in Chicago, enjoying one of the many amazing summer festivals the city has to offer. And …
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Movie Review: Upgraded
It’s that wonderful time of year again, Valentine’s Day! And the moneymakers have turned it into a cottage industry, selling heart shaped antacids, various roses, …
Movie Review: American Symphony
I don’t know what happened with documentary filmmakers in 2023, but they really went all in on celebrity profiles. Most big streamers have at least …
Movie Review: Showing Up
The Sight and Sound movie poll releases every decade, where a bunch of filmmakers and critics vote on what the best movie of all time …
Movie Review: No Bears
Point taken, Jafar Panahi. While No Bears teaches us an important lesson about threatening the powerful and the impact of art, I wish the poor …
Movie Review: The Fabelmans
It’s Steven Spielberg’s time. In the age of director origin stories (Roma, The Hand of God, Belfast, Armageddon Time), it was only a matter of …
Movie Review: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Romcoms during criminal enterprises have a proud cinematic history. Alfred Hitchcock took the formula and bascially made it an art form. Art being the operative …
Movie Review: Velvet Buzzsaw
I was really looking forward to Velvet Buzzsaw. The last time Director Dan Gilroy teamed up with Jake Gyllenhaal/Rene Russo, they produced Nightcrawler, one of …
Movie Review: The Monuments Men
Turns out Hitler was a REALLY bad guy. In addition to the genocide of Jews, the man also wanted to wipe the artistic influences in …