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The Twitterverse should stow its faux outrage over the new black comedy JOJO RABBIT. Making fun of the Nazis is hardly outrageous or even unprecedented by show biz standards. STALAG 17 did it all [...]

My latest review that you can read at Creative Screenwriting magazine is of DOLEMITE IS MY NAME. It’s a wonderful new comedy starring Eddie Murphy that’s dropping on Netflix this [...]

Filmmaker Robert Eggers reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe. His movies are filled with gloom and doom and madness. Like Poe, Eggers too fancies dramatizing the horror of confined spaces, bullheaded [...]

Original caricature by Jeff York of Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodovar of PAIN AND GLORY. (copyright 2019) Pedro Almodovar is one of my favorite filmmakers so it’s no surprise that I [...]

Most animated movies aimed at kids must also appeal to their parents. After all, if the chaperones aren’t amused, they’ll likely not return for another Cineplex viewing when their children plead [...]

Original caricature by Jeff York of Jamie Bernadette in THE FURNACE. (copyright 2019) There is a surprising sunniness evident throughout THE FURNACE, the new movie about a handicapped [...]

Original caricature by Jeff York of Joaquin Phoenix as JOKER. (copyright 2019) The controversial take on the clown prince of crime proved that polarization doesn’t necessarily hinder box [...]

Hello friends and followers!  As you are probably aware, I have been an original charter member of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle since its inception in 2016. Since that time, our [...]