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Monthly Archive for: "October, 2022"
 “THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN” PAINTS THE END OF A FRIENDSHIP IN PITCH BLACK

“THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN” PAINTS THE END OF A FRIENDSHIP IN PITCH BLACK

Writer/director Martin McDonagh has always cultivated a very dark sense of humor in his plays and films, and in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, such sensibilities may have reached their zenith. The [...]

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 THE “AFTER DARK” SHORTS AT THE CIFF SCARE UP PARODY AND WEIRDNESS

THE “AFTER DARK” SHORTS AT THE CIFF SCARE UP PARODY AND WEIRDNESS

The Shorts series that the Chicago International Film Festival presents each year are a stirring collection of genres such as animation, documentaries, drama, and horror. The frighteners that [...]

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 “THE GREAT SILENCE” SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT FAITH AND FORGIVENESS

“THE GREAT SILENCE” SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT FAITH AND FORGIVENESS

The new Danish film THE GREAT SILENCE (Den Store Stilhed) honors its title with a main character who doesn’t say a great deal, even though her stifled angst speaks volumes. Alma (Kristine Kujath [...]

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 “MY POLICEMAN” IS A WEEPER THAT FAILS TO DIG DEEPER

“MY POLICEMAN” IS A WEEPER THAT FAILS TO DIG DEEPER

The new film MY POLICEMAN is the kind of movie they used to call a “three-hankie” weeper. It’s an occasionally moving story about a love triangle between three people in 1950s Britain and it’s [...]

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 VICKY KRIEPS ESSAYS THE MADNESS OF EMPRESS ELISABETH IN “CORSAGE”

VICKY KRIEPS ESSAYS THE MADNESS OF EMPRESS ELISABETH IN “CORSAGE”

Filmmaker Marie Kreutzer weaves deliciously sly symbolism throughout her new period drama CORSAGE, starting with the very first images. She introduces us to Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Vicky [...]

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 “TÁR” ASKS IF ART IS ENOUGH WHEN THE ARTIST IS A MONSTER

“TÁR” ASKS IF ART IS ENOUGH WHEN THE ARTIST IS A MONSTER

As I watched Cate Blanchett’s superb portrayal of Lydia Tár in the film TÁR, I tried to think back to when a film, fictional or otherwise, presented such a despicable lead female character. Maybe [...]

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 “HELLRAISER” REBOOTS WITH A MODESTLY RIPPING TALE

“HELLRAISER” REBOOTS WITH A MODESTLY RIPPING TALE

British horrormeister Clive Barker made a huge name for himself with his novella The Hellbound Heart in 1986 and its film adaptation HELLRAISER in 1987. The story concerned a mystical puzzle box, [...]

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 THE ALL-STAR “AMSTERDAM” DOESN’T LIVE UP TO ITS POTENTIAL

THE ALL-STAR “AMSTERDAM” DOESN’T LIVE UP TO ITS POTENTIAL

In AMSTERDAM, filmmaker David O. Russell has assembled the toniest cast in a movie all year, along with expensive production values, and a script with a timely message about fascism. If only the [...]

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