We Live as We Dream, Alone: A Review of “First Man”
The cumulative power of Gosling’s performance, of Chazelle’s determination, smothered me.
The Sense of Community: A Review of “22 July”
Paul Greengrass again shows a community battling together against a shared threat.
Song to Song: A Review of “A Star Is Born”
Just two people looking at each other in tender, grateful terror.
Pupper Crust: A Review of “Pick of The Litter”
Good movie. Here you go! Good movie!
Film Top 5: October 2018
Chicago International turns fifty-four; David Gordon Green (and Danny McBride) retool Halloween; snapping Garry Winogrand; Robert Greene confronts historical documentary; “Wanda” is a one-off for the ages.
Emulsion Pictures: Chicago Film Society Projects a Celluloid Future
There’s a new generation of celluloid savants in town.
Filmmaker of the Moment: Bing Liu
A discussion of Bing Liu’s masterful “Minding the Gap,” and the creative process behind it.
Days of Wander: The Seductive Slipstream of “Blaze”
Time, refrained.
Meatier Métier: A Review of Godard’s Rediscovered “The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company”
A newly-surfaced Jean-Luc Godard feature from 1986.
Whacks Poetic: A Review of “Lizzie”
An unmarried woman, 1892.
