2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Belushi, The Road Up, There Is No Evil

2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Belushi, The Road Up, There Is No Evil

Below are my reviews of Belushi, The Road Up, and There Is No Evil from the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival.         BELUSHI Directed by R.J. Cutler   John Belushi is one of the most tragic stories Hollywood has ever had.  A comedic genius who became a star in his mid-twenties by being one of the standouts in the early days of Saturday Night Live and starring in movies like National Lampoons Animal House and The Blues Brothers.  By the…

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2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Comedy Shorts Program

2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Comedy Shorts Program

Here are my reviews of the Comedy Shorts Program from the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival.       BLOCKS Directed by Bridget Moloney Blocks is a very creative short film about an over-worked mother.  Ashleigh (Claire Coffee) is the mother of two young, rambunctious, messy children.  One day, Ashleigh begins to spontaneously vomit toy blocks.  However, the more blocks that are coming, the closer Ashleigh is getting to a breakdown. Coffee portrays the over-worked Ashleigh…

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2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Summer of 85, Sleep

2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Summer of 85, Sleep

My reviews of Summer of 85 and Sleep from the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival.     SUMMER OF 85 Directed by François Ozon   Summer of 85 opens with Alexis (Félix Lefebvre) walking down a prison hallway handcuffed with a guard walking next to him.  We hear in a voiceover we assume to be Alexis that he a fascination with death, but doesn’t like the idea of a corpse.  Alexis then informs us that he is in this situation…

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Chicago International Film Festival 2020 – AFTER DARK Shorts

Chicago International Film Festival 2020 – AFTER DARK Shorts

Here are my reviews of the AFTER DARK Shorts program from the Chicago International Film Festival.  There were six films in total.       REGRET Directed by Santiago Menghini The program started on a dark, somber note with Regret, a film that looks at the horror of just that; regret. Following the death of his father and deciding to not attend his funeral, Wayne (Brent Skagford), must survive the manifestations of his inner demons over…

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2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Kubrick by Kubrick, I’m Your Woman, Memory House

2020 Chicago International Film Festival – Kubrick by Kubrick, I’m Your Woman, Memory House

Here are some brief reviews of some of the movies I have seen at the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival.           KUBRICK BY KUBRICK  Directed by Gregory Monro I am a big fan of documentaries about film, particularly ones about directors.  Hearing directors talk about their work or hearing others who worked with them talk about their experiences is always a good watch that I use as a learning experience.  Kubrick…

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Aaron Sorkin Films – Ranked

Aaron Sorkin Films – Ranked

Usually when we think of the idea of an auteur, directors come to mind.  These are directors who have complete control of their film and you can recognize a film is directed by a certain director based on the visual style and themes of the film.  There aren’t many screenwriters that I would consider auteurs, but there is one who defines this: Aaron Sorkin.  The Oscar and Emmy award winning writer has established his own…

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56th Chicago International Film Festival – Films To Be Excited About

56th Chicago International Film Festival – Films To Be Excited About

The 56th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off this week and it is a film festival near and dear to my heart.  This was the first festival that I attended back in 2008 and it is one I have attended every year since.  The Chicago International Film Festival is a wonderful film festival.  One that highlights so many unique movies from all around the world and showcases some of the best filmmakers working today.  Though…

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What’s Streaming This Month? – October

What’s Streaming This Month? – October

Check out my picks for the best things coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Criterion Channel, and HBOMax in October.  This month offers up a lot of great options, but the highlights include some of the most intriguing and exciting titles of 2020, which at this point are few and far between.           NETFLIX Full list of everything coming to Netflix in October can be found here.     CAPE…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Free Country

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Free Country

        Free Country is a top-notch police procedural.  It’s a cop drama that looks at two very different detectives as they work together to solve the disappearance of two girls in a small town.  They must deal with local townspeople and town happenings while learning to work with each other through their flaws and personal issues in order to solve what happened to these girls.  It’s quiet, brutal, and endlessly compelling. The film…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Reviews – THE PAPER TIGERS and MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS

Fantasia Festival 2020 Reviews – THE PAPER TIGERS and MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS

To consolidate workload with the amount of films I watched over the course of the 2020 Fantasia Festival, I have combined a couple reviews of films together in one post.       THE PAPER TIGERS   The Paper Tigers is a movie that looks at three former Kung Fu prodigies who have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men.  When their master is murdered, they go on an ill-advised mission to find out who killed him, but…

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