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Apt Pupil

by Peter Brunette

Bryan Singer’s intentions in this deeply misguided film, his second feature, may have been good. Adapted from a short story by Stephen King, this tells the tale of an overachieving high schooler named Todd (Brad Renfro) who becomes fascinated with the Holocaust and then discovers a former Nazi camp guard named Arthur Denker (Ian McKellen) […]

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Chicago International Film Festival

by Lisa Alspector, Zbigniew Banas, Meredith Brody, Peter Brunette, Don Drucker, Pat Graham, Joshua Katzman, Kave Kehr, Patrick McGavin, David Overbey, Gerald Peary, Reece Pendleton, Bernice Reynaud, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Barbara Scharres, Ronnie Schieb and Alissa

Friday, October 10 Private Confessions Private Confessions was scripted by the retired Ingmar Bergman, who seems to delight in having other filmmakers expand on his parents’ private lives. Pernilla August and Samuel Froler reprise the roles of Anna and Henrik Bergman they played in Bille August’s 1989 The Best Intentions, with Bergman standby Max von […]

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29th Chicago International Film Festival: The Week’s Worth

by Zbigniew Banas, Meredith Brody, Peter Brunette, Patricia Erens, Patrick Z. McGavin, David Overbey, Dan Pearson, Gerald Peary, Reece Pendleton, Berenice Reynaud, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Barbara Scharres, Alissa Simon and Bill Stamets

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 Rudy A worthy addition to the “faith, grit, and hard work conquers all” genre that includes Rocky and Hoosiers (which was directed by David Anspaugh and written by Angelo Pizzo, the same team that created Rudy). This is a surprisingly involving, deceptively straightforward story of an average–maybe less-than-average–guy who dreams of going […]