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Home » Film » Page 8

Category: Film

a grainy group of well-dressed queer people
Posted inFilm

Do you hate movies, or do you like to fuck?

by Micco Caporale August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

That’s what makes the Pioneers of Queer Cinema series at Gene Siskel Film Center this month a true event “for the culture”: it’s a broad survey of movies made by queers, for queers that offers at least one tasty morsel for every kind of Letterboxd gay.

a black-and-white film still of a woman and two men
Posted inFilm

‘Sexy and sinister’

by Yolanda Perdomo August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

It’s been a few years since Noir City: Chicago emerged from dark alleyways celebrating film noir, movies that embody the seedier side of everyday life. The pandemic paused the festival . . . but this year it’s back at the Music Box Theatre.

a group of people at a campaign headquarters, with typewriters and papers
Posted inFilm

Alan K. Rode’s 2022 Noir City: Chicago lineup

by Yolanda Perdomo August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Film historian, author, and Film Noir Foundation treasurer Alan Rode hosts Noir City: Chicago August 29 through September 1 at the Music Box Theatre.

a Black girl at school, looking past the camera
Posted inFilm

Let the Little Light Shine

by Dmitry Samarov August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

It’s a small story whose roots and branches radiate in all directions.

four young people in the dark, with flashlights and glow sticks
Posted inFilm

Bodies Bodies Bodies

by Noah Berlatsky August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

I’m sure Bodies Bodies Bodies will have many enthusiastic fans. I’m just at the stage in life where I don’t take much pleasure in watching the kids hurt themselves.

a battered Brad Pitt about to drink water on the train
Posted inFilm

Bullet Train

by Adam Mullins-Khatib August 12, 2022August 16, 2022

Bullet Train’s biggest feat is its own understanding of merging its chaotically Looney Tunes-level of violence with some genuinely interesting storytelling turns, and its use of Brad Pitt’s comedic sensibilities to their utmost.

one person leaning on another's shoulder in low light
Posted inFilm

Girl Picture

by Kat Sachs August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

A few scenes evince a unique aesthetic for this type of film, and the lead actresses give stand-out performances.

a Black woman and white man talk in front of a busy whiteboard
Posted inFilm

Vengeance

by Catey Sullivan August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

It’s a story about a storyteller who is creating a story about how mythology (stories) are created. It is also an acute reminder of how easy it can be to hide secrets in plain sight.

Courtney Barnett leaned over a table, writing in a notebook
Posted inFilm

Anonymous Club

by Dmitry Samarov August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

Filmmaker Danny Cohen gave Barnett a Dictaphone and asked her to talk into it as she traversed the world on tours over three years, in support of her celebrated second album in 2018, and onward.

black text on a yellow background reading "MUBI GO," with seven black dots to the right
Posted inFilm

MUBI GO to the movies

by Kat Sachs August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

Chicago audiences love the Music Box and Film Center, so, naturally, I wanted to ensure that MUBI GO is as exciting a premise for them as it is for viewers.

two women in a small boat, looking down at the water in fear
Posted inFilm

The much worse predator

by Noah Berlatsky August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

It’s unlikely that someone’s going to see The Reef: Stalked and go out and murder a bunch of sharks. But the fact that we tend to see nature as victimizing us rather than the other way around does have an effect on the present and future of the planet. 

Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer stand in a doorway, with a bleach-blonde Brandon Perea pointing from behind them
Posted inFilm

From roller rinks to R-rated movies

by Gregory Wakeman July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

Perea’s career is almost certainly going to hit another echelon now that Nope has hit cinemas. For the time being, though, he just hopes that audiences are thoroughly entertained by Peele’s dynamic storytelling and filmmaking.

Bruce Willis in camo pointing a gun at the camera
Posted inFilm

Wrong Place

by Maxwell Rabb July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

Wrong Place is a convoluted mess that struggles to connect disjunctive plot points as they dawdle their way to the movie’s inevitable conclusion.

Daniel Kaluuya in an orange hoodie on horseback
Posted inFilm

Nope

by Gregory Wakeman July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

Nope is still too fun and has too many effective sequences to be considered a disappointment. It’s just not as resoundingly impressive as we’ve come to expect from Peele.

a person in a tin astronaut-style suit walks in front of a wall of lava
Posted inFilm

Fire of Love

by Kat Sachs July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

It succeeds in highlighting this tenet of their work, making it a valuable introduction not just to their unique lives and groundbreaking studies, but also to their own singular artistry.

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