Iowa City Celebrates with Enriching Pair of Festivals
A writer went to Iowa City for the Refocus Film Festival and Iowa City Book Festival, and reports back.
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2024: Little, Big, and Far, Lázaro at Night, 7 Walks with Mark Brown
On three unique films from the New York Film Festival.
CIFF 2024: Rita, Listen to the Voices, Peacock
On three films from CIFF from the New Directors competition.
Rumours
It’s still undeniably clever, buoyed by a great cast who know what to do with this sharp satire of world politics, but it feels a bit like a lark, a movie that is content with a chuckle instead of really biting its teeth into some of its complex subject matter.
Union
One of the film’s great strengths is its ability to surface the multiplicity of tensions between organizers working toward a shared cause.
Chicago International Film Festival Pays Tribute to Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Links to our reviews of the six films playing at CIFF this year in a retrospective tribute to the masterful Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Chicago International Film Festival 2024 Preview
A preview of the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival and links to our coverage of the many films playing there that we’ve reviewed.
Blitz
“Blitz” is a jaw-dropping historical drama that’s intensely driven by its characters’ stories. There is always a sense of dread in the air, thick as a London fog.
We Live in Time
“We Live in Time” is a film that looks you in the eyes as it tugs on your heartstrings.
The Apprentice
Through it all, the performers hold their heads above water, but “The Apprentice” feels like it ultimately lands on “There’s no explanation for this guy beyond greed and capitalism,” and that feels shallow and easy to say the least.
The Last of the Sea Women
Aside from its breathtaking underwater cinematography, Kim’s documentary is very plain in execution.
V/H/S/Beyond
By now, the strengths and weaknesses of this series have been pretty well-established: clever concepts, inconsistent execution.
NYFF: Stranger Eyes, Harvest, Who By Fire
A dispatch on three very different films from the New York Film Festival.
New York Film Festival 2024: Preview and Thoughts on “The Brutalist,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
A preview of this year’s NYFF, centering two of the biggest cinematic events of the year.
Fantastic Fest 2024: Bone Lake, Bring Them Down, What Happened to Dorothy Bell?
A final dispatch from Fantastic Fest on three good genre offerings.
