59th Chicago International Film Festival Announces Award-Winners
An article announcing the award-winners of the 59th Chicago International Film Festival.
Festivals & Awards
Pain Hustlers
Yates is caught between critiquing the inhumanity of this startup and luxuriating in its gaudiness.
The Pigeon Tunnel
Reveals how even the most complex spy fiction can have a foundation in the relationship between a son and his father.
CIFF 2023: The Taste of Things, Fallen Leaves, La Chimera
On three major international films that played at CIFF this year.
CIFF 2023: Family Portrait, Club Zero, The Bride
A dispatch on three films directed by women from this year’s CIFF.
Chaz Ebert Celebrates 25 Years of Ebertfest While Honored at University of Illinois Alumni Awards Gala
An article about RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert being honored at the University of Illinois Alumni Awards Gala and looking forward to the 25th anniversary of the Roger Ebert Film Festival (Ebertfest).
CIFF 2023: All Happy Families, Bike Vessel, Departing Seniors, Memorial
On four Chicago productions that launched the opening weekend of the city’s film festival.
NYFF 2023: AGGRO DR1FT, The Sweet East, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
On three films from NYFF, including the latest experiment from Harmony Korine.
Silver Dollar Road
A complex, intense document of the persistence of Black existence in a world hell-bent on erasure.
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Fall builds to a series of scenes that hit like a punch. Or when a fight with a partner goes a little too far.
NYFF 2023: May December, Kidnapped, Close Your Eyes
A report from NYFF on three major films.
A Look Inside Sofia Coppola’s New 488-Page Retrospective, Archive
Sofia Coppola surveys her career in this massive new collection from Mack Books.
Dicks: The Musical
It’s half a movie, but it’s so committed to its rebellious tone that it makes for a hell of a half.
The Burial
Betts’ crowd-pleasing story of unlikely partners turned friends is undeniably entertaining.
Fantastic Fest 2023 Highlights: The Devil You Know
A recap of the 2023 genre fest that everyone loves.
Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s Documentary Series, Warning Signs, Wins Emmy
An article about the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s documentary series, “Warning Signs”, winning an Emmy.
Foe
Foe stumbles rather spectacularly by leaning more on melodrama than logic and choosing cliche over originality.
NYFF 2023: Highlights of the First Week of the Fest Include New Todd Haynes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
A curtain raiser for a very promising NYFF.
Reptile
Del Toro always brings it, and this is actually one of his more intriguing performances in a long time, but one consistently wishes that it was in a movie that knew what to do with it.
