Lean on Pete
I marveled at the humanist depth of the world Haigh creates, one that can only be rendered by a truly great writer and director, working near the top of his game.
Festivals & Awards
Bursting Through Border Walls: The 34th Chicago Latino Film Festival
A preview of the Latino Film Festival in Chicago.
Minding the Gap, The King, Devil’s Freedom Among Highlights at DOC10 2018
A preview of the 2018 DOC10 Film Festival in Chicago.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: The World Before Your Feet, Alt-Right: Age of Rage, First Light
A review of three films that had their world premiere at SXSW.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: The Dawn Wall, They Live Here, Now
A review of two invigorating docs that premiered at SXSW.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Friday’s Child, Sadie, Prospect, Write When You Get Work
A report on four more films from SXSW, including a breakout starring Tye Sheridan and Imogen Poots.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Elizabeth Harvest, Don’t Leave Home
On two unique films from SXSW, both inspired by classic European horror.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Thunder Road, Brothers’ Nest, Boundaries
On three films from SXSW, including one of this year’s best.
Three Queens of Cinema to Grace Ebertfest 2018
A partial preview of films and guests scheduled for Ebertfest 2018.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Support the Girls, Family, All Square
A report on three more movies from SXSW, including the latest from Andrew Bujalski.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Ready Player One
A review of Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” from the SXSW Film Festival.
Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema Starts Sixth Season
The latest Asian Pop-Up Cinema will run March 13 – May 16 and present nine new films, covering U.S., Midwest and Chicago premieres.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: What Keeps You Alive, Unfriended: Dark Web, Upgrade, Wildling
A review of four horror movies from SXSW.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Fast Color, A Vigilante, Galveston
A report on three films from SXSW and an historic day.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Table of Contents
A table of contents for all of our coverage of the 2018 SXSW Film Festival.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Shotgun, 1985
A report on two films about disease that premiered at SXSW on opening day.
SXSW Film Festival 2018: Wobble Palace
A review of a modern romantic-comedy premiering at SXSW this weekend.
Mind/Game to Screen at ReelAbilities Film Festival in NYC
An article about the 2018 ReelAbilities Film Festival, and Rick Goldsmith’s documentary, “Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw,” which will screen at fest
True/False 2018, Part 2: Breaking New Ground
Another dispatch from the documentary fest, True/False.
