ALL THE PRESIDENT'S WOMEN

One of the agreed-upon narratives of the closing of the 2012 movie year is that, for once, the Oscarbait is really good: not that most peop...

I'LL DRINK TO THAT

There's old-fashioned, and then there's old-fashioned , and then there's Flight , a movie that looked around at the state of con...

HORROR BY LEWTON: I DID! I DID SAW A PUSSYCAT!

Even after almost 70 years of people telling other people not to pay attention to the goddamn title , it's impossible not to suppose tha...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY (TERENCE NANCE, USA)

Screens at CIFF: 10/21 & 10/22 & 10/23 World premiere: 21 January, 2012, Sundance Film Festival There are movies that are perfect, o...

THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS

Officially speaking, Sinister shares only a couple of producers with Insidious , but their bond goes much deeper than that. Fairly uniquely...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: THE WORLD IS FUNNY (SHEMI ZARHIN, ISRAEL)

Screens at CIFF: 10/18 & 10/20 & 10/22 World premiere: 14 June, 2012, Israel If you have ever heard of the Israeli comedy trio Gasha...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: MEETING LEILA (ADEL YARAGHI, IRAN)

Screens at CIFF: 10/16 & 10/17 & 10/20 WORLD PREMIERE One of the beautiful things about internationally-minded film festivals is tha...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: CONSUMING SPIRITS (CHRIS SULLIVAN, USA)

Screens at CIFF: 10/16 & 10/19 & 10/22 Winner of the Chicago Award for best project by a Chicago filmmaker World premiere: 23 April,...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: SHARQIYA (AMI LIVNE, ISRAEL)

Screens at CIFF: 10/14 & 10/17 & 10/18 World premiere: 11 February, 2012, Berlin International Film Festival It appears, sometimes, ...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: SOMETHING IN THE AIR (OLIVIER ASSAYAS, FRANCE)

Screens at CIFF: 10/14 & 10/17 & 10/18 World premiere: 3 September, 2012, Venice Film Festival The original French title of the film...

HORROR BY LEWTON: THERE IS NO BEAUTY HERE, ONLY DEATH AND DECAY

If we're going to make any sense of the RKO B-picture unit headed by producer Val Lewton in the 1940s, we're going to have to get on...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: OUT IN THE DARK (MICHAEL MAYER, ISRAEL/USA)

Screens at CIFF: 10/13 & 10/14 & 10/21 World premiere: 7 September, 2012, Toronto International Film Festival 2011's Weekend is...

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '12: THE LAND OF HOPE (SONO SION, JAPAN/UK)

Screens at CIFF: 10/13 & 10/14 World premiere: 7 September, 2012, Toronto International Film Festival The Land of Hope , as a title, doe...