Capsule Reviews – Page 2 – Chicago Indie Critics

Don Shanahan lists his best of 2016 on Every Movie Has a Lesson and Medium

I’ll have you know that this is the latest this website has ever posted a “10 Best” list in its six-plus year history. I want to say…… Read more “Don Shanahan lists his best of 2016 on Every Movie Has a Lesson and Medium”

The Golden Globes are over, but the nominees for the Academy Awards are coming up soon and a good time to discuss the Top Films of 2016…… Read more “Connie Wilson lists the top 20 films vying for the Oscars on The Movie Blog”

Every year I read that cinema is dead and every year I end up seeing more than a few pretty good movies and even a few great…… Read more “Mike Vanderbilt looks back at 2016 and lists his Top 10 on Daily Grindhouse”

Casting my nomination ballot this week for the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle not only helped me hone in on my choices for each of awards categories,…… Read more “Jeff York lists his best movies of 2016 on The Establishing Shot”

It’s a yearly tradition here at The Establishing Shot to pick the favorite images from each movie year and 2016 will be no exception. What constitutes a…… Read more “Jeff York shows his favorite movie images of 2016 on The Establishing Shot”

The 2016 Chicago International Film Festival is the best time of the year. The fall weather has made it’s crisp arrival, along with pumpkin spice lattes, and…… Read more “Leo Brady of AMovieGuy.com previews his coverage of the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival”

The second annual Irish American Movie Hooley at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago. Presented by 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey…… Read more “Don Shanahan reviews the slate of the second annual Irish American Movie Hooley for Every Movie Has a Lesson”

This was the second year that AMovieGuy.com and Leo Brady attended the Bruce Campbell Horror Film Fest. After a dip of the toes approach last year, it…… Read more “AMovieGuy.com reports on the 2016 Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival”

As a fellow member of the press corps and the neighboring Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, I occasionally collaborate with CFCA critics and was granted press credentials to…… Read more “Capsule Reviews coming out of the Chicago Critics Film Festival from Don Shanahan of “Every Movie Has a Lesson””

In the fourth year of the Chicago Critics Film Festival, it’s safe to say that the week long celebration of movies, run by film critics, has become…… Read more “Leo Brady previews the Chicago Critics Film Festival for “A Movie Guy””