CIFCC – Chicago Indie Critics

New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Hocus Pocus 2 Fails To Conjure Its Own Magic

Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be witches. At least not in this movie.Shameless cash grabs don’t need to be as mood-killing as Hocus Pocus…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Hocus Pocus 2 Fails To Conjure Its Own Magic”

Heist films will always be a source of fascination and suspense for audiences, even if we know all the beats. Generally, a group of underdogs gather to…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: A Heist Gets Personal in the South African Film ‘The Umbrella Men’”

If the TIFF film Charcoal has a peer in its shrewd analysis of class, violence, and corruption, the most likely is Bong Joon-ho’s devastating 2019 masterpiece Parasite.…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Poverty Rots the Soul in the Stellar Brazilian Drama ‘Charcoal’”

It seems a virgin at Disney lit the Black Flame Candle because the Sanderson sisters are back! Whiney, Sarah, and Mary have returned to lure children…… Read more “New from Kevin Wozniak on Kevflix: Movie Review: Hocus Pocus 2”

Sidney Movies and Shakers September 26, 2022 This documentary is exceptional because it tells the remarkable story told by those most important in Sidney Poitier’s life and…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Sidney”

There will always be a place for hangout movies, especially the nostalgia-driven kind on the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast, sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network. They don’t…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Ken Reid Returns to Cinephile Hissy Fit for Back to the Beach”

The TIFF film Chevalier is a dizzying achievement, frequently on the verge of collapsing from its multifaceted ambitions and the complexity of the staggering achievements of its…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: The Revolution Will Be Orchestrated in the Stunning Musical Biopic ‘Chevalier’”

We are living in the age of the message movie, since not acknowledging the dumpster fire that is creeping ever closer to the door of even the…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Life for Women Is a Royal Pain in the Dreary ‘Corsage’”

Steven Spielberg. It’s less a name than a cultural force, a specific brand of not merely a single director, but a style of filmmaking that is instantly…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Steven Spielberg Makes His Most Personal Film Yet in the Heartfelt ‘The Fabelmans’”

Silence can be the most unsettling sound of all, and Sarah Polley is determined to shatter it in her first feature since her 2012 documentary Stories We…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: ‘Women Talking’ Leaves Too Much Unspoken”