Editorial – Chicago Indie Critics

VIDEO: Consequence of Sound’s Clint Worthington featured on NBC News opinion piece to discuss the James Gunn dismissal

In July, Disney fired “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn after prominent alt-right personality Mike Cernovich re-surfaced old tweets of his dating back to 2008. Cernovich’s…… Read more “VIDEO: Consequence of Sound’s Clint Worthington featured on NBC News opinion piece to discuss the James Gunn dismissal”

Despite winning big at this year’s annual Cannes Film Festival, there’s something disturbing about Girl, director Lukas Dhont’s Belgian drama film that chronicles a transgender teen chasing her dream of becoming a…… Read more “Danielle Solzman’s debut editorial for Pride.com discusses the importance of transgender casting”

Creeping on the balance of its dark and eerie atmosphere, 1978′ HALLOWEEN is a landmark for many reasons. Besides being one of the first horror movies, where a female character…… Read more “Mike Vanderbilt reflects on the influence of “Halloween” on Daily Grindhouse”

Thursday was a big, bad day for the Internet. Between the FCC voting to overturn net neutrality regulations established in 2015 to keep companies like Comcast from doing things…… Read more “Clint Worthington editorializes on the Disney/Fox merger implications for Consequence of Sound”

It’s that time of year again, one where we acknowledge the best of the old as we make way for the new. And 2017 was a year…… Read more “Andrea Thompson names her top movies of 2017 on A Reel of One’s Own”

Plenty of regular everyday people make New Year’s Resolutions, but I think bigger entities, namely movie makers and movie moguls, need to make them too. Annually, including…… Read more “Don Shanahan editorializes New Year’s Resolutions for the Movie Industry for 2018 on Every Movie Has a Lesson”

2017 had a number of wonderful cinema offerings, but 2018 seems just as bountiful with a variety of high profile movies that have caught our interest and…… Read more “Andrea Thompson contributes to the Top 10 list of 2018’s most anticipated films for The Young Folks”

It’s been an annual tradition since the beginning of The Establishing Shot in 2011 to select my ten favorite images from films that year. Thus, as 2017…… Read more “Jeff York names his favorite top 10 images of 2017 films on The Establishing Shot”

Today, George Clooney was named the 46th recipient of the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award. In naming him, the AFI noted his versatility and movie star prowess.…… Read more “Jeff York raises an eyebrow to AFI’s lifetime achievement honor of George Clooney”

It may not always be apparent at the time, but film’s tend to be a product of the time period they are made in. Watching an older…… Read more “Jon Espino editorializes the 1970s as the best decade of horror films for The Young Folks”