Every Movie Has a Lesson – Chicago Indie Critics

New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: PODCAST: Episode 90 of “The Cinephile Hissy Fit” Podcast

For their 90th episode, two alien film critics, two resurrected dads, and two road-tripping school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan turn back the science fiction clock…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: PODCAST: Episode 90 of “The Cinephile Hissy Fit” Podcast”

When D.H. Lawrence’s seminal and final novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover arrived in the United States in 1930, Republican Senator Reed Smoot declared that the book was “written…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Lady Chatterley’s Lover Connects Intimacy With Emotion”

Images courtesy of Netflix GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY— 4 STARS For this writer, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery had two external debates to answer…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

For this writer, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery had two external debates to answer in the thick of all the baked-in questions of its own plot.…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Deconstructive Whodunnit Glee”

Thanks to controversies surrounding spit and sizzle, the polarizing Don’t Worry Darling became quite the subject of many Twitterverse watercooler gossip conversations this past fall. After debuting…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Don’t Worry Darling on 4K Disc Answers Even Fewer Questions”

Special Presentation of the 58th Chicago International Film Festival There’s an aside early in Devotion where Jonathan Majors is looking straight-on into the camera in the position…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Devotion Puts Bravery Before Bombast”

Images courtesy of Sony Pictures DEVOTION– 4 STARSThere’s an aside early in Devotion where Jonathan Majors is looking straight-on into the camera in the position of a…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Devotion”

Images courtesy of Universal Pictures THE FABELMANS– 4 STARSLESSON #1: LEGENDS HAVE HUMBLE ORIGINS– Extending its fervent love of filmmaking, The Fabelmans begs the question of how…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: The Fabelmans”

For their 89th episode, two green film critics, two perfect stranger dads, and two hulking school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan step into the arena of…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: PODCAST: Episode 89 of “The Cinephile Hissy Fit” Podcast”