Every Movie Has a Lesson – Chicago Indie Critics

New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Swan Song Clenches the Morals of Your Mind and Heart

When you really think about it, and that act right there already is a bit of the hard part for many, there may be no more universally…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Swan Song Clenches the Morals of Your Mind and Heart”

Image courtesy of AppleTV+ SWAN SONG— 5 STARS When you really think about it, and that act right there already is a bit of the hard part…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Swan Song”

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. Here, I…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: New Year’s Resolutions for the Movie Industry in 2022”

Who can remake a Best Picture-winning classic and not get questioned? One of the very few answers you’re going to find to that question is Steven Spielberg.…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: The Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Snaps Their Fingers of Approval to West Side Story”

Image by Ruminations Radio Network For their 44th episode, 25YL film critics, immigrant dads, and finger-snapping school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan find themselves dancing in…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: PODCAST: Episode 44 of “The Cinephile Hissy Fit” Podcast”

JANE CAMPION AND THE POWER OF THE DOG WIN THREE TOP HONORS FROM THE CHICAGO INDIE CRITICS AT THEIR SIXTH ANNUAL CIC AWARDSEager to break the winter…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: SPECIAL: Winners for the sixth annual Chicago Indie Critics Awards”

Oh, The Matrix, how we all loved you when you debuted in 1999! The sequels landed questionably for many, but at least they came to a definitive…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: The Matrix Resurrections Stays Dead for the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast”

Between past movies, the current Emmy sensation of The Crown, and her children’s very popular lives in the gossip column, the late Princess Diana is everywhere to…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: The Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Scopes Spencer’s Oscar Chances”

For their 43rd episode, 25YL film critics, simulated dads, and plugged-in school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan are seeing double. A double episode that is! The…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: PODCAST: Episode 43 of “The Cinephile Hissy Fit” Podcast”

For their 42nd episode, 25YL film critics, entitled dads, and non-royal school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan continue their examination of Oscar contenders with Pablo Larrain’s…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: PODCAST: Episode 42 of “The Cinephile Hissy Fit” Podcast”