(Image: deadline.com) THEN CAME YOU—3 STARSTwo traits this very writer has come to appreciate observing in acting are the dueling directions of personality and earnestness. No matter if…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Then Came You”

Notable and notorious IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich recently put out a social media call for film critic peers to join a weekly survey to discuss movie topics,…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: David Ehrlich’s IndieWire Critics Survey on February 11, 2019”

(Image: Hollywood Reporter) Call it a critic’s perk, but it is an absolute treat to be able to annually view and review many of the Academy Award…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: CAPSULE REVIEWS: The 2019 Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Short”

(Image: mymotherlode.com) THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART— 4 STARSJust about every other second of 2014’s The LEGO Movie made sure to keep reminding us the boundless…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part”

(Image: imdb.com) The poster for the Mexican remake Perfectos Desconocidos glows with affluence.  We see a richly appointed dinner party scene flush with refinement from edge to…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos)”

    Notable and notorious IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich recently put out a social media call for film critic peers to join a weekly survey to discuss…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: David Ehrlich’s IndieWire Critics Survey on February 4, 2019”

    As one of the founders and directors of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, I am honored and thrilled to share with you the results…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: SPECIAL: Third annual CIFCC Award winners”