A Fresh Look at: Daisies “Sedmikrásky” (1966)
Raging against a slowly collapsing society, and perfectly encapsulating the destructive angst of adolescence, Vera Chytilová’s seminal Daisies (Sedmikrásky) uses the absurdist visuals and experimental...
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Heathers (1988): A “Wobbly” Kind of Beauty
It’s like, they’re people I work with and our job is being popular and shit There are dozens of formative teen films, and each takes on the trappings of its individual generation not only to frame the...
View ArticleVictoria: 1 Take, 140 Minutes
Enthralling, gripping, and relentless, German director Sebastian Schipper’s debut follows the young, Spanish Victoria through a hectic night of life in Berlin in a single shot lasting 2 hours and 20...
View ArticleEvery Thing Will Be Fine 3D Review
The latest from New German Cinema director Wim Wenders, Every Thing Will Be Fine is a film which walks an unbelievably dangerous line between ‘outright bad’ and ‘self-consciously analytical.’ A...
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Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is on the tip of many indie-aware moviegoers tongues as one of the most anticipated films of the summer. Greg, his best friend Earl, and Rachel – the dying girl diagnosed...
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Film Subtitles & Voiceovers: Creating Character Through Translation
Documentaries represent an interesting phenomenon in film. In a genre dedicated to telling stories, communicating emotions, and enthralling an audience, documentaries ostensibly represent a chance to...
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Digging for Fire and Unexpected: Husband and Wife Process Parenthood On-Screen
Chicago indie film power couple Joe and Kris Swanberg reflect on parenthood in these two films about new parents and their struggle in taking on a new, adult identity. DIGGING FOR FIRE It’s difficult...
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Form and Function in Alex Ross Perry’s “Queen of Earth”
Two friends attempt to close their growing emotional distance while vacationing at a lake house in this atmospheric psychological thriller homage from writer/director Alex Ross Perry. Perry is one of...
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8 Films to See at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival
The 51st Chicago International Film Festival blends big ticket premieres, festival favorites from 2015, and obscure international debuts from around the globe. I haven’t seen all of the 120+ films...
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Taylor Sinople’s Top 10 Films of 2015: “The Duke of Burgundy” and more
2015 may seem like an off-year for cinema – many of the biggest American directors are still producing their next projects – but it was really one that had to be defined by discovery. With the...
View ArticleTaylor Sinople Picks: The 16 Best Films of 2016
Film critic Taylor Sinople rounds up his picks for the 16 best films of 2016 in this video countdown. Picks include an unconventional documentary, a standout drama from a new American director, a...
View ArticleTaylor Sinople Picks – The 17 Best Films of 2017
Film critic Taylor Sinople rounds up his picks for the 17 best films of 2017 in this video countdown. Picks include a sumptuous coming-of-age romance, a minimal crime thriller, a whimsical...
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