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Review: Brooding R U There Takes Serious Look at Gaming Life | Underwire | Wired.com

November 8, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Videogames don’t get much respect in the film world. But in R U There, a recent film about a professional gamer, videogame fans may finally find a film that brings an artistic aesthetic to their beloved medium. via Review: Brooding R U There Takes Serious Look at Gaming Life | Underwire | Wired.com. Caught this … [Read more…]

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CIFF 2010: It’s All in the Family < PopMatters

October 20, 2010 / Leave a Comment

There are so many ways to tell a story about drama in the family: many of the films at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival do just that, to varying degrees of success. Some, like Polish Bar, stutter and fall flat, while A Screaming Man and All That I Love manage to show something of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Freelance Work Tagged: A Screaming Man, All That I Love, CIFF, Movies, Polish Bar, PopMatters

CIFF PopMatters reviews, part two

October 18, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Here’s a quick roundup of the Chicago International Film Festival reviews I wrote for PopMatters last week: –Bitter Feast review –Norman review –The Matchmaker review

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The Defiled director Julian Grant | City Life | Interview | The A.V. Club Chicago

October 13, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Among the Cannes winners and Oscar hopefuls scheduled to screen at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival is The Defiled, a locally grown, black and white horror film. It’s not quite a foreign affair, but the movie covers some uncharted ground in the genre of horror: After a virus transforms people into zombie-like flesh eaters, one … [Read more…]

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CIFF 2010: ‘The Robber’ (Benjamin Heisenberg, 2010) < PopMatters

October 9, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The 46th Chicago International Film Festival is packed to the gills with films, fans and critics. For two weeks, many folks will be lining up to see some of the most anticipated cinematic releases of the year: there’s Black Swan, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, 127 Hours, Certified Copy, Hereafter, The Tempest … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Freelance Work Tagged: Chicago International Film Festival, CIFF, film, PopMatters, The Robber

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