Movie Review: The Childhood of a Leader

Brady Corbet is a familiar face on screen as an actor in independent in a number of films by today’s quintessential auteurs. He starred in the English language remake of Michael Haneke’s own Funny Games, Lars Von Trier somber beauty…

First Time Fest Filmmakers’ Interviews

In our last few articles, we went over the First Time Fest and the closing night awards, so here are a few interviews we had with the filmmakers of their prestigious films.   Gesa Jäger, editor of Love Steaks How…

Second Annual First Time Fest

The second installation of the First Time Fest, the Second Time Around, took place in New York City from April 3rd to April 7th where ten first time filmmakers were able to showcase their films and possibly be in competition…

CIFF ’12 Reviews: ‘Gimme the Loot,’ ‘Simon Killer’ + ‘Meeting Leila’

Continuing with more reviews from films playing at the 48th Chicago Film Festival… The two movies reviewed below are quite different, but they are definitely two stand-out picks at this year’s festival. Gimme the Loot Gimme the Loot is the…