Non-Fiction Movie Review: Change is tiresome in latest Olivier Assayas outing

Non-Fiction wastes little time getting to the issues that are at its heart, opening with a discussion of a book on politics that’s causing a stir. Or at least ripples. Seeing as how the film is set in the world…

Personal Shopper: Win passes to a Chicago screening of Kristen Stewart’s new film

Kristen Stewart is teaming up again with Clouds of Sils Maria director, Olivier Assayas, for Personal Shopper, a new film coming out in Chicago and nationwide on March 17! Fortunately for our Chicago readers, we are giving away FREE passes to…

Cannes Report #5 (American Honey, Personal Shopper, Hell or High Water)

One thing about the Cannes film festival is that you watch so many noteworthy films that you are bound to lost track of some. Case in point David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water (8/10) which screened as part of the…

Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’

Hitchcock/Truffaut centers around the famous conversation between legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and French film icon François Truffaut. They spend a week together at Universal Studios (with a translator of course) and discuss cinema and every single one of Hitchcock’s films released to…

Jon’s Movie Review: “Clouds of Sils Maria” Floats Above Itself

Oscar Wilde once said, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life”. I’ve never really agreed with this statement because life and art feel more symbiotic to me. Without one, the other one can’t be appreciated. Clouds of Sils Maria shows…

CIFF ’12 Reviews: ‘The Central Park Five’ & ‘Something in the Air’

The 48th Chicago International Film Festival kicked off last night and is now in full swing! There are quite a few interesting movies premiering at the festival this year. I’ll be bringing reviews of select festival films to The Young…