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FINAL FILMS & 56TH CIFF WRAP-UP

Because of the advantage of screening from home I was able to pass the 40 plus mark; the last two da...
56TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MARCHES TO ITS CONCLUSION; SWEAT (POLAND, SWEDEN) (GOLD HUGO, BEST FILM)

This film would not have been my choice, “New Order” or “Tomorrow, the World!” were far su...
56TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL UPDATE

MEMORY HOUSE (BRAZIL). Haunting in its meanness, baseness, ugliness, the purist depiction of “man’s ...
VIRTUAL 56th CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES

Soars in intelligence, intrigue and imagination: GAZA MON AMOUR (ARABIC). Two beautiful, simple soul...
VIRTUAL CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Skipping negativity, focusing on positivity. The plusses of viewing from home: no dress code, heathy...
THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (NETFLIX)

The treasured unknown, a plague of confusion; riveting intelligence reverberates at the core of...
YELLOW ROSE (IN THEATERS)

A nimble and poignant portrait; “Yellow Rose” is a metaphorical, exquisite tale of a seventeen-year-...
MURDER MOST FOUL

Always a sleuth advocate: “Columbo”, “Kojak”, “Cagney & Lacey”, “Remington Steele” satiated by a...
THE COMEY RULE (SHOWTIME)

Tuesday evening the world witnessed, Live, the nadir of American politics: slaughter of civility, de...
I SEE YOU (NETFLIX) THE GIRL IN THE FOG (ITALIAN: ENGLISH SUBTITLES) AMAZON PRIME

Two mysteries created to titillate the most seasoned of “series” or movie sleuths; missing murdered ...
INFIDEL

Actor Jim Caviezel (“The Passion of Christ”, “Person of Interest”) is a keen advocative of Catholici...
MULAN (DISNEY+) & THE EIGHT HUNDRED (CHINESE:ENGLISH SUBTITLES)

Despite the political hubris, here are two films, whose attributes render the purist forms of entert...