Artist Sarah Morris gifts audiences a homage to the city of huge shoulders, bludgeoning winds, architectural and culinary feats, feasts; its awe -inspiring majesty splayed, over sixty-eight minutes of profound, beautiful wonderment; her camera, like a magician’s wand, transforms all that she films; the benign is elevated to the sublime; the pedestrian becomes grand; a stop sign, fractured pavement, stroked ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionREMINISCES OF THE 49TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Overwhelmingly, the most exceptional film festival to date; due to the prescient insights and monumental dedication of founder Michael Kutza and profoundly committed programming director, Mimi Plauche. By following Mini’s recommendations I was able to plunder the emotional vicissitudes of troubled, challenged marriages: “Le-Weekend”, “With You Without You”, “A Thousand Times Good Night”; women fighting an intransigent, male-governed sphere: “Trapped”, ... Read More »