North America’s oldest continuously running film festival has returned to us. No, it’s not NYFF or TIFF, it’s CIFF—the Chicago International Film Festival! Now in its 56th year, the next two weeks of the festival will offer a mix of films from around the world, highlighting new voices in cinema and celebrating established masters. I’ll…
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Pixar has come a long way in the 25 years since the first Toy Story was released, and with their latest film Onward hitting theaters today, our staff decided to highlight some of our favorite films in their spectacular catalog: Monsters, Inc. In 2001, Pixar made a film that was an attack on big business,…
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I like to think that Noelle is the sort of movie that would appreciate me working hard to find the good in it despite my overall opinion. It’s the sort of sickly sweet, annoyingly earnest, G-rated romp that belongs on Disney+ not because it’s premium content, but because it feels made with the 10 years…
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