Author: chicagofilmfestival

Depicting a disability or condition of any kind offers a number of challenges for filmmakers. Showing sensitivity and empathy without falling over into exploitation is no easy task. And using it as a simple plot device can be problematic despite a movie having the very best of intentions. “The Night Clerk” straddles that fine red […]

REVIEW: “The Night Clerk” (2020) — Keith & the Movies

I’ve done a really good job of staying away from any spoilers for Marvel’s first big movie of 2020. While I still can’t muster much excitement for “The Eternals”, I’m really looking forward to “Black Widow”. So far I’ve only watched the trailers which (as you would expect from the MCU) have been well done. […]

First Glance: “Black Widow” (Final Trailer) — Keith & the Movies

The great Max von Sydow passed away this week leaving behind an incredible cinema legacy. The Swedish movie icon had an spectacular 70-year career where he appeared in over 150 films. Von Sydow died Sunday, March 8th. He was 90-years-old. Here are just a few great images from some of the memorable movies he was […]

Great Images #15: Max von Sydow (1929-2020) — Keith & the Movies

There is a certain something about movies dealing with painters that always grab my attention. Often times painters are a special breed of artists and through the decades cinema has given us numerous portraits of them. The latest film from director and co-writer Tom Dolby looks to have a unique vision into the life […]

First Glance: “The Artist’s Wife” — Keith & the Movies

The 1987 cult classic “The Lost Boys” forever broadened the way moviegoers would look at vampires. Throughout the decades there had been slight variations in the depictions of the fanged bloodsuckers, but most were still in the older, stodgier Dracula vein (bad pun attended). “The Lost Boys” presented them differently – young, cool, and with […]

RETRO REVIEW: “The Lost Boys: (1987) — Keith & the Movies

Those darned smart phone GPS apps. Always re-calculating, re-routing, leading you out to perilous barren wastelands and leaving you for dead. Take what happens in the new survival thriller “Outback”. Now I know that the Australian Outback isn’t a wasteland per se. It’s a vast and diverse group of ecosystems. At the same time, there […]

REVIEW: “Outback” (2020) — Keith & the Movies

The code 7500 is what pilots use to inform air traffic control that their plane is being hijacked. That should give you a good idea of what the new air-thriller from Amazon Studios is all about. The film marks the welcomed return of Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who took over the lead role after Paul Dano dropped […]

REVIEW: “7500” (2020) — Keith & the Movies

We want Freedom. We want Fundamental Rights. What about Fundamental Duties? Every citizen bother about their fundamental rights, but when question raises over their duties, they take turn and neglect it. We must follow our duties before claiming for fundamental rights.

Balancing Fundamental Rights and Duties — International Journal of Research (IJR)