MOVIE REVIEW: Jojo Rabbit

(Photo by Kimberly French courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures) Special Presentation of the 55th Chicago International Film Festival JOJO RABBIT— 5 STARS There is a little recurring action, a motif if you will, in Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit that surrounds...

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Top 10 Movies About Food, Restaurants, and Chefs

Top 10 Movies About Food, Restaurants & Chefs If you are looking for movies about cooking and food, look no further; here is the list of the best food movies to date. We've done our best to research and find the absolute most exciting picks out there! Movies are great for...

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Top Ten College Movies

(Image: thoughtforyourpenny.com) TOP TEN COLLEGE MOVIES by Aimee Laurence There are so many hundreds of movies based on the college experience, because it is such a transformational life event. This article sets out our top ten favorites. 1. National Lampoon’s Animal House Based...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Miss Virginia

(Image courtesy of Vertical Entertainment) MISS VIRGINIA— 4 STARS One does not have to dig very far on an internet search to find pressing current issues in American’s public education system. In an eye-opening and apropos way, there are so many that Education Week magazine...

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REWIND REVIEW: The Lion King

(Image courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures via wdsmediafile.com) For an occasional new segment, Every Movie Has a Lesson will cover upcoming home media releases combining an “overdue” or “rewind” film review, complete with life lessons, and an unboxed look at special features. THE...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: David Ehrlich's IndieWire Critics Survey on October 14, 2019

Notable and notorious IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich recently put out a social media call for film critic peers to join a weekly survey to discuss movie topics, answer questions, and highlight their work.  Representing Every Movie Has a Lesson, I, along with...

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Lighthouse

(Image: imdb.com) THE LIGHTHOUSE— 2 STARS Upon the brief opening credits, the setting of The Lighthouse reveals itself in every sensory detail. A steaming dark steel keel is cutting through rough waters in a monochromatic ocean fog painted by boxy black-and-white cinematography....

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FESTIVAL PREVIEW: The 10 best special presentations at the upcoming 55th Chicago International Film Festival

(image courtesy of Cinema/Chicago) For the 55th year, the excellent and eclectic of national and international cinematic art descends on the Windy City for a fall conclave. The 55th Chicago International Film Festival begins on Wednesday, October 16th with the Opening Night...

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SHORT FILM REVIEW: Loyalty

(Image: youtube.com) Official selection of the 25th Black Harvest Film Festival LOYALTY— 4 STARS As a school teacher by day beyond this role as a film critic, let me say that there can never be enough messages sent about the troubling epidemic of bullying. All are necessary....

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MOVIE REVIEW: Gemini Man

(Image: polygon.com) GEMINI MAN— 2 STARS Ang Lee’s new actioner Gemini Man is the cinematic embodiment of the figure of speech “chasing your tail.” A reminder from The Free Dictionary, defines that idiom as “to take action that is ineffectual and does not lead to progress”...

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GUEST EDITORIAL: 7 Biographical Movies About Scientists

(Image: bbvaopenmind.com) Seven Biographical Movies About Scientists People find the reading of biographies of some of the most notable individuals in the world interesting. You cannot see what it changes in them until you have sat and read one. The film industry has not fallen...

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