Celebrating Black History Month in and around Hyde Park is special. This year, the mid-South Side, where much Black history has been and continues to be made, has no shortage
When did it become a critic s responsibility to provide the screening venue? It s bad enough that 30% of the films I cover are shipped to me on a shiny disc to be viewed in my living room. I refuse to review another movie based on a laptop screening.
Part of the reason I took a shine to movies in the first place was because I liked my Hayley Mills 70 feet tall. Movies are meant to be larger than life and as such need to be viewed on a device that s larger than my head.
Home video is perfectly suited for repeat viewings, but as a critic it s important that I see a film in the same manner that my readers will. (Guess it s time to buy an iPhone.) Theatrical screenings of smaller films are cost prohibitive. I understand and have begrudgingly succumbed to DVD screeners, frequently defaced by cautionary brands. FOR REVIEW PURPOSE ONLY! PROPERTY OF MAGNOLIA FILMS. DO NOT DUPLICATE. COPY AND WE LL KILL YOUR CHILDREN!