Kaleidoscope is a taut, psychological thriller that explores the inescapability of a destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother. At the heart of this modern-day “Psycho” are some unsettling questions: Can we ever escape the role in which we are cast by early circumstances? Is a perpetrator first … [Read More]
Genre: Humorous documentary Director: Ferne Pearlstein Actors: Interview subjects Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Rob Reiner, Gilbert Gottfried, et. al. 85 minutes Can the Holocaust be funny? Is “Springtime for Hitler” jn bad taste, and, if it is, should we not have laughed at it in the context of Mel Brooks’ … [Read More]
Opening Night of the Chicago International Film Festival brought out one of the hottest young directors working today, Damien Chazelle (“Whiplash”), coupled with such veterans as Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Rooker and his director in “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986), John McNaughton, as well as the French director of … [Read More]