Feature First

Chicago International Film Festival

Brady Corbet’s 215-minute long epic, The Brutalist, has been one of this year’s highest-praised films, and for good reason. Its daunting runtime flies by, instantly locking you in from frame one to the intermission, only to suck you back into its horrific portrayal of the “American Dream.”
Flow follows the unexpected journey of a black cat through a tsunami.
15 years after his last feature film, Mary & Max, Oscar-winning Australian stop-motion legend, Adam Elliot, has returned with London Film Festival Top Prize winner, Memoir of a Snail—a beautifully animated, heartbreaking, and uplifting tale of a woman’s life.
Edward Berger’s adaptation of the novel, Conclave, by Robert Harris, is an amazing political thriller with plenty of humor and touching moments.
The third and final entry of Pablo Larraín’s Historical Women Trilogy, Maria, is a disappointing conclusion to a mostly inspired series. 
I sat down with Valeria Golino, the prominent actress and director behind the upcoming miniseries The Art of Joy (L’arte Della Gioia).