Their Finest (EuropaCorp USA, R)
I do have one quibble with the director: The portrayal of the film-within-a-film is comically out of date.
Gemma Arterton
Byzantium (IFC Films, R)
Vampire movies are so plentiful that they have to be really, really good to stand out—and Byzantium just isn’t that good.
Tamara Drewe (Sony Pictures Classics, R)
The film never settles on a consistent tone and induces a sort of seasickness in the viewer as it lurches from drama to farce to BBC heritage television and back again.
Chicago International Film Festival 2010 | 10.07.10-10.21.10
If you can’t make it to opening night there’s lots more to come at the festival, which runs through Oct. 21 and includes over 150 films, as well as numerous panels, parties and other special […]