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CIFF 2022 | ‘Runner’ review: Stuffy, thankless Midwestern pretentiousness
Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/11/22 Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/11/22

CIFF 2022 | ‘Runner’ review: Stuffy, thankless Midwestern pretentiousness

Who knew first love could be so bland?

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CIFF 2022 | ‘The Great Silence’ review: A great snoozefest
Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/11/22 Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/11/22

CIFF 2022 | ‘The Great Silence’ review: A great snoozefest

Katrine Brocks’s debut feature about faith and forgiveness starts out strong, but soon falls into staid, illogical shambles.

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CIFF 2022 | ‘Monica’ review: A bold and bittersweet family portrait
Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/9/22 Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/9/22

CIFF 2022 | ‘Monica’ review: A bold and bittersweet family portrait

Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson helm Andrea Pallaoro’s new drama, forging new paths in the craft of transgender character studies.

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CIFF 2022 | ‘Leonor Will Never Die’ review: Martika Ramirez Escobar’s daring metatextual masterwork
Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/9/22 Entertainment, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, Capsule Review Nestor Kok 10/9/22

CIFF 2022 | ‘Leonor Will Never Die’ review: Martika Ramirez Escobar’s daring metatextual masterwork

Compulsively enjoyable and refreshingly genuine, “Leonor Will Never Die” is a meta-comedy like no other.

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CIFF 2022 | ‘A Human Position’ review: A beautiful but insubstantial drama
Entertainment, Capsule Review, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022 Nestor Kok 10/8/22 Entertainment, Capsule Review, Film and TV, Chicago International Film Festival 2022 Nestor Kok 10/8/22

CIFF 2022 | ‘A Human Position’ review: A beautiful but insubstantial drama

Anders Emblem’s insular new drama is a feast for the eyes, but ultimately leaves much more to be desired.

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