For those of you still keeping score at home, here’s the latest version of my viewing schedule at the Chicago International Film Festival. Yes, thank you, it is starting to warp my mind.
Seen, reviewed (titles link to said reviews)
About Elly (Ashgar Farhadi, Iran) 8/10
Bellamy (Claude Chabrol, France) 7/10
Cooking History (Peter Kérekes, Austria/Slovakia) 6/10
Cropsey (Barbara Brancaccio/Joshua Zeman, USA) 7/10
Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/Spain) 6/10
The Eclipse (Conor McPherson, Ireland) 5/10
A Frozen Flower (Yoo Ha, South Korea) 5/10
The House of the Devil (Ti West, USA) 7/10
Looking for Eric (Ken Loach, UK/France) 8/10
Mother (Bong Joon-Ho, South Korea) 9/10
Vincere (Marco Belloccio, Italy/France) 9/10
Seen, awaiting review
Backyard (Carlos Carrera, Mexico) 7/10
Face (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan/France) 8/10
Mammoth (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden/Denmark) 8/10
Nymph (Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand) rating undecided
Ricky (François Ozon, France/Italy) 6/10
Who’s Afraid of the Wolf (Maria Procházková) 6-7/10
Still to come
10/17
Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)
The Revenant (Kerry Prior, USA)
Spy(ies) (Nicolas Saada, France/UK)
10/18
Red Riding: 1974 (Julian Jarrold, UK)
Red Riding: 1980 ( James Marsh, UK)
Red Riding: 1983 (Anand Tucker, UK)
10/19
Dear Doctor (Nishikawa Miwa, Japan)
Animated shorts
10/20
My Neighbor, My Killer (Anne Aghion, USA/France)