Russian films at Chicago International Film Festival
New themes are appearing in Russian films that expose the extent of government corruption, which decimates a people subjected to an increasing supply of drugs, crime, and violence.
Hits and misses at Chicago International Film Festival
There were many great films at the Chicago festival, including several great bio docs about formidable persons in the arts.
Alice in Blunderland: "The Dance of Death" and war between the sexes
This production of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg's 1900 "The Dance of Death," now playing in Pasadena, is expertly acted and directed.
