Grouper – Ruins Album Review (kranky)

Regardless of your feelings about Palestine, A World Not Ours is a must watch for those interested in themes of landlessness, family, and what it means to be privileged. Through the narrative lens, we get a glimpse into life inside a semi-permanent Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon. It is,...
Directed by Nabil
Human trafficking is one of those things that it seems the world overall turns a blind eye to. Minus a few well-to-do NGOs and agencies desperately trying to create awareness, each year hundreds of thousands of individuals are illegally trafficked across the globe. Some are sent for labor, some are...
The Widow Blades is a concept album based on the disappearance of a woman in a blizzard in 1978....
Tyler T. Williams directs this cinematic epic for Youth Lagoon's "Montana," perhaps capturing a snippet from the life and mind of Youth Lagoon's Trevor Powers. Says Powers: "My whole life I've dealt with extreme anxiety. Not anxiety about passing a test or somewhat normal things, but weird.. bizarre things. Things that...
Directed by Joe Maggio, Starring Dennis Farina United States A couple hours ago--6pm CST to be exact--somebody--an intern, a volunteer, a professional carpet tacker--somebody--rolled out the red carpet to start the 47th Chicago International Film Festival. It was humming with excitement over on East Randolph at the Harris Theatre, as fans and...
Gromozeka is, in the words of my cohort, "very Russian." Gromozeka is, in the words of my other cohort, "odd." This odd, very Russian film is not for everyone. It's probably not even for 75% of film-going patrons. There's a plotline -- kind of -- but it's comprised of a series of...