Review: Starred Up

by Patrick Bromley

Brace yourselves. This one is heavy.

Review: I Origins

by Patrick Bromley

No one can accuse Mike Cahill of being insincere as a filmmaker. In his second feature (after 2011's Another Earth), the writer/director tackles God, the soul and predestined love with all the sincerity of an 11-year old boy writing a poem to his first crush. Some of his storytelling is about as sophisticated, too.

Obvious Child - Chicago Critics Film Festival Review

by Patrick Bromley

You know those movies where you get to watch someone become a star in the span of a single film? That's Jenny Slate in Obvious Child.

Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead - Chicago Critics Film Festival Review

by Patrick Bromley

Two zombie armies are better than one.

I Put a Hit On You - Chicago Critics Film Festival Review

A romantic comedy with hitmen and Canadians? Sounds like my jam.

Animals - Chicago Critics Film Festival Review

I'm generally not a fan of drug addiction movies. I'm a huge fan of Animals.

Willow Creek - Chicago Critics Film Festival Review

by Patrick Bromley

In which Bobcat Goldthwait proves that found footage isn't dead. It just needs to be used the right way.

Nick Offerman: American Ham - Chicago Critics Film Festival Review

Whatever happened to the stand-up concert film?

They Came Together - Chicago Critics Film Festival Review

by Patrick Bromley

Joke for joke, They Came Together is the funniest movie since 2001's Wet Hot American Summer. That shouldn't be a surprise, since both films are directed by the great David Wain and written by Wain and Michael Showalter. They've done it again.