Dan Conley

So far I have seen six films at the Chicago International Film Festival and have four more to see before the festival closes on Sunday. My one disappointment is that I likely will not have an opportunity to catch “Resurrection,” a highly acclaimed Chinese film. I believe the film has

Kryzszstof Kieslowski said in an interview that Rita entering the church is the first important plot point of the film. Valentine follow her into the Catholic Church where a mass is underway. She rushes right into the middle of it, then apologizes and says she’s looking for her dog.

I have not dwelled on Kieslowski’s anchor themes very much throughout my series, in part because I find it more interesting the ways that he blurs the concepts or tries to subvert them. In the Dekalog, for example, there are often numerous commandments in play at a time and

Red dominated the first segment of the film, but now it takes on a more subtle character. There are red elements in nearly every shot now, but they are not central, they stand off to the side, hinting at possible meaning. So too there are many portents in this part

Three Colours: Red begins in the UK, with an unseen young man — a man we will never meet, making a telephone call. We can see a picture of Irene Jacob on his nightstand, a black and white photo where she looks quite young, perhaps a teenager. This gives a sense

It might be ambitious of me to jump directly from Three Colours: White to Red without time off in between, but my movie watching habits have been a bit extreme lately, so I might as well ride the tide. Over the weekend, I saw some horror shorts at the Chicago