Part 1: Which films should I see at this year's Chicago International Film Festival? Choose a combined total of 10 titles. (Poll Closed) (poll 2022525)

Part 1: Which films should I see at this year's Chicago International Film Festival? Choose a combined total of 10 titles. (Poll Closed)

About Elly 2%
Against the Current <1%
Air Doll / Kuki Ningyo 2%
Antichrist 2%
Astro Boy 1%
The Athlete 1%
Backyard / El traspatio 1%
The Be All and End All <1%
Bellamy 1%
Berlin '36 1%
Beyond Ipanema 2%
Blue <1%
Case Unknown <1%
Cedar Boys 0%
Chicago Overcoat 30%
Claustrophobia 1%
Coffin Rock <1%
Cooking History 1%
Cropsey 0%
Daniel & Ana 1%
Dear Doctor 1%
Don't Let Me Drown <1%
Eastern Plays 1%
Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl 1%
The Eclipse 1%
An Education 2%
Effi Brest <1%
Eye of the Storm / No Meu Lugar 1%
Eyes Wide Open 1%
Face / Visage 1%
Fish Tank 1%
A Frozen Flower / Ssang-Hwa-Jeom 3%
Gigante 1%
The Girl on the Train / La Fille du Rer 2%
Girls on the Wall <1%
Give Me Your Hand 1%
Green Waters <1%
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno / L’enfer d’Henri-Georges Clouzot <1%
Hidden Diary 1%
Hipsters / Stilyagi 1%
The House of the Devil 1%
I Know a Woman Like That 1%
Kanikôsen 1%
The Last Days of Emma Blank / De laatste dagen van Emma Blank 1%
Little Moscow <1%
The Long Night <1%
Looking for Eric 1%
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond <1%
Love & Savagery <1%
Lovely, Still <1%
Made in China 2%
Made In Hungaria <1%
The Maid / La Nana 1%
Mammoth 1%
Mary and Max 1%
The Messenger 1%
Mississippi Damned 1%
The Moon Inside You 1%
Mother 3%
Motherhood 1%
My Neighbor, My Killer <1%
No Hard Feelings! / Sans rancune! 1%
Northless <1%
Nothing Personal <1%
Nymph 1%
Paranormal Activity 1%
Partners <1%
Persecution 0%
A Place of One's Own 0%
Plastic City 1%
Police, Adjective / Politist, adjectiv 1%
Prank 1%
Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire 2%
Racing Dreams 0%
Raging Sun, Raging Sky 1%
Rain <1%
The Rapture of Fe <1%
Red Cliff 2%
Red Riding (1974, 1980, 1983) 1%
The Revenant 1%
Revenge <1%
Ricky <1%
Shortchanged <1%
Soundtrack for a Revolution 1%
Spy(ies) 1%
Storm <1%
Straight to the Heart <1%
The Young Victoria 1%

6 Comments

BIG BLACK MAN - 15 years ago

Roberto Benigni is a real man compared to Frank Vincent.
Elliot Cooney - 15 years ago

correct spelling - Benigni. I believe Frank Vincent is a 'Real' Italian. ...."They" do make lots of movies with Roberto Benigni, you should look in the foreign film section marked 'Italian'
Mike Elrod - 15 years ago

I'm going to see me some Precious. Monique is delicious. I want to rub her body with chicken wings.
BIG BLACK MAN - 15 years ago

Chicago Overcoat depicts italians in a negative light. How many times do we have to see italians kill each other over money. Can't they make more movies with Roberto Begnigni, a real italian.
Jane Elrod - 15 years ago

Chicago Overcoat is the movie to see. The film itself is action packed. It is filmed in Chicago and the Cinematography is fantastic. The Movie everyone should see.
HY - 15 years ago

I would like to recommend that you watch "A Frozen Flower" (South Korea). I have watched it many times over and still fascinated by the world class acting and well told story. In particular watch for Joo Jin Mo's performance. He played the role of the emperor in an era where the country is subject to the Yuan dynasty. Joo Jin Mo conveys a wide range of complex emotions, such as humiliation, benevolence, anger, hurt, betrayed, pain, tenderness, suspicion, jealousy etc. powerfully, mainly through his expressive eyes. Despite the controversy surrounding the intimate relationship between the emperor and his chief body guard, many audience have been moved by Joo Jin Mo's performance to support him.

This movie is a defining moment in Joo Jin Mo's career. Many people come to know and love him through this movie. Many articles, reviews, analysis, poems and the like have been written over this movie in Asia, and many in recognition of Joo's superb performance.

I quote Yang Sang-Jin of Korea Herald: "Joo Jin-mo emerges as the ultimate winner in the film. Joo pulls off creating a complex and nuanced character with whom audiences will be able to sympathize, rescuing a film that might otherwise have fallen into the trap of having too much sex and violence."

For his performance in "A Frozen Flower", Joo Jin Mo was awarded the Best Leading Actor Award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Award in Feb 2009.

I hope you will like this movie. It is a beautiful piece of work.

Part 1: Which films should I see at this year's Chicago International Film Festival? Choose a combined total of 10 titles. (Poll Closed)

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