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Lee Shoquist

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First Love Proves All-Consuming in Grisly, Romantic Bones and All

by Lee Shoquist
November 18, 2022

Luca Guadagnino’s spellbinding Bones and All, a tender, terrifying young love story between—bear with me—a pair of cannibal paramours, is deeply sensitive and shocking in the extreme. That proves quite a combo in a film Guadagnino has delivered with a most original mash-up of…

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On The Menu: Delectable Decimation of Haute Cuisine Culture

by Lee Shoquist
November 17, 2022

As a wickedly funny sendup of haute cuisine, celebrity chefs and foodie culture, the slickly entertaining The Menu is an enjoyable takedown of pretentious restauranteurs and their willing, wealthy patrons—and a clever horror satire that doesn’t miss a beat, or more appropriately, a course.…

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Authenticity in Unlikely Milieu: The Inspection Examines True Story of Living Truth

by Lee Shoquist
November 16, 2022

Filmmaker Elegance Bratton delivers a distinctive, compelling film from a formative life chapter, and one offering no easy resolutions.…

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In Conversation: Emerging Artists Elegance Bratton and Anna Diop Get Personal in Meaningful New Movies

by Lee Shoquist
November 16, 2022

I recently caught up with Elegance Bratton and Anna Diop to deconstruct their new projects: The Inspection and Nanny could not be more removed in subject matter and approach, yet each provokes us to consider who we are and how we fit into our…

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Aftersun: Daughter’s Perspective on Father Becomes Formative Life Chapter

by Lee Shoquist
November 8, 2022

As adolescents, how well can we ever really know our parents or their personal circumstances? Filmmaker Charlotte Wells charts exquisite father-daughter chapter in understated coming-of-age drama.…

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James Gray Loses Innocence in Armageddon Time, a Memoir of Hard Life Lessons

by Lee Shoquist
November 4, 2022

Gray, who shares a formative chapter in the film that depicts a loss of innocence—here about the way the world works for those who have, and do not have, privilege—has made his most personal and perhaps most accessible film.…

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Flying Below (Above?) Hollywood’s Radar with the Best Actresses You Don’t Know—and Should

by Lee Shoquist
November 1, 2022

In a short-term memory industry where five actresses each year (usually from late breaking films released in the closing months) claim the lion’s share of critics and industry plaudits, let’s take a look at five of this year’s best who are currently in danger…

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The Mad Genius of Tár: Todd Field and Cate Blanchett Deliver The Great American Film

by Lee Shoquist
October 28, 2022

Fueled by a vision and command evidenced in each frame, it is an immediately recognizable masterwork and high-bar piece of acting like nothing else onscreen in an American film this year.…

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Career best Colin Farrell navigates death of friendship in The Banshees of Inisherin

by Lee Shoquist
October 28, 2022

Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, at once a black comedy and poignant drama about a tragedy—the death of lifelong friendship on an Irish isle circa 1923—sets the stage for the best film of 2022. …

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My Policeman: Period Love Triangle Proves Unabashed Melodrama

by Lee Shoquist
October 27, 2022

A perceptive, generous film that carries the weight of tragedy with a hint of catharsis. It moves us, and that should be regarded.…

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About Me

Lee Shoquist is a film critic and member of the Chicago Film Critics Association and leads over 20 monthly film discussion groups with more than three hundred, multi-generational attendees across the Chicago area and periodically in New York and Los Angeles. Learn more or contact Lee.

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