Erik Childress
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Producer - Chicago Critics Film Festival, Chicago Film Critics Association, Movie Madness Podcast, The Friendship Dilemma Podcast, Business First AM WYCC-TV
Chicago, Schaumburg
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BEAU IS AFRAID: I wish I could watch it again right now. Its an experience through anxiety, pain, regret, and all-out fear that is also a tribute to every scary (and funny) mother(!) movie you can think of. I want to experience and piece its nightmares together again soon.
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BEAUTIFUL BOY: Hit me in ways I didn’t expect. Maybe the best film I’ve seen about the feeling of addiction since REQUIEM FOR A DREAM; albeit on the other side. Carell is solid. Chalamat incredible. More than once all I thought was: I miss you Dad.
#TIFF18
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With Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah leaving Saturday Night Live, they are renaming it "The Kate McKinnon Show"
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Have an electrician over at the house. We are wearing masks. He enters wearing a mask. He lets us know he is vaccinated. We let him know we are vaccinated. We continue wearing the masks.
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Mothers, lock up your poolboys.
Jerry Falwell Jr has been asked to take an indefinite leave of absence from his roles as President and Chancellor of Liberty University.
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You know what doesn’t have ads during the movie? Physical media.
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Jack Kingston just choked on the talking points he was given. Didn't know what he was talking about and everyone laughed at him.
#CNN
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Hey Scaramucci, I don't think quoting Joe Paterno helps your cause given he is one of the most notorious enablers in history.
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I thought the guy who said it’s ok to sleep with underage girls stated he was only doing an opening to the Trump’s defense. Why is the accused pedophile still talking?
#Dershbag
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A partial list of films that apparently won't be available virtually from
#TIFF
(at least not in the U.S.)
Dune
Last Night at Soho
A Hero'
Memoria
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Forgiven
Dear Evan Hansen
Spencer
Titane
Belfast
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CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH: Movies like this are why I love festivals. Films with an unending supply of charm, heart and heartbreak that hit you just when you need it. Dakota Johnson is pretty perfect in this & Cooper Raiff has such a relatable likability. This really got me.
#Sundance
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#Trump
just named a white supremacist as his Chief Strategist. He is already out of chances.and it hasn't been five days.
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Dear Dan Bailey,
Go Fuck Yourself,
Signed,
Illinois
In response to the mass shooting close to where he is at, IL State Sen and Trump-endorsed candidate for Gov Dan Bailey releases a CAMPAIGN VIDEO: “Now let’s move on and celebrate the independence of this nation .. We have got to get corruption and evil out of our govt.”
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"I Hope I'm in other movies." - If someone doesn't cast Alan Kim in something tomorrow then shut it all down.
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We are all Chris Cuomo when KellyAnne Conway speaks.
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And I don't care if he's left wing, right wing, who he voted for or what religion he follows. Steve Paddock is a terrorist. Say it with me.
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"Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history."
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MINARI: Beautiful, lovely, cultural, spiritual, funny, sad, hopeful, heartbreaking. The kind of adjectives we go to the movies for.
#Sundance
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14 bad movies at
#Sundance
was worth every wasted minute to get to Richard Linklater's BEFORE MIDNIGHT. Holy God what a movie!!!
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Don't think of it as Gina Carano losing a TV show and a place in the Star Wars Universe. Think of it as her gaining a friend in Kristy Swanson and Kevin Sorbo.
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Reminder to
@wbpictures
that the Chicago Film Critics Association awarded Best Picture, Best Director and three other awards to Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015. New York didn't even mention the film. Just sayin'
#Furiosa
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FIRST MAN: I love that there is now a definitive cinematic trilogy about the space program with THE RIGHT STUFF, this and APOLLO 13. Chazelle finds multiple new angles thematically (and literally) to tell this story from a perspective of danger and grief. Wonderful!
#TIFF18
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Democrats need to take a cue from Al Franken smacking down Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions right now. Bravo, Senator!
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The Tribeca film festival just awarded a Special Jury Prize for director Ani Simon-Kennedy for THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONG ROAD and Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film to OUR TIME MACHINE.
Both films play the Chicago Critics Film Festival
@musicboxtheatre
May 17-23.
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Jane Porter is a horrible horrible horrible terrible and also horrible corrupted stew of ignorance and lapsed morals. Of course she is a spokesperson for the
#RoyMoore
campaign.
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Just wait until Disney hears about what Robert Downey Jr. used to do.
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It would be nice to put Toni Collette in the same category with Sigourney Weaver for ALIENS, Kathy Bates for MISERY and Jodie Foster for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Just sayin'.
#Hereditary
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So Troma defended Harry Knowles.
@scottEweinberg
kept the confidence of victims who weren't ready to speak out.
This is an easy debate.
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35 years Nick Digilio was on in some form on WGN. Over 20 with his own show. I’ve been a part of it since nearly the beginning and that’s because he invited me to join in on the conversation. Movies, festivals. I will forever be grateful. He is my friend. I am angry tonight.
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The crowd for Jane Schoenbrun presenting I SAW THE TV GLOW
@musicboxtheatre
at the Chicago Critics Film Festival.
#CCFF
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Kristen Holmes, an increasingly embarrassing correspondent for
#CNN
CNN correspondent says Trump is taking Helene seriously and is offering a "message of unity."
#sanewashing
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I am going to have a lot more to say about Sergio. He was my partner, my brother and my friend and I am numb tonight at the news.
RIP Sergio Mims, film critic and historian and the host and producer of the weekly Bad Mutha' Film Show WHPK-FM (88.5PM Chicago)
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THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS!
Nov. 12-14
@musicboxtheatre
More details to come but we're back!
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Closing night of the Chicago Critics Film Festival is going to be something.
- The Chicago premiere of I LOVE MY DAD (Thursday, May 19 at 8:15 PM)
- Attending will be Director/Star
@JamesMorosini
, Star
@ClaudiaSulewski
and DAD himself,
@pattonoswalt
.
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HERETIC: I am kinda in awe about this one. A dark, deep dive into religion and spirituality wrapped in a horror film of true unpredictability with a villain performance by Hugh Grant for the ages that is deserving of serious award consideration. Loved it!
#TIFF2024
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It'd be pretty funny if Spielberg and Scorsese get Zaslav on a conference call and while they have him busy DePalma sneaks up behind him with a power drill.
Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson have organized an emergency call to David Zaslav that will take place today to advocate for saving one of the greatest brands in cinephilia, TCM.
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Join us tomorrow at 4 PM Central time.
#GodzillavsKong
We're breaking down all things
#GodzillaVsKong
tomorrow at 2 PM PT/ 5PM ET on
@TwitterSpaces
!
Host
@markellislive
will be joined by
@JonitaLDavis
,
@katerbland
,
@RifewithKatie
,
@EriktheMovieman
, and
@malkmut
to discuss the MonsterVerse showdown.
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Somebody PLEASE get me ringside seats to the next time Philip Mudd is in a room with Paris Denard.
#CNN
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Nobody has loved a cat as much as
@scottEweinberg
loved his Jones. I've had calls with him where Jones was always present or Scott would bring him on to say hi. I am heartbroken for his loss today.
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Thrilled to finally announce this but I have contributed my first Blu-ray commentary track for
@KinoLorber
's release of CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. It comes out on June 22 and I can't wait for you all to hear it.
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The
#NFL
just died today by overturning that call on Zach Miller. Maybe the worst call I've EVER SEEN.
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The 10th Anniversary of the Chicago Critics Film Festival is in the books and I was incredibly moved by the number of people who came up to me and just said "Thank you for doing this." And there were a lot. I appreciate everyone who showed up to support these films and this fest.
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$90 million+ budgeted films that WB did release:
CATWOMAN
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Transcendence
10,000 B.C.
The Point Break remake!
Geostorm
Pan
Alexander
Wild Wild West
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Green Lantern
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Travis Kelce has 2 rings, is hanging with Taylor Swift and now less likely to die from COVID. Hard to think of anyone more unlikable in sports right now than this asshole below.
Aaron Rodgers casually calls Travis Kelce "Mr. Pfizer" while talking about how the
#Jets
limited him on Sunday night.
(via
@PatMcAfeeShow
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These three films + The Little Mermaid are all likely to lose somewhere between $100-175 million theatrically each this summer.
Fast X, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and The Flash could all end up lower than $150 million domestic. Lots of movies losing big money this summer.
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Somehow I doubt
#Trump
will retweet this Ukrainian official quote.
“Hunter Biden did not violate any Ukrainian laws... we do not see any wrongdoing.”
- Ukraine’s Prosecutor General
The story here is Trump’s extortion of a foreign government to go after a political opponent. Period.
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The sneak preview is complete with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s terrific THE LOST DAUGHTER with the amazing Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley and Ed Harris and Dakota Johnson. THIS CAST!!!!
See it during the Chicago Critics Film Festival Nov. 12-14
@musicboxtheatre
.
PASSES NOW ON SALE!
2021 Sneak Peek
#6
THE LOST DAUGHTER
Alone on a seaside vacation, Leda (Olivia Colman) becomes consumed with a young mother and daughter as she watches them on the beach.
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THE LIFE OF CHUCK: This incredibly beautiful Stephen King adaptation really hit me in a special place and I think it could do the same for those who hold STAND BY ME and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION dear to them. Give it time. Just don’t wait.
#TIFF2024
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Can't wait for the day when "experts" declare the next tragedy as the fault of shitty politicians and not the usual suspects (games, movies)
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Jennifer Kent's THE NIGHTINGALE played the Chicago Critics Film Festival in 2019.
TODAY it is available on Blu-ray from
@ShoutFactory
. Do not miss it.
This year's festival will take place May 1-7
@musicboxtheatre
. Stay tuned for more details next month.
#CCFF2020
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There are few days that feel as good as the one after the Chicago Critics Film Festival finishes up another year. We did it again!
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The happiest of birthdays to this beautiful lady. My mom on her 80th! The most loving person you will ever meet.
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THE FRIEND: I have a very soft shell when it comes to stories about cancer. But I like to think I also have a good B.S. detector. This one got a lot right and the three leads are all very good. Structually doesn't always work but the emotional beats ring true.
#TIFF19
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Who knew that Haitians' streaming service of choice was Vudu? But everyone should know that Clay Higgins, a sitting member of Congress, is an unholy piece of shit.
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Director Joseph Kahn is coming to Chicago! SATURDAY, MAY 5 at the
@musicboxtheatre
the Chicago Critics Film Festival presents the local premiere of
#BODIED
. Tickets are now on sale.
@JosephKahn
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With Billy Bob Thornton winning, if Jennifer Aniston does, this show turns into the F.U. Angelina awards.
#GoldenGlobes
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Ah, CNN, you missed the opportunity to cut to the crowd gathered outside.
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Please be aware there is a “parody account” trying to pretend they are my friend
@scottEweinberg
. They have two G’s in their handle. Please report them if hey try to follow you. Or report them regardless.
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Hey CHICAGO! On Friday, May 4 come and join
@gugumbatharaw
and
@jehorowitz
for the opening night local premiere of
#FastColor
at
@musicboxtheatre
. Tickets and passes on sale now!
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Rep. Steve King from Iowa. Not just a giant white supremacist but also a flaming dumbass.
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I am officially an Uncle for the third time. My sister, Jennifer, gave birth this past Monday at 9:12 pm to Jack Andrew. A true honor that her and my brother-in-law, Andy, decided to name him after my dad. He’s going to do him proud.
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THUNDER ROAD: The kind of film I love discovering at festivals. Not sure what to expect and you get back a whole lot. Jim Cummings’ adaptation of his own short reminded me of the kind of confident leap Trey Edward Shults made with KRISHA. Solid work.
#SXSW
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Peyton was the star of American Fable.
You know their name. But how well do you know your Kennedy trivia?
#TheKennedys
premieres Sunday at 9p.
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Dad would have been 82 today. Mom and I are pouring one out for him old style.
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HOT SUMMER NIGHTS: Remember the name Elijah Bynum, a filmmaker you'll be hearing a lot about after
#sxsw
. What a year for Timothee Chalamet.
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Even Putin saw that interview with the Black Journalist Conference and said "eff it, it's over."
BREAKING: President Biden and Vice President Harris have secured the release of U.S. Marine, Paul Whelan, and Wall Street Journalist, Evan Gershkovich, from Russian captivity. This is huge.
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So sometime between now and Christmas Day HBO MAX has to have a deal on tap with Roku otherwise the
#WonderWoman1984
news is a fail.
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A LITTLE PRAYER: Love when movies treat personal issues through characters like this rather than big plot swings. Jane Levy is fantastic here and the superlatives for David Strathairn just aren't enough. The climactic scene managed to wallop me a bit.
#Sundance2023
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I just heard Eli Roth referrred to as "one of the most influential voices in horror" and I think its time for a serious reevaluation of how we say things out loud.
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Its been 35 years since i saw WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT in a theater. Tonight seeing it at the
@musicboxtheatre
was even better than the first time. What a work of art!
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This moment in LIFE, ANIMATED got me so hard where Owen Suskind got to meet
@RealGilbert
after having learned as a boy to communicate through Disney films. The doc is wonderful. Gilbert Gottfried was wonderful. Enjoy the cry.
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"Romney's in isolation? Geez that's too bad." -
#Trump
just now. What an absolute piece of unforgivable shit.
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WILDLIFE: Best film I’ve seen at
#Sundance
so far this year. Delicately calibrated direction by Paul Dano and Carey Mulligan just owning it in every scene. Best work of her career.
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The live-tweet today of
#Annihilation
by
@mattzollerseitz
is a reminder of how not only great cinema is worthy of multiple viewings but how the intellectual reading and debriefing of it is what great film criticism is about inviting individuality as much as community.
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Tickets right here -
#Damsel
#RobertPattinson
@zellnerbros
@OverlyROBsessed
@nathanzellner
@Pattinsons_Army
@stargir2003
@musicboxtheatre
UPCOMING .
@damselthefilm
May US Film Festival screenings:
Boston - 1 May 2018
Maryland - 4 & 5 May 2018
Montclair - 5 & 6 May 2018
The Chicago Critics + Zellner Bros Q&A - 6 May 2018
Mammoth Lakes - 23 May 2018
Info & ticket links ------>
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The Hurt Locker (98%)
Wonder Woman (92%)
Black Widow (80%)
The Old Guard (80%)
Birds of Prey (78%)
Captain Marvel (78%)
Blue Steel (71%)
Point Break (69%)
Strange Days (62%)
In other words - bullshit.
#Eternals
has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of any MCU film. "I think this speaks to a larger problem...any time a woman takes on the action genre, people come harder at that filmmaker," says
@ByClaytonDavis
. | Variety The Take presented by
@AppleTV
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Let's be clear. ROOM was about "a triumph of the human spirit." THE REVENANT was "I'm gonna live so I can kill that bastard."
#GoldenGlobes
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Last night’s response to SING SING, the opening night film at the Chicago Critics Film Festival taking place all week
@musicboxtheatre
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The people crying tears over the loss of Blockbuster Video conveniently forget that they not only banned movies but were notorious for removing older titles that they felt people weren't interested in anymore. So let's not include them as evidence of the salad days.
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I don't think there is a filmmaker alive who has as much fun scaring people as James Wan does. And he's soooo good at it.
#The
Conjuring2
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