The 41st annual edition of Chicago’s Reeling International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is now in the books, having featured an array of narrative, documentary and short films in theaters and online. The event featured a strong lineup of offerings, even though I didn’t screen as many films as I have in past years. In all, I managed to catch nine films during the festival’s two-week run. So, with that said, here’s my take on what I watched and what I thought. “Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn” (USA) (5/5); Letterboxd (5/5), Imdb.com (10/10), TMDB.com (5/5); Web site Trailer In an age when politicians on both sides of the aisle are increasingly being seen as incompetent, self-serving and inauthentic, it’s refreshing to learn about one who apparently defies all of those traits. And viewers can now learn more about this inspiring individual in director Timothy Harris’s excellent debut documentary feature, a profile of Pennsylvania State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta (D), the first openly gay person of color to serve in the Commonwealth’s statehouse. The film focuses on Kenyatta’s 2022 run for the US Senate, a campaign fraught with financial difficulties, exaggerated questions of electability, biased punditry and media coverage, and a lack of ...

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“The Creator” (2023). Cast: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Robbie Tann, Marc Menchaca, Amar Chadha-Patel, Ralph Ineson, Veronica Ngo. Director: Gareth Edwards. Screenplay: Gareth Edwards and Chris Weitz. Story: Gareth Edwards. Web site. Trailer. The subject of artificial intelligence has been all over the news in recent months, with much of the coverage (save for what’s in the business/finance pages) presented in an often-troubling, cautionary light. Is this technology as bad as so many contend? Or are we making a mountain out of a proverbial molehill? And, if something were to go wrong, where would the fault truly lie? From these concerns, it’s easy to see how it didn’t take long for this topic to make its way into the world of entertainment, a question explored in the new thought-provoking sci-fi offering, “The Creator.” In 2055, after years of uncontrolled growth in the implementation of artificial intelligence, a tremendous tragedy occurs when a nuclear detonation occurs in Los Angeles, one attributed to this technology, that destroys much of the city and kills 1 million people. As a consequence, the US and its Western allies selflessly vow to abandon their use of ...

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Reviews of “Our Father, the Devil,” “Concerned Citizen” and “On the Bridge” are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network, available by clicking here ...

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