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Suspiria Directed by Luca Guadagnino Rated : R • October 26
This spooky remake based on Dario Argento ’ s classic 1977 horror film stars Dakota Johnson as an American dancer who enrolls at a prestigious dance academy in Berlin that ’ s plagued by unusual occurrences . As darkness swirls around the world-renowned company , the troupe ’ s artistic director , a grieving psychotherapist , and the young dancers could all succumb to the nightmare . Tilda Swinton , Mia Goth , Jessica Harper , and Chloe Grace Moretz costar . Harper , who played the lead in the original film , appears in a different role .'
Film Notes
54th Annual Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago welcomes filmmakers from around the world at the 54th Annual Chicago International Film Festival , presented by Cinema / Chicago , October 1-21 at the AMC River East 21 ( 322 Illinois St .). This year the fest features Women in Cinema , which highlights 36 features and 21 shorts from female directors .
The Women in Cinema program showcases the accomplished work of several emerging directors , including Chicago-born Elizabeth Chomko ’ s directorial debut What
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They Had , a poignant family drama set in Chicago and starring Hilary Swank , Michael Shannon , and Robert Forster . In Nia DaCosta ’ s feature debut Little Woods , Tessa Thompson stars as a woman working her way out of her illegal past , while Wanuri Kahiu ’ s first feature Rafiki brings an Afropop style to a traditional story of forbidden love . In The Third Wife ( Phuong Anh Nguyen ), first-timer Ash Mayfair helms an enthralling depiction of young womanhood in 19th century Vietnam .
Female-driven cinema is on display throughout the festival , including the Gala Presentation of Marielle Heller ’ s Can You Ever Forgive Me ? starring Melissa McCarthy ; Claire Darling , an idiosyncratic family drama starring Catherine Deneuve from Festival alum Julie Bertuccelli , and Pernille Fischer Christensen ’ s newest project , Becoming Astrid ( Unga Astrid ), an affecting biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren of Pippi Longstocking fame .
Over 40 % of the Festival ’ s shorts program , comprising 21 films , are directed or co-directed by women , including such highlights as Chicago-based directors Melika Bass ( Creature Companion ) and Deborah Stratman ( Optimism ) as well as Mariama Diallo ’ s popular festival favorite Hair Wolf , German-born filmmaker Reka Bucsi ’ s award-winning animated short Solar Walk , and Colombian-Belgian director Juanita Onzaga ’ s official Cannes documentary entry Our Song to War . Visit www . chicagofilmfestival . com for a complete schedule of films and showtimes .
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Magnet record or getting ready to produce
a Monster Magnet record . Doing all that stuff , it takes a lot of time to do that ; [ there ' s ] a lot of paperwork and a lot of planning !
Mosh : You ' ve got a lot on your creative plate ! Anything new on the horizon for Monster Magnet ? DW : What I ’ m doing now is just going into the belly of the beast . It ’ s touring and bringing this [ album ] out . It kind of takes up your whole life , traveling . We ’ re in a different place every day . While I ’ m in the midst of that traveling , usually , is when the plans for the future come up . It forces me to think , like what happens when the bus stops rolling ? I wrote about five new songs over the summer . I don ’ t know if they ’ re going to be on a record or not , but the process is [ on ] going , so we ’ ll see what happens . Appearing 10 / 2 at the Bottom Lounge
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Chicago with Electric Citizen and Dark Sky Choir .
MOSH-WORTHY RELEASES : Gama Bomb Speed Between the Lines ( AFM ), Voivod The Wake ( Century Media Records ), Varathron Patriarchs of Evil ( Agonia Records ).
MOSH-WORTHY LIVE : Skindred , Sumo Cyco ; Raven Black ( RocHaus , 10 / 06 ); John 5 , Wednesday 13 , Hellzapoppin Circus ( The Forge , 11 / 01 ); Municipal Waste , High on Fire , Toxic Holocaust , Haunt ( Metro , 11 / 15 ).
MENTION-WORTHY : Local death metal stalwart Broken Hope ' s Jeremy Wagner released his second horror novel , Rabid Heart , on Oct . 3 via Riverdale Avenue Books . The synopsis of the book is “ the depth of undying love in the midst of a zombie apocalypse .”
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