Posts tagged Daniel Kwan
SPECIAL: First annual CIFCC Awards nominations
SPECIAL: First annual CIFCC Awards nominations

Capping off their inaugural year, the members of newly-formed Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, of which I am a director and co-founder, have announced their nominees for their first annual CIFCC Awards.  Their voting membership of 28 members strong completed ballots over the holidays with the goal of three final nominees in 25 categories.  They will commence a final round of voting ending on January 1, 2017 and host an invitation-only awards banquet at Transistor Chicago on January 8, 2017.

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2016, Best Films, Column, Independent Film, SPECIALDon ShanahanTransistor Chicago2016, CIFCC, Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, CIFCC Awards, Best Independent Film, Best Studio Film, Moonlight, La La Land, Jackie, The Handmaiden, Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacqueline Stewart, Deborah Stratman, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Animated Film, Best Undistributed Film, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Ensemble, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Chicago Film, Best Microbudget Film, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Film, Chicago, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald ShanahanComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Swiss Army Man
MOVIE REVIEW: Swiss Army Man

As ambiguous as this sounds, your love or hate of the new film and Sundance favorite, “Swiss Army Man,” will say something about your inner quirkiness, mindset, and, most of all, your heart.  Packed with detail and imagination beyond belief, this film defies classification and destroys the hyperbole, pretense, and comparative euphemisms that normally define films about friendship, the genre of buddy movies, and even unconventional screen love stories.  Movies that tug our heartstrings with a smile normally kill us with kindness.  The polarizing “Swiss Army Man” kills us with weirdness.  This film lets its WTF freak flag fly and encourages you to do the same.

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2016, 4 STARS, Film Festival, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanShowPlace ICON X at Roosevelt Collction2016, Sundance Film Festival, 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Best Directing, Swiss Army Man, Daniels, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Ambrose Bierce, An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Twilight Zone, Imagination, Wilson, Castaway, Manny, Survival films, love stories, buddy movies, buddy films, life lessons, life lessons from movies, life lessons from films, life lessons from film, Life lessons, movie commentary, film commentary, film review, movie review, independent films, indie film, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment