Nick's Flick Picks: The 2011 Chicago Film Festival

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" leftmargin="35" rightmargin="35"> <table width=680><tr><td> <br> <TABLE cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=480 valign=center><Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399" Size=+3><b>Chicago Film Festival 2011</b></Font><br> <b><Font Color="#660066">Main Competition Jury:</Font></b> Nimr&#243d Antal, Leonardo Garcia Tsao, Claudia Landsberger, Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, Bhawana Somaaya</TD> <TD align=right valign=center><img src=chifest11tab.jpg width=200 hspace=2></TD></TR></TABLE> <hr><center> <a href="#awards"><Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Awards</b></Font></a> &#151 <a href="#vlog"><Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Viewing Log</b></Font></a> &#151 <a href="#comps"><Font Face=Garamond><b>Competition Lineups</b></Font></a> &#151 <a href=chifest11spage.html target="_top"><Font Face=Garamond><b>Short Films</b></Font></a> (new window) </center><hr> <a name="awards"> <br> <TABLE cellpadding=3> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Gold Hugo of the Festival:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=lehavre.html><b>Le Havre</b></a>, Finland, dir. Aki Kaurism&#228ki</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Special Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=cairo678.html><i>Cairo 678</i></a>, Egypt, dir. Mohamed Diab</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actress:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=tyransur.html><i>Tyrannosaur</i></a>, Olivia Colman</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actor:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=cairo678.html><i>Cairo 678</i></a>, Maged El Kedwany</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Screenplay:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399"><i>The Forgiveness of Blood</i></Font>, Joshua Marston & Andamion Murataj</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><Font Color="#003399"><b>DocuFest Gold Hugo*:</b></Font></TD> <TD width=450><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><Font Color="#003399"><i>Cinema Komunisto</i></Font>, Serbia, dir. Mila Turajlic</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399" Size=-1><b>DocuFest Silver Hugo (Runner-Up)*:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Size=-1><Font Color="#003399"><i>Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel</i></Font>, USA, dir. Lisa Immordino Vreeland</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399" Size=-1><b>DocuFest Gold Plaque (3rd Place)*:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Size=-1><Font Color="#003399"><i>Salaam Dunk</i></Font>, USA/Iraq, dir. David Fine</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399" Size=-1><b>DocuFest Silver Plaque (4th Place)*:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Size=-1><Font Color="#003399"><i>All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert</i></Font>, USA, dir. Vivian Ducat</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><b>New Directors Gold Hugo*:</b></Font></TD> <TD width=450><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><Font Color="#003399"><i>The Good Son</i></Font>, Finland, dir. Zaida Bergroth</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399" Size=-1><b>New Directors Silver Hugo*:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Size=-1><Font Color="#003399"><i>Volcano</i></Font>, Iceland, dir. R&#250nar R&#250narsson</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><b>After Dark Gold Hugo*:</b></Font></TD> <TD width=450><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><a href=snowtown.html><i>Snowtown</i></a>, Australia, dir. Justin Kurzel</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399" Size=-1><b>After Dark Silver Hugo*:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Size=-1><Font Color="#003399"><i>A Lonely Place to Die</i></Font>, UK, dir. Julian Gibley</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><Font Color="#003399"><b>Founder's Award*:</b></Font></TD> <TD width=450><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><a href=thartist.html><i>The Artist</i></a>, France, dir. Michel Hazanavicius</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Chicago Award:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=chifest11sprog1.html target="_top"><i>L Train</i></a>, USA, dir. Anna Musso</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Silver Hugo (Career Award):</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399">Claude Lelouch</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Audience Choice Award**:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399">To Be Announced</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD colspan=2><Font Size=-3> <br></Font><Font Size=-1>* These awards are determined by separately constituted juries</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD colspan=2><Font Size=-1>** Voted by the public, and announced later than the other awards</Font></TD></TR> </TABLE> <hr> <a name="vlog"> <br> <img src=chifest11melancho.jpg align=right width=200><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1 Color="#660066"><b>Films I Saw at CIFF:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1>Leaving aside competition films I saw elsewhere, and usually later</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Ranked in order of preference</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><b>My Golden Hugo</b></Font><br> <a href=melancho.html><i>Melancholia</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Denmark/Sweden, dir. Lars von Trier)</Font> - <i>Last Days at Marienbad.</i> Is doom a simile for depression, or disconsolate wedding a metaphor for denying imminent doom? </Font><br> <br> <a href=sudoeste.html><i>Southwest</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Brazil, dir. Eduardo Nunes)</Font> - Shimmering fable, intimate despite tremendously wide screen; in clear, sobering control of conceptual elements </Font><br> <br> <a href=missbala.html><i>Miss Bala</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Mexico, dir. Gerardo Naranjo)</Font> - Polanski's <i>Pianist</i> remade as ballistic drug-war suspenser, as terrorized, evacuated lead withstands a hellish picaresque </Font><br> <br> <a href=waysosea.html><i>Ways of the Sea (Halaw)</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Philippines, dir. Sheron Dayoc)</Font> - Unhurried, affecting migrant drama could use more shaping but atmosphere, long takes amply distinguish it </Font><br> <br> <a href=snowtown.html><i>Snowtown</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Australia, dir. Justin Kurzel)</Font> - A barely habitable biome of venality. Intimidating technique, unnervingly porous community of perps. But is it too much? </Font><br> <br> <a href=corpocel.html><i>Corpo Celeste</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Italy, dir. Alice Rohrwacher)</Font> - Coming-of-age tale hooked to coming-to-grips tale bathed in textures and tensions of coming into or out of community </Font><br> <br> <a href=thartist.html><i>The Artist</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Michel Hazanavicius)</Font> - An enchantment, so witty and warm in first half. Settles for just warmth in second, but I'd see it twice. Wiss plezhur. </Font><br> <br> <a href=tomboy.html><i>Tomboy</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. C&#233line Sciamma)</Font> - Charming, thoughtful, credibly kid's-eye story of young girl passing as boy. Family scenes ace, wrap-up a bit less. </Font><br> <br> <a href=kinyarwa.html><i>Kinyarwanda</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA/Rwanda, dir. Alrick Brown)</Font> - Ambitiously laced structure and tempered tones. Some uneven melodrama along the way, but the whole is properly bracing. </Font><br> <br> <a href=alitclos.html><i>A Little Closer</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Matt Petock)</Font> - Resonant regional micro-cinema in the vein of <i>Ballast</i> and <i>Putty Hill</i>. A bit truncated but warm, tactfully observed. </Font><br> <br> <a href=oncantol.html><i>Once Upon a Time in Anatolia</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Turkey, dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)</Font> - Elegant, searching, with awe-inspiring night photography, but lacquered as ever, dreaming of Palmes </Font><br> <br> <a href=coriolan.html><i>Coriolanus</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Ralph Fiennes)</Font> - Worthy in every respect, albeit short of great in all. Credible sprawl of unrest. Potent soundscape and images </Font><br> <br> <a href=weneedkv.html><i>We Need To Talk About Kevin</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Lynne Ramsay)</Font> - Early formal rigors must buoy increasingly puerile conceptions. Ends up 30% Ramsay, 70% Sam Mendes. </Font><br> <br> <a href=cairo678.html><i>Cairo 678</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Egypt, dir. Mohamed Diab)</Font> - Uneven dramatics, rough production, but boldly agitates differences among women even while drawing them together </Font><br> <br> <a href=theslut.html><i>The Slut</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Israel, dir. Hagar Ben Asher)</Font> - Shot and mixed like a brittler Dumont film, and far from uninvolving, but script ought to have drawn out comic potentials </Font><br> <br> <a href=without.html><i>Without</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Mark Jackson)</Font> - Film, actress make modest first impressions but are capable of refreshing unpredictability and nifty tonal swerves </Font><br> <br> <a href=magiluft.html><i>Love Is in the Air</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Denmark, dir. Simon Staho)</Font> - Irritating characters, paltry plot compensated just enough by Jolly Rancher palette, fizzy humor, tunes </Font><br> <br> <hr> <a name="comps"> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1 Color="#660066"><b>Films from the Main Competition:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1>More on these Competition titles available <a href="http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/film_guide_category.php?show=main_competition" target="_new">here</a></b> (opens in a new window)</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764141/"><i>Cairo 678</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Egypt, dir. Mohamed Diab)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1818443/"><i>Chronicle of My Mother</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Japan, dir. Masato Harada)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1776143/"><i>Don't Go Breaking My Heart</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Hong Kong, dir. Johnnie To)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787127/"><i>The Forgiveness of Blood</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA/Albania, dir. Joshua Marston)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756595/"><i>The Giants</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Belgium, dir. Bouli Lanners)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1926992/"><i>Goodbye</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Iran, dir. Mohammad Rasoulof)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1618447/"><i>Goodbye, First Love</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/Germany, dir. Mia Hansen-L&#248ve)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1508675/"><i>Le Havre</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Finland, dir. Aki Kaurism&#228ki)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1628043/"><i>Joint Body</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Brian Jun)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911600/"><i>Miss Bala</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Mexico, dir. Gerardo Naranjo)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1994537/"><i>The Mole</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Poland, dir. Rafael Lewandowski)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736636/"><i>Nobody Else But You</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. G&#233rald Hustache-Mathieu)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204340/"><i>Tyrannosaur</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Paddy Considine)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1795702/"><i>Wild Bill</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Dexter Fletcher)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605777/"><i>Woman in the Fifth</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Poland/UK, dir. Pawel Pawlikowski)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>Films from the New Directors Competition:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1741694/"><i>Best Intentions</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Romania, dir. Adrian Sitaru)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1921043/"><i>The Clown</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Brazil, dir. Selton Mello)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1669648/"><i>Corrode</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(India, dir. Karan Gour)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673392/"><i>The Good Son</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Finland, dir. Zaida Bergroth)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825974/"><i>Hotel Swooni</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Belgium, dir. Kaat Beels)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555084/"><i>Land of Oblivion</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Michale Boganim)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528309/"><i>A Little Closer</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Matt Petock)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723782/"><i>Machete Language</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Mexico, dir. Kyzza Terrazas)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736633/"><i>Oslo, August 31</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Norway, dir. Joachim Trier)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540014/"><i>The Return of Joe Rich</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Sam Auster)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733271/"><i>Return Ticket</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(China/Taiwan, dir. Teng Yung-Shing)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1546421/"><i>The Slut</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Israel, dir. Hagar Ben-Asher)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.tropicalstorment.com/movie/sudoeste/"><i>Southwest</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Brazil, dir. Eduardo Nunes)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1695831/"><i>Volcano</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Iceland, dir. R&#250nar R&#250narsson)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555218/"><i>Wetlands</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Canada, dir. Guy &#201doin)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855593/"><i>Women and Children</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/UK, dir. Daniel Mitelpunkt)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>Films from Outrageous (Queer Program):</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692227/"><i>American Translation</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dirs. Pascal Arnold & Jean-Marc Barr)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1545677/"><i>His Mother's Eyes</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Thierry Klifa)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754104/"><i>Leave It on the Floor</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Sheldon Larry)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.loveactuallysucks.com/"><i>Love Actually...Sucks!</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Hong Kong, dir. Scud)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592556/"><i>Love Is in the Air</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Denmark, dir. Simon Staho)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754163/"><i>Madame X</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Indonesia, dir. Lucky Kuswandi)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1830792/"><i>Romeos</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Germany, dir. Sabine Bernardi)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1847731/"><i>Tomboy</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. C&#233line Sciamma)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791687/"><i>Without</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Mark Jackson)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>More Films I'm Most Curious to See:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1>Full lineup of all festival films available <a href="http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/" target="_new">here</a></b> (opens in a new window)</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1913002/"><i>Bonsai</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Chile/France, dir. Cristi&#225n Jim&#233nez)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821593/"><i>Bullhead</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Belgium, dir. Michael Roskam)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1886502/"><i>Corpo Celeste</i></a> <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Italy, dir. 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Sean Branney)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <a name="special"> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing films</b></Font> are <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1550902/"><i>The Last Rites of Joe May</i></a> (USA, Maggio), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655420/"><i>My Week with Marilyn</i></a> (UK, Curtis), and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/"><i>The Artist</i></a> (France, Hazanavicius), respectively<br> <br> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Special and Gala Presentations</b></Font> include <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1682181/"><i>The Bully Project</i></a> (USA, Hirsch), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349451/"><i>Butter</i></a> (USA, Smith), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072820/"><i>Cooley High</i></a> (USA, Schultz), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1372686/"><i>Coriolanus</i></a> (UK, Fiennes), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2043814/"><i>Crazy Horse</i></a> (France/USA, Wiseman), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/"><i>A Dangerous Method</i></a> (Germany/Canada, Cronenberg), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033575/"><i>The Descendants</i></a> (USA, Payne), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582271/"><i>The Good Doctor</i></a> (USA, Daly), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972663/"><i>Into the Abyss</i></a> (USA, Herzog), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588334/"><i>Jeff, Who Lives at Home</i></a> (USA, Duplass & Duplass), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1827512/"><i>The Kid with a Bike</i></a> (Belgium, Dardennes), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758692/"><i>Like Crazy</i></a> (USA, Doremus), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441326/"><i>Martha Marcy May Marlene</i></a> (USA, Durkin), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/"><i>Melancholia</i></a> (Denmark/Sweden, von Trier), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440266/"><i>Pina</i></a> (Germany/France/UK, Wenders), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726738/"><i>Sacrifice</i></a> (China, Chen), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1509767/"><i>Three Musketeers</i></a> (USA, Anderson), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860355/"><i>Undefeated</i></a> (USA, Lindsay), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456472/"><i>We Have a Pope</i></a> (Italy, Moretti), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242460/"><i>We Need To Talk About Kevin</i></a> (UK, Ramsay), and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440146/"><i>What Love May Bring</i></a> (France, Lelouch) </td></tr></table> <hr> <Font Face=Garamond> <table cellpadding=12><tr> <td>Trackbacks:</b></td> <td><b><a href=chifest11.html target="_top">Permalink</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=chifest.html target="_top">Chicago Page</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movies11.html target="_top">2011</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movarchs.html target="_top">Home</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com" target="_new">Blog</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=email.html target="_top">E-Mail</a></b></td> </tr></table> </Font> </center> </body>