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AJC LEISURE GUIDE
Creepy, creative films top recent releases
“Possessor Uncut”: Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips described this second film from writer- director Brandon Cronenberg as “crazy- gory.” Here, Cronenberg follows in the footsteps of his famous filmmaker father, David.
In “Possessor,” the consciousness of a contract killer is implanted into the body of another person in order to carry out a murder. It’s not for the faint of heart, but Phillips writes: “The best of Cronenberg’s nightmare is pure, imaginative immersion.”
“She Dies Tomorrow”: This is a plague story with real relevance, about a virus of sorts that’s passed from person to person. It’s not a pathogen, but an idea: knowing that you will die tomorrow.
Tribune News Service film critic Katie Walsh found it infectious. In her review, Walsh wrote: “Using simple but effective lighting, sound and editing techniques, coupled with performance, director Amy Seimetz creates a terrifyingly unsettling experience of transmission. Editing and sound are superbly intertwined into an unsteady rhythm, as editor Kate Brokaw’s cutting lulls and lingers before it smashes. With a sparse script, this mastery of film craft and form fills in the rest, creating a sensory cinematic experience of what the characters undergo emotionally.”
New on DVD
“Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone”: A new edit of “The Godfather III” on the 30th anniversary of its release
“Mister Roberts”: ( 1955) Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack Lemmon star in John Ford film about misfit crew of World War II supply ship. Lemmon won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role.
“Faith Under Fire”: Toni Braxton stars as a woman who faces down a gunman at an elementary school.
“Smiley Face Killers”: Horror film inspired by urban legend about string of deaths in the Midwest.
On digital HD
“Total Recall”: The 1990 sci- fi hit starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone is available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD in a three- disc set for its 30th anniversary.
“Collateral”: 2004 thriller starring Tom Cruise as a hit man and Jamie Foxx as the cab driver forced to drive him around Los Angeles. Directed by Michael Mann.
“The Black Book of Father Dinis”: French film follows the lives of an orphan and his nurse, who both have mysterious pasts.