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Vittorio Carli on the 2020 Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame
Here are some thoughts on this year’s Rock’s Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
Why King Crimson Will Never Get in the Rock Hall of Fame
Although I greatly admire King Crimson I would be very surprised if they ever got in the Rock Hall of Fame for these reasons.
Review of Under the Silver Lake
Rating ***1/2 (three and a half stars)
Once upon a Time in Hollywood
Star Rating ***1/2 (three and a half stars)
What the Rolling Stones Mean to Me
(Domenico asked me to let you know how I truly felt about the Stones)
Review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Star Rating (two stars **)
Review of House that Jack Built
A shocking, provocative, morbidly funny and often brilliant film.
2018: The Year in Film
If there was a theme that dominated global film this year it was the corruption of police and/or police brutality often involving minorities.
The Favourite Is a Witty Satire of Sexual Politics and Excess
Rating three and a half stars (***1/2)
Live Poetry Performances at the Art Colony Saturday November 10
FEATURING POETRY AND PERFORMANCES by Andrea Change, Paul Ferrell, Charlie Newman and Yo Sis
Rock Hall of Fame 2019
This year’s Rock Hall of Fame nominees came out last week. It is a good list overall. Out of the 15, at least 12 or 13 of the nominees deserve to get in sometime in the future. In addition, except for Def Leppard none of these acts had me running for the bathroom. The two weakest entries (Def Leppard) and Stevie Nicks) are winning the listener polls and they probably have the best chance of getting in. Invariably the worst act wins the poll and gets in every year (maybe it should be abolished.)
The Best 100 Science Fiction Films
Vittorio Carli, who teaches at area community colleges, a former film reviewer for The Star, www.reelmoviecrtic.com and The Examiner, is an avid science-fiction film fan.
Last weekend Including An Old Friend, Mermaids, and Riot
Last Friday I met my friends Lynn (the West one), Feresdei Azad plus Caroline Johnson at the opening of the show, Chicago Disability Activism, Arts, and Design
New Random Ramblings and Reflections on U2 (Dedicated to my good friend and fellow music fan, Kevin Sausage)
Okay I admit it. U2 used to be a terrific band.
Parallel Planes Review
Parallel Planes is a fascinating, exciting, and informative documentary that will be playing as part of the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
2018 Chicago European Film Festival Reviews
The Chicago European Union Film Festival is running until April 5 at the Gene Siskel Center located at 164 North State Street.
Vittorio Carli on the Oscars
2017 was chock filled with films that had great contributions from female, minority, queer (does anyone still use that word?) and Trans people than ever.
Random Ramblings or You Can’t Kiss a Prog and make Him into a Prince
I originally was going to write this blog last year but I got busy and almost died (the usual.) Anyway I have never been an aficionado of what they call prog rock. I always thought it was rather, smug and showoffy and it lacks the element of fun.
Best films of 2017
It was an outstanding year for Indy films and international cinema, but most of the big budget Hollywood movies and franchise films lacked the spark of genius.
