by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The Chicago Critics Film Festival ended as of last night and had a delightful and varied lineup of films. Here are some that will be worth looking out for when they release more broadly.
Directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
Starring Michael Martin, Peter Elwell, Shay Walker
Running time: 1 hour and 38 minutes
Not rated
by Audrey Callerstrom
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets takes place in the version of Las Vegas that you’ll likely never see. Far from the lights, the tourist traffic, the flip-flip-flip of people trying to get your attention with cards for local escorts. It’s all concrete – roads, medians, parking lots. It’s a desert, after all. If you live here, where do you spend your time? You don’t belong on the strip with the tourists, and you probably don’t want to be at home either, parked under your window AC unit (if you’re lucky enough to have one). You can, however, find respite in a dive bar called Roaring 20’s. You can laugh, vent, toss back a few (or more). Roaring 20’s is home to the young, the old, the boisterous, the reserved, veterans, actors, musicians, men in suits who drink into the early morning without going home to change first. Sadly, today is the last day before Roaring 20’s closes its doors for good.
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