Jon Roth
@jonroth.bsky.social
your friendly neighborhood Guy Wearing A Yankees Hat, a regular at the Music Box, the Landmark, the Drafthouse, and the Siskel
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Amazing game that has made me want to throw myself out a window many, many times
October 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Amazing game that has made me want to throw myself out a window many, many times
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Jon Roth uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 1,447 films watched. Favorites: Frances Ha (2012), The Dark Knight (2008), The Social Network (2010), Tampopo (1985). Bio: A regular at The Mu...
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Some impossible missions with a dash of rageful zombies!
May 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some impossible missions with a dash of rageful zombies!
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Jon Roth uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 1,446 films watched. Favorites: Frances Ha (2012), The Dark Knight (2008), The Social Network (2010), Tampopo (1985). Bio: A regular at The Mu...
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May 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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What a week at @chicagocritics.bsky.social !!!
May 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
What a week at @chicagocritics.bsky.social !!!
A LITTLE PRAYER
Closing Film of the Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025
"You know what they'd call us back home? Kindred spirits."
Closing Film of the Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025
"You know what they'd call us back home? Kindred spirits."
A ★★★½ review of A Little Prayer (2023)
Closing Film of the Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 "You know what they'd call us back home? Kindred spirits." Director Angus MacLachlan said during the Q&A for A Little Prayer that among other thi...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A LITTLE PRAYER
Closing Film of the Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025
"You know what they'd call us back home? Kindred spirits."
Closing Film of the Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025
"You know what they'd call us back home? Kindred spirits."
DESERT ROAD
"Regret's a funny thing. It lingers."
"Regret's a funny thing. It lingers."
A ★★★ review of Desert Road (2024)
"Regret's a funny thing. It lingers." As noted by Steve Prokopy at the Music Box when introducing Desert Road, it's a funny coincidence the festival ended playing both this and It Ends. Both films dea...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
DESERT ROAD
"Regret's a funny thing. It lingers."
"Regret's a funny thing. It lingers."
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
The death of one movie becomes the life of another in this interesting, funny meta documentary.
The death of one movie becomes the life of another in this interesting, funny meta documentary.
A ★★★ review of Zodiac Killer Project (2025)
An interesting concept for a movie… the death of a Zodiac killer documentary is reborn as the bones for a meta documentary about true crime documentaries while also detailing what the original move wo...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
The death of one movie becomes the life of another in this interesting, funny meta documentary.
The death of one movie becomes the life of another in this interesting, funny meta documentary.
HAPPYEND
"It's wrong to follow a society that's wrong."
"It's wrong to follow a society that's wrong."
A ★★★★½ review of Happyend (2024)
"It's wrong to follow a society that's wrong." Happyend is a truly excellent coming of age film set in a near future Tokyo against the backdrop of sensationalist fascism. It starts with a predicted ea...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
HAPPYEND
"It's wrong to follow a society that's wrong."
"It's wrong to follow a society that's wrong."
OBEX
"What does your heaven look like?"
"Just a day at the beach with my dog."
"What does your heaven look like?"
"Just a day at the beach with my dog."
A ★★★★ review of OBEX (2025)
"What does your heaven look like?" "Just a day at the beach with my dog." Obex is a hallucinatory, campy, nightmarish homage to the early days of video games. Set in 1987, our hero is Conor, a 36 year...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
OBEX
"What does your heaven look like?"
"Just a day at the beach with my dog."
"What does your heaven look like?"
"Just a day at the beach with my dog."
FANTASY LIFE
"Your privilege makes you undeserving of care?"
"Your privilege makes you undeserving of care?"
A ★★★ review of Fantasy Life (2025)
"Your privilege makes you undeserving of care?" Fantasy Life is a well performed story about a lonely man who shuffles in and out of the lives of a lonely married couple who are all dealing with their...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
FANTASY LIFE
"Your privilege makes you undeserving of care?"
"Your privilege makes you undeserving of care?"
SISTER MIDNIGHT
"Are you sad?"
"This is the face god painted me."
"Are you sad?"
"This is the face god painted me."
A ★★ review of Sister Midnight (2024)
"Are you sad?" "This is the face god painted me." The lone disappointment of the festival so far. On Day 2 of the CCFF '25 we had Twinless, an excellent film that a short while in evolves into what th...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SISTER MIDNIGHT
"Are you sad?"
"This is the face god painted me."
"Are you sad?"
"This is the face god painted me."
SORRY, BABY
"Can I sit behind you?"
"Why?"
"It'd be like I'm hugging you."
"Can I sit behind you?"
"Why?"
"It'd be like I'm hugging you."
A ★★★★½ review of Sorry, Baby (2025)
"Can I sit behind you?" "Why?" "It'd be like I'm hugging you." What a knockout of a feature debut from writer/director/actor Eva Victor. Sorry, Baby is a non-linear story about Agnes, played by Victor...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
SORRY, BABY
"Can I sit behind you?"
"Why?"
"It'd be like I'm hugging you."
"Can I sit behind you?"
"Why?"
"It'd be like I'm hugging you."
IT ENDS
A really confident, intense debut from Alexander Ullom.
A really confident, intense debut from Alexander Ullom.
A ★★★½ review of It Ends (2025)
A really confident debut feature that, confirmed by the filmmaker during our Q&A, attempted to mix the horror genre with a Linklater-esque hangout movie. The film succeeds on this front - I appreciate...
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May 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
IT ENDS
A really confident, intense debut from Alexander Ullom.
A really confident, intense debut from Alexander Ullom.