Daniella
@daniellamazzio.bsky.social
Culture Writer/Critic. Consultant. Posts about movies, Chicago, gardening, pollinators, disability, & leftism. Ran that Lydia Tár account. Now have a Michael Shannon podcast. Opinions are my own. Viva Palestina. https://linktr.ee/daniellamazzio
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Most people know where I stand on Train Dreams but that doesn't stop me from thinking this is a great, well-written, informative piece on what many consider its shortcomings. chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
Review: Train Dreams - Chicago Reader
Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams is a compelling and beautiful film, but it struggles as an adaptation to live up to its source material.
chicagoreader.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Most people know where I stand on Train Dreams but that doesn't stop me from thinking this is a great, well-written, informative piece on what many consider its shortcomings. chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
Joe had me read the beginning of TRAIN DREAMS to understand why he was losing his mind over the movie, and since, I too have lost my mind. Joe gets into what it means to sanitize such a deliberate structural choice from Johnson, leaving a pretty but empty film.
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
Review: Train Dreams - Chicago Reader
Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams is a compelling and beautiful film, but it struggles as an adaptation to live up to its source material.
chicagoreader.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Joe had me read the beginning of TRAIN DREAMS to understand why he was losing his mind over the movie, and since, I too have lost my mind. Joe gets into what it means to sanitize such a deliberate structural choice from Johnson, leaving a pretty but empty film.
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
My latest for the Chicago Reader:
I had a lot of fun with Nia DaCosta's take on 'Hedda Gabler,' a fascinating adaptation where Hedda's complexity is transcribed to the gender-swapped Lovborg, enriching that character while flattening Hedda's.
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
I had a lot of fun with Nia DaCosta's take on 'Hedda Gabler,' a fascinating adaptation where Hedda's complexity is transcribed to the gender-swapped Lovborg, enriching that character while flattening Hedda's.
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
Review: Hedda - Chicago Reader
Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler inspired director Nia DaCosta’s fresh depiction of the titular character’s sexuality and tragedy.
chicagoreader.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My latest for the Chicago Reader:
I had a lot of fun with Nia DaCosta's take on 'Hedda Gabler,' a fascinating adaptation where Hedda's complexity is transcribed to the gender-swapped Lovborg, enriching that character while flattening Hedda's.
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
I had a lot of fun with Nia DaCosta's take on 'Hedda Gabler,' a fascinating adaptation where Hedda's complexity is transcribed to the gender-swapped Lovborg, enriching that character while flattening Hedda's.
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
Afterward, be sure to put on my Hand Me the Mike conversation on TAKE SHELTER with
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social. PLUS: Prep for BUGONIA with SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! Seriously, don't miss this night of da pictures!
facets.org/programs/tak...
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social. PLUS: Prep for BUGONIA with SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! Seriously, don't miss this night of da pictures!
facets.org/programs/tak...
Take Shelter | FACETS
Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter (2011) is a slow-burn vision of paranoia, faith, and collapse—where the line between prophecy and madness grows dangerously thin.
facets.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Afterward, be sure to put on my Hand Me the Mike conversation on TAKE SHELTER with
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social. PLUS: Prep for BUGONIA with SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! Seriously, don't miss this night of da pictures!
facets.org/programs/tak...
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social. PLUS: Prep for BUGONIA with SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! Seriously, don't miss this night of da pictures!
facets.org/programs/tak...
Even in the local scene, I have an easier time getting Chicago updates on Instagram than I do here, even though all the news-y Chicago accounts moved here from Twitter. And I really don't want to get news from IG lol
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Even in the local scene, I have an easier time getting Chicago updates on Instagram than I do here, even though all the news-y Chicago accounts moved here from Twitter. And I really don't want to get news from IG lol
Jesus I can imagine
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Jesus I can imagine