Leah Pickett, Consequence of Sound

Leah Pickett

Consequence of Sound

Chicago, IL, United States

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Past:
  • Consequence of Sound
  • Chicago Reader
  • The Daily Dot

Past articles by Leah:

Ranking: Every David Fincher Movie from Worst to Best

A complete dissection of David Fincher's entire cataloge, from Alien3 all the way to Netflix's Mank. It's as exhaustive as any one of his productions. → Read More

Ranking Valentine's Day Movies to Watch in February

For Valentine's Day, consider this ranked list of eight feature films that celebrate Cupid's oft-lonely holiday. → Read More

10 Essential Horror Movie Scores

Warning: The following compositions may cause severe nightmares. → Read More

Hustlers focuses on women doing horrible things for understandable reasons

In Lorene Scafaria’s latest, women take control of their lives by exploiting finance bros who exploit the common man. → Read More

Hollywood turns After the Wedding into something smooth, glossy, and bland

It makes you wonder why they even bothered. → Read More

Hampstead

Romantic comedies with leads over the age of 50 owe much to Diane Keaton’s later life commitment to the genre; she has starred in about... → Read More

The Art of Self-Defense

Writer-director Riley Stearns (Faults) is a dark-comedy talent to watch. His latest film, focused on a timid accountant (Jesse Eisenberg) who takes up karate after... → Read More

Ophelia

One facet of Shakespeare’s mostly timeless Hamlet has not aged well, and that is the fuzzy, underwritten role of Ophelia, the doomed lover of the... → Read More

Ferrante Fever

Anyone eager to know the identity of the author known as Elena Ferrante might be disappointed by this documentary, which respects the writer's professed desire... → Read More

Booksmart

Move over, Superbad: There's a new teen-buddy comedy in town. The directorial debut of actress Olivia Wilde positions two girls in the lead roles (Kaitlyn... → Read More

Poms

Movies about and starring women over 60—and, let's face it, 50 and 40—are not only scarce but also scarcely as complex or revelatory as they... → Read More

Charlie Says

One might think that director Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol) would fashion a biting tale about the Manson Family and their murder... → Read More

Can the two crazy kids in Long Shot work out their differences and find happiness?

In the world of the perfectly adequate (though exceptionally well-lit) rom-com, everything is possible. → Read More

It's the end of the world as we know it, and Avengers: Endgame feels fine

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the superheroes of our lives. → Read More

Teen Spirit | Chicago Reader

The fathomless yearning of teenage girls often gets short shrift, especially when their desire intertwines with art. Thankfully, the writing-directing debut of actor Max Minghella... → Read More

Captain Marvel shows that all female-led superhero movies needed was good writing, acting, and direction

Carol Danvers isn’t “Just a Girl”: she’s a tough, multifaceted woman. → Read More

Isn't It Romantic

In this anti-romantic comedy that traffics in the genre’s cliches, a cynical architect (Rebel Wilson) bonks her head and wakes up in an unrealistic rom-com... → Read More

The Oscar-nominated animated and live-action shorts are full of disconnections

Can the characters bridge the divides, or will they let the connections die? → Read More

Serenity | Chicago Reader

Modern noirs tend to skate a thin line between homage and parody, or else they pick a side. This film flies out of bounds into... → Read More

Second Act | Chicago Reader

Jennifer Lopez stars in yet another film unworthy of her radiance, this time as a woman from Queens who quits her job at a supermarket... → Read More