Scores of moribund fish constitute a mournful choir in the opening sequence of the eerie environmentalist fable “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future.” Gasping for air ashore a poisoned river, they ...

Kevin Pearce, who grew up in Wilmette, vividly remembers learning a song about the Great Chicago Fire when he was 4 or 5 years old. The words go something like this: One dark night, when we were all ...

Hundreds of fish lie dead on a riverbed. A lone (lonely?) cow ambles around late at night in a forest. A flock of birds fly in discordant unison up above. The arresting images of nature gone awry in ...

A woman who comes back to life in a river full of dying fish paves the way for a moving and magical tale of environmentalism. “The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future” uses magical realism to blend ...

This lyrical debut feature from Francisca Alegría is a slow-burning parable about our relationship to each other and to the living world. By Brandon Yu When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Magdalena at first hovers unseen, unable to speak, but sparking mobile phones and microwaves in her wake. Her presence is grasped first by family servant Felicia (Maria Velasquez), with her old ...