I feel confident that when actor-turned-writer/director Ike Barinholtz began writing his directorial debut, The Oath, it felt like political satire wrapped in something like a science-fiction premise about a nation being torn […]
I think we can all agree that at its core, a horror movie should be scary on some level. It can be many other things as well, but it needs to scare […]
For those fortunate enough to see 2015’s mountain-climbing documentary Meru, you witnessed a prime example of high-stakes risk sports that seemed as unprecedented as it was majestic and serene. That film’s co-directors […]
The latest film from director George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food, Notorious) joins the year’s growing ranks of impressive and vital black filmmaking, which includes such works as Blindspotting, Sorry to Bother You, […]
For the second time in recent weeks, Jack Black is trying on a kids-sized horror movie, and both times, he’s had mixed results. The House with the Clock in the Walls was […]
You should know up front, First Man is not the story of a patriot or a hero or any other unnecessary labels people and history books have placed on astronaut Neil Armstrong […]
Not to pull any punches, but 22 July, from director Paul Greengrass (United 93, Captain Phillips, Bloody Sunday), will likely be the most difficult film for anyone to sit through because of […]
North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, the 54th Chicago International Film Festival is now underway at the AMC River East 21 (where every festival screening will, once again, be this year). As […]
For the fourth year in a row, the 24-hour horror movie marathon known as the Music Box of Horrors is programmed and hosted by Will Morris, Assistant Programmer at American Cinematheque in […]
It would seem almost impossible to tell the story of world’s most successful living artist and the top-selling female artist in history in roughly 80 minutes, but the new documentary Kusama: Infinity […]
In a time when the importance and benefits of science are questioned and denied at an alarming pace, the superb documentary Science Fair reminds us that each new generation of would-be scientists […]
This oddly charming work from director David Lowery (Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon) is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), a man who spent a great deal of his […]
