Divergent Series: Allegiant, Eye in the Sky, Creative Control, The Bronze, Chimes at Midnight
DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT Most science fiction works on multiple levels, and the best of it cares equally about telling both…
Euro Union Film Fest: Films We Like for the Week of March 11-17
The Chicago European Union Film Festival runs through the end of March at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N.…
Knight of Cups, Embrace of the Serpents, Trapped
KNIGHT OF CUPS If you’ve seen the back of any number of great actors’ heads running through a field of…
Zootopia, London Has Fallen, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The Wave
ZOOTOPIA Going back to 2008’s Bolt, Disney Animation Studios has been on something of a roll, one rivaled only by…
19th Chicago European Union Film Festival
The Gene Siskel Film Center will be holding the 19th European Union Film Fest from the first Friday of March until…
Gods of Egypt, Eddie the Eagle, Triple 9, A War, The Last Man on the Moon
GODS OF EGYPT I’ll admit, Gods of Egypt surprised the hell out of me…maybe “stunned” is the better word. Considering…
It’s Oscars Night in Chicago!
The annual Academy Awards night is just around the corner and that means it’s time to figure out where you’ll be…
R.O.W.E. Week 7: Let’s Talk Women and Movies!
I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and literature enthusiast. In 2016, I’m reading only women authors for my Read Only…
Race, The Witch, Touched with Fire, Rolling Papers, 70MM Film Festival
RACE As connect-the-dots biopics go, the Jesse Owens story Race isn’t bad, primarily because it’s not afraid to venture off…
Deadpool, Zoolander 2, Where to Invade Next, In the Shadow of Women
DEADPOOL The fact that this movie even exists seems to be the result of sheer will power. Not to get…
Hail, Caesar: The Coen Brothers Film Needs a Director’s Cut
Eddie Mannix had a life fit for a movie: He was a studio executive who worked the press to protect…
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Is A Plodding Affair
The pace of modern culture is almost unrelentingly swift. The lifecycle of an average piece of entertainment is not blessed…
